Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. McWilliams’s column reminds us of the scientific findings documented out in Livestock’s Long Shadow , the Food and Agricultural Organization’s 390 page report on the environmental impact of meat production.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. In his fresh and candid first post (available here ), Jonathan admitted that he is struggling with the issue of ethical vegetarianism.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

Wherever companies profit from cruelty, you can rest assured that they will try to hide that cruelty from consumers, because cruelty makes a rather poor PR statement. Because, despite a NY Times story designed to promote fur sales, real fur is associated with cruelty, and cruelty is never "in."

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