Critter News

JUNE 28, 2010

A restaurant owner who put lion burgers on the menu in honor of the World Cup has felt a roar of anger from outraged animal rights activists. But the burgers also attracted international attention and the scorn of animal rights activists, who picketed outside the restaurant. I feel I was misled by this."

Phoenix 100

Phoenix Lions Meat South Africa 100

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Finally, in my e-mailbox this morning, and probably in yours, was the Care2 newsletter, including a link to a column about a restaurant in Arizona that will soon serve burgers made from lion meat. there may be any number of restaurants serving game. I was curious about why it's so terrible to eat lions. But that wasn't it either.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. It assumes that not eating meat is one way to conserve grain.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40