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A Look at Humane Farming

Animal Ethics

The film Partitions (running time: 14 min) by Audrey Kali gives an intimate glimpse of the ethical struggles that five small-scale meat farmers face when their animals are slaughtered. In this film, we see farmers interacting with the animals they will eventually transform into food (chickens, pigs and cattle).

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

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Buying dairy products supports them. Ninety-nine percent of dairy farms are family owned. That doesn't mean that 99% of dairy products are from family farms , as the average number of cows on each family farm is just over 100. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. 11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming. Paul Shapiro Senior Director Factory Farming Campaign Humane Society of the United States Washington, Nov.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. 21, 2008 To the Editor: You rightly capture the magnitude of the problem of ensuring safe food products. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,