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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Besides depleting the ocean’s supply of fish for those animals normally feeding on them, the factory farming of cattle, pigs and chickens uses excessive water and pollutes our land. 10, 2008 To the Editor: Your editorial is exactly right: for our sake and theirs, we need to eat fewer animals. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif.,