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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Take a moment to tell your governor you agree we must get our LGUs out of the meat industry. Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

The voice of Temple Grandin is of course the foundation. But of course the success of the author in manipulating the reader depends on the reader's belief that the paradox is indeed "ostensible.". Interestingly, the campaigns of happy meaters are acknowledged for perhaps being somewhat of a scam with the next sentence.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. Here is my opinion.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

The campaign to moralize meat has largely been a failure. Of course I was appalled, but out there in the mainstream world, she is an outlier. Of course that can be debated. But I’m merely making his point. He evidently has no idea that abolitionists exist and thinks Dunayer is an outlier. We should demand more. .

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From the Animal Rights Action Network re: Greyhounds

Animal Person

Our aim of this week is to educate people about the cruelty of greyhound racing and of course call for an end to government grants to this business and our sights of course are to see an end to this cruel exploitive industry. on a frequent basis to keep up to date with ARAN's latest lifesaving campaigns work.

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Pet-Related Charities Receive Early Holiday Present

4 The Love Of Animals

Over the course of the day, Purina ONE beyOnd donated $200,000 total to the charities and the online voting determined how much of the monetary pool each charity would receive. We got some great holiday news in our inbox this morning! On December 20th, Americans voted online to raise funds for five national pet-related charities.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. And while there are varying estimates, it takes between 3 and 15 pounds of grain to produce a pound of meat. But “encouraging healthy, less meat-based eating habits” will do nothing to ameliorate the situation.