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Modern Day Cattle Rustlers

Critter News

Known for a distinctive hump at the base of the neck, Brahman cattle are rare here and would be easily spotted at a local auction, leading investigators to think the rustlers already had a buyer — or a butcher — lined up. Tags: cows.

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Quote of the Week

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But the thousands of daily deaths of animals are hidden away and on the butcher's shelf meat looks innocuous, nothing like the living thing it was. Tags: quotes.

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Crime Gang Dealing in Rhino Horn and Elephant Ivory

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Also referred to as “The Butcher of Matabeleland”, he is the architect of Zimbabwe’s terrifying state security apparatus, creator of Zimbabwe’s Central Intelligence Office (CIO) - and rumored to be next in line for president after Mugabe. Tags: organized crime africa zim poaching rhino elephants.

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On the Renewed Debate Over Horse Slaughter

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Butcher (no joke) from Montana: " “No one has to send a horse to a processing plant. Butcher plainly speaks of the use of horses and that those not usable perhaps should be killed. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. And no matter how special we claim horses are, they're only special if they're still worth something (to us.

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On Wearable "Roadkill"

Animal Person

However the designers also use discarded parts of animals killed by butchers, to "give new life to something that would normally be thrown away." Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Language. Meanwhile, it's death they're wearing--not life. And making it into some kind of spiritual experience is offensive.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

Some have tried to resolve this gap by hunting or butchering an animal themselves, as if those experiences might somehow legitimize the endeavor of eating animals. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. This is very silly.