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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. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." For him, the importance of humane slaughter manifests itself in the quality of the meat."

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans? Changes in the manner of slaughter (i.e.,

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

In addition to heaps of information at www.RPAforAll.org about RPA's 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry, there is now a current list of all 50 governors with address and their state's LGU. RPA launched its 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry in 2003.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. I prefer "anti-unnecessary slaughter of sentient nonhumans" and it has nothing to do with perceived modernity. And of course what we do is about the issues. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting ! Parker uses the term "anti-modern farming activists," which is new to me.

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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. Livestock don’t contribute to campaigns, but agribusiness does. Here is my opinion.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Of course, "That's not to say dogs didn't have their niche in biomedicine. If Engber does a good job with anything, it's with pointing out the flaws in the strategies of pro-animal activists and in the outcomes of their campaigns. It does not make them more or less a "tool."

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Comebackers

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However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. What a horror!

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