10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

It was seeing this incredibly huge bird sitting against the backdrop of the dignified buildings that line Fifth Avenue, and seeing New Yorkers walking their fast New York pace below the hawk, ignoring my pointing finger. Still the Same Hawk: Reflections on Nature and New York John Waldman, editor. Just a little.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

All animals would be kept in battery conditions and the righteous vegetarians would exert no economic pressure on farmers to change their ways. Roger Scruton, A Political Philosophy [London and New York: Continuum, 2006], 61-3 [italics in original]) Duty requires us, therefore, to eat our friends.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

Though chickens can live for 5 to 11 years, after two years, they are hauled away to slaughter just like battery-caged hens. “Free range” does not solve the problem of painful debeaking, enormously oversized flocks or the unnatural isolation of the birds from other sexes and age groups. Jean Bettanny Port Townsend, Wash., 13, 2007

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