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Washington Town to Become Horse Slaughter Capital?

Critter News

Stanwood is right near where we live in Seattle and, sadly, home to Pigs Peace Animal Sanctuary which rescues all kinds of animals. I can only imagine how they feel. From the Sky Valley Chronicle. A new report in the Staug News of St.

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Escaped Cow Goes to Sanctuary

Critter News

A cow that escaped from a slaughter house in NY City has been allowed to go to an animal sanctuary. Tags: meat animal rescue Slaughterhouse cows meatpacking.

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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Kristof writes of the "decent and varied lives" that small farms provide animals with. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. I'm not sure how that equals soul.