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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. 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. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." According to Parker, here are the threats: the ALF, the ELF, SHAC, PeTA and the oddest member of the group, the HSUS.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

The tiresome Hitler was a well-known vegetarian comment is included in this segment, but I found it irksome long before that. And thanks to the efforts of groups such as PCRM, that ample use isn't so ample anymore. The animal-welfare groups have failed in their most ambitious efforts to protect laboratory rodents. "We