Animal Person
APRIL 29, 2009
Well, she apparently did such a great job convincing the folks at the Minnesota Book Awards that you can claim to love animals and then send them to slaughter, that not only was she a finalist for their award, but she won it. But instead of being sad or upset at the lamb chop on my plate, I was overcome with gratitude.
Animal Person
MARCH 31, 2009
Briefly: Zoning board in Buffalo unanimously approved plans for a slaughterhouse (as in, a place where chickens, goats, lambs and calves will be killed and chopped up). Felicia Horton inquires/protests: "If they're cutting up [animals], are you going to want to come up front an eat some meat?"
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings. Eagle and Lamb by John James Audubon (1785-1851).
Animal Ethics
MARCH 3, 2008
The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. And I believe that in most cases man is morally justified in thus reducing the satisfactions of the food animals. An accurate quantitative comparison of the value he gains with that which the lamb loses is really impossible.
Animal Ethics
APRIL 27, 2008
To the Editor: Re “ PETA’s Latest Tactic: $1 Million for Fake Meat ” (news article, April 21): The commercial development of meat from animal tissue won’t result in “fake meat” any more than cloning sheep results in fake sheep. There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal. coli bacteria or food additives.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
After a bit of searching, I found that it appears to be part of an even longer commandment: “Rise and rise again until lambs become lions” This is pretty serious stuff coming from a can of beer; all I wanted was a drink, thank you. The Bible, possibly, with all this quasi-Messianic, New Testament talk of lambs and lions?
Animal Ethics
APRIL 3, 2007
I wrote the following for a blog on the Animals and Religion Forum on the Best Friends Animal Network website. Doesn't it just tell us to kill them all?" So many people today do not realize how God feels about the animal kingdom, His own special creation. The animals took the place of humans. Dear Keith, Hi.
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