Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Niman’s argument amounts to lowering an ethical standard to fit the demands of our meat-centric culture and Western privilege.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

But this distinction lies at the very center of the land ethic. From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. Domestic animals are creations of man.

Animal Liberation 40

Animal Liberation Sheep Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." This was my reality check for today: someone who defends animal agriculture as a tradition (i.e.,

Veal Crate 100

Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Ethics

MARCH 3, 2008

The interests in nourishment and in gustatory pleasure lead man to kill and eat cattle, fish, and fowl. This cuts down on the long-range satisfactions of the cattle, the fish, and the fowl. Gardner Williams, "The Moral Insignificance of the Total of All Value," Ethics 55 [April 1945]: 216-21, at 219-20 [italics in original])

Lamb 40

Lamb Fowl Morals Animal 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 10, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas ” (news article, June 5): Your article about reducing methane emissions from dairy cows is welcome because of the attention it draws toward the substantial contribution that both beef and dairy cattle make to global warming.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Cattle Cows 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. Chickens deserve to live humanely. That’s the least farmers can do. People seem to lose sight of the fact that these are sentient animals, not food machines! Congratulations to California for being so compassionate and leading the way.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Farm Sanctuary Battery Cages 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. In order to produce one pound of beef, cattle eat approximately sixteen pounds of grain; and in order to produce six pounds of pork or ham, hogs eat approximately six pounds of grain. The proponent of the argument wants to stop replacing them when they die.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

According to the HPMAJ column, "Loos told cattle producers the livestock industry must show the public that there are moral and ethical justifications for taking the life of an animal to feed a person. There is no ethical justification for treating an animal inhumanely for no good reason.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 24, 2009

Enough has now been said to show that the habit of flesh-eating, involving as it does the sacrifice of vast tracts of land to the grazing of cattle, and the consequent starving of agriculture, is far too costly to be justified, in the face of an extending civilisation, unless by a much clearer proof of its necessity than any which its advocates have (..)

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Morals Cattle 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

Suppose someone enjoys drinking the blood of cattle and hogs. KBJ: This is true of every normative ethical theory, from natural law to divine command to utilitarianism to egoism to contractarianism to Kantian deontology. If, on the other hand, the legs are produced in factory conditions, there is a moral objection.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Suffering Vegan 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. Many of the beef industry’s problems result from feedlots that consume tremendous amounts of grain and that pour out huge sloughs of waste.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Animal Welfare 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 28, 2008

A total of 33,000 wild horses are degrading the environment, but around 3 million to 4 million cattle are not? Davis, an emeritus professor of animal science at Oregon State University, says the horses “damage” the environment. And no, the mustangs do not need birth control.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Horses Oregon 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

18): As a microbiologist, I know that study after study has highlighted the human health threat from using antibiotics as feed additives for hogs, chickens and cattle, creating super-bugs—bacteria that no longer can be treated with antibiotics. To the Editor: Re “ Antibiotic Runoff ” (editorial, Sept.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Livestock Chickens 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

For such a vegetarian, a borderline case would be the consumption of animal products not, in the ordinary course of nature, produced by the animal; for instance the drinking of cattle blood as practised by the Masai. Of course one could be a vegetarian on both grounds, and object to anything either kind of vegetarian objects to.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Meat Morals Cows 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

They are often crammed into trucks built for cattle and pigs and subjected to starvation, exposure and abuse. Many of these horses have been stolen or were surrendered to buyers who promised to care for them but who sell them to slaughter instead. The transport and subsequent slaughter of these animals is brutal.

New York Times 40

New York Times Horse Slaughter New York Slaughter 40

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

June 29, 2007 The writers are cattle ranchers. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. Increasing rBST milk would just move food production in the wrong direction. Bill Niman Nicolette Hahn Niman Bolinas, Calif., To the Editor: Dr. Henry I.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 10, 2010

Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language. Families are just as capable of horrendous policies toward animals as anyone else. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals.

Family 100

Family Factory Farm Factory Farming Cows 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs. Death is normally due to ventricular arrhythmias, progressive hypotension unresponsive to treatment, and secondary lung infections.

Animal Rights 267

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 267

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Besides depleting the ocean’s supply of fish for those animals normally feeding on them, the factory farming of cattle, pigs and chickens uses excessive water and pollutes our land. The number of chickens, turkeys, pigs, cattle and other animals raised and slaughtered in the United States has been growing steadily for decades.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

This physical evidence of properly handled cattle would go a long way toward ensuring healthier meat while lifting the shared burden that comes with consigning millions of animals yearly to a terrifyingly cruel death. I think most would, enthusiastically. Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Cattle might be overproduced because of government subsidies and new markets found for meat. Second, even if it did have an economic impact, it is unclear whether this would cause a reduction in animal suffering. Knowing the irrationality of the market on the one hand and the cunning of meat producers on the other, one may well have doubts.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40