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Are We Much Better than Michael Vick?

Critter News

But the rest of us rat-killing, horse-racing, lobster-boiling, deer-hunting carnivores should take the planks out of our eyes before trying to remove the speck from Vick's. I still eat eggs that come from battery hens, even though I do try to buy free range, and I wear leather, even though I only buy it used.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs ” (front page, Aug. 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. All of the male hatchlings are either smothered or ground up alive.