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On Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS

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Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language 100 Heartbeats animal rights Jeff Corwin veganism. But again, he's a conservationist, so none of this is a surprise.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

The overwhelming passage in November of Proposition 2 in California, which banned tight confinement of many of the animals raised for food, is a fine example of the power of publicity to educate people about the atrocities we commit to those animals who have no voice of their own. Animal agriculture is inherently inhumane.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. 22, 2009 To the Editor: I am an ethical vegan. Lawrence S.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

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The cows are walking around green fields, similar to those in the criminally misleading California cows commercials. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. The cows' tails swing in the breeze.

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