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Growing Meat vs. Going Vegetarian

Animal Ethics

Ausubel expresses pessimism about the ability of humans to change their diets from environmentally destructive meat-based diets to environmentally sustainable plant-based diets on the grounds that the desire for meat is somehow hard-wired into "our little snake brains." At the same time, try a vegetarian diet for a month.

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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. In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.