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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

More important, it might be a much more efficient means of changing practice to stage protests at meat-packing companies, put pressure on congressmen, and work through existing humane organizations. One suspects that the SPCA and the American Humane Society have done more to stop cruelty to animals than vegetarians ever could.