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." If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

These people abstain from eggs and dairy products the production of which involves suffering for the animals. To avoid this complication, Martin should have stipulated that no suffering is involved in the production of animal legs. Suppose someone enjoys drinking the blood of cattle and hogs. Suffering is more than pain.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

To that extent, he will be not only a vegetarian, but also a vegan, one who abstains not only from meat but also from animal products. One might of course defend the consumption of animal products, while opposing the eating of meat, on the ground that killing a steer, say, produces more suffering than separating a cow from her calf.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman obscures the well-evidenced connection between veganism and environmentalism. Yet the turkey she raises is a much smaller factor in advancing global warming than the cattle on her ranch because they produce meat much more efficiently. Birds need only a fraction of the food that cattle do to gain a pound of meat.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. KBJ: Singer’s claim is that one should not contribute, even incrementally, to animal suffering. causing a decline in U.S. milk production.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning. If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat? But what about microorganisms?

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