Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Chickens deserve to live humanely. The same goes for pigs and cattle that are exploited and forced to live in substandard conditions. It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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Animal Person

MARCH 20, 2010

Naturally, upon reading such words, my stomach turned and I immediately thought of making plans to be away from the house that day so I wouldn't have to see any of the festivities or try to negotiate walking the dogs around them. Meanwhile, most eat them, wear them and "love" the Kentucky Derby, yet don't approve of dog racing.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

To the Editor: Re “ Don’t Presume to Know a Pig’s Mind ” (Op-Ed, Feb. 20): Blake Hurst, a former hog farmer and president of the Missouri Farm Bureau, cautions that “we can’t ask the pigs what they think.” People who study pigs say they are as intelligent as a 3-year-old child, smarter even than the dogs we share our homes with.

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Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

And if justice and nonviolence are your mission, the living "things" you eat wouldn't include beings as sentient as your dog companion. We can argue about where to draw that line all day long, but here are the facts of the case: The "spirit" of my dog companion, Violet Rays, may or may not exist. This is indeed a matter of conscience.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Two Pigs ” (The Rural Life, Oct. There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. For the same reason that most of us would not eat our pets, we should also not eat chickens, pigs or other animals. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

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Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

I wouldn't do it to a dog, and I shouldn't do it to a chicken/sheep/cow/pig. And now I regret that because I realize there is simply no way to raise an animal with the intent to kill that animal and call it anything but betrayal. It's just not right. Betrayal , according to the Oxford English Dictionary: 1.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

dogs, cats, pigs, cows, and chickens); cell 4 (the southeast quadrant) contains domesticated plants. Cell 1 (the northwest quadrant of the diagram) contains wild animals; cell 2 (the northeast quadrant) contains wild plants; cell 3 (the southwest quadrant) contains domesticated animals (e.g.,

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., 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. The live feed can be monitored by any and all who are willing to watch.

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