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Should is not a Solution

10,000 Birds

Dogs should not be used to hunt foxes. The tigers keep wandering out of their reserve and taking cattle from nearby villages, taking what little these already poor people have. It is very natural condition to look at something going wrong and imagine what should be happening instead. A hungry child should be fed.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

At the same time connections between the food industry and government agencies like the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have become so incestuous that we should expect little from them. Even “factory” agriculture has its limits. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,