Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly. Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014'

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New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. David Peters New York, Nov.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2011

in today's New York Times, and I couldn't resist posting. I spent several years writing, daily, and often with shock, about how, for instance, the NYT- -the New York Times (OMG!!!!!)--would And it usually involves exchanges with non-vegans. I could debate about language all day, with vegans and non-vegans.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

As a longtime vegan with three vegan-from-birth children, I would like to suggest that since vegetarians are generally healthier than meat eaters, there is no excuse for compassionate people to eat animals. There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky., 25, 2007

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New York Times New York Louisville Pigs 40

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

Also, an update on Emily's 50% vegan (Ami) diet. Anyone have any luck walking a cat with a leash and harness? And the "strict ethical vegan" to come.) I asked if this is one of those therapies where the effects wear off between each session and the short-term improvements never turn into long-term ones and he said no.

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Greyhounds Vegan Ethics Meat 100

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

I went back to New York to the areas where I grew up and went to college and graduate school for a five-day weekend. When referring to cats, dogs and horses of unknown sex, the children would randomly assign sex, with the conventionally "prettier" animals being called "she." We do that with cats and dogs already, right?

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Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100