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Roger Cohen Realizes Dogs=Pigs, Sort Of

Animal Person

Do they suffer any more or less in death? However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine. However I cannot see a rational argument for saying eating dogs or cats is barbaric while eating pork or beef is fine. Are they any more or less sentient? I think not.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

If the goal is not moral perfection for ourselves, but the maximum benefit for animals, half-measures ought to be encouraged and appreciated. Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,