10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?

Cyprus 257

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 257

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

The number of chickens, turkeys, pigs, cattle and other animals raised and slaughtered in the United States has been growing steadily for decades. Paul Shapiro Senior Director Factory Farming Campaign Humane Society of the United States Washington, Nov. Lerner Woodside, Calif., We can start at our next meal.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Fitting, since New York City and London were the centers of the millinery trade. This is good stuff.

Industry 120

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 120