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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." The Humane Society of the United States is the big bully on this strange playground. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting !

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The number of chickens, turkeys, pigs, cattle and other animals raised and slaughtered in the United States has been growing steadily for decades. In 1950, each American consumed, on average, 144 pounds of animal flesh a year. This is an issue on which we don’t need to wait for government or industry to act first.