Animal Person

AUGUST 10, 2010

And they certainly wouldn't hurt anybody; that's what those big factory farms do that aren't owned by families. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. Yes, factory farms are the stuff of nightmares for nonhuman animals. But so are family farms.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming. 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. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

As he puts it, “Until we boycott meat we are, each one of us, contributing to the continued existence, prosperity, and growth of factory farming and all the other cruel practices used in rearing animals for food” ( Animal Liberation, 167). Cattle might be overproduced because of government subsidies and new markets found for meat.

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