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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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? In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Kristof’s column.

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

There is no ethical justification for killing an animal for no good reason. 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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