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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

There is also little dispute concerning the following premise: (4) The animals that become that meat are reared in ways that subject them to intense pain and suffering for much of their lives. It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses.

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Vegetarianism and IQ

Animal Ethics

The study also found that: "IQ remained a statistically significant predictor of being vegetarian as an adult after adjustment for social class (both in childhood and currently), academic or vocational qualifications, and sex." Given that belief, they no doubt also believe that it is wrong to knowingly contribute to unnecessary suffering.