Birds Debeaking Humane Slaughter 
Animal Ethics
APRIL 16, 2009
To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D. If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner? Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. These birds do not have to have access to the outdoors and are housed in such overcrowded sheds that they can barely move around, and yet, they are deceptively marketed as "free roaming" to conscientious compassionate consumers.
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