Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. This is stupid.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. It is estimated that the amount of grain fed to cattle and hogs in the United States in 1971 was twice that of U.S. Let us take the first assumption.

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Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

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.

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