Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ Snake Owners See Furry Bias in Invasive Species Proposal ” (news article, Jan. Snakes may die during the capture and transport process, or they may be housed inhumanely in a small aquarium they can barely fit into. And all of this trouble and suffering for what?

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Kristof (column, April 9): Thank you for this inspiring and enlightening article. Animals raised for food suffer miserably. Animal agriculture is inherently inhumane. After time in the Marines, I veered strongly away from eating creatures, thinking of their suffering. I was 4 or 5, and I cringed.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 24, 2007

Most people are shocked and appalled when they first read descriptions of factory farming and learn about the horribly inhumane conditions in which the billions of animals destined for dinner tables are raised, and they are even more appalled when they first see documentary footage of the institutional cruelties inherent in factory farming.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

The NY Times article Keith linked to earlier today (see here ) points out that fur sales are up 9% over last year and from this statistic goes on to infer that "fur is back in style." To see an undercover video documenting how these innocent dogs are inhumanely killed, see here. But is it really? you might wonder.

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