Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

But as Cohen experiences, humans don't live "in theory." The theory that the mind finds inescapably well-formulated is often overwhelmed and overturned by human emotions. product that comes from an animal ). The theory is sound. There's no way out. I must confess I’ve been having a hard time. But I’m happy China eats dog."

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Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon.

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New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

As a recent convert to vegetarianism, I found that it reinforced my feeling that the eating of living, thinking, emotional creatures is just plain wrong. We pay lip service to more humane treatment of the animals that we eat, but how many of us look beyond the label on the package of chicken cutlets? To the Editor: Nicholas D.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with birds. The bird names have changed some, the essay format has broadened, the authors are more diverse, but the ecstasy in writing about the intersection of human and bird remains intact. Comstock Publishing/Cornell Univ.

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 181

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

There is a lot more to tell: descriptions of remote villages, delicous exotic food, unusual exotic food, going hungry, preparations for treks into isolated jungle areas (does one buy Quaker Oats or a live chicken?), The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element.

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Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 188

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Unfortunately, switching from red meat to chicken does not help very much. Chicken actually has just as much cholesterol as beef (about 100 milligrams of cholesterol in a 4-ounce serving) and almost as much fat. Researchers have also learned that the cancer-causing chemicals that form in beef as it cooks also tend to form in chicken.

Animal 40

Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. We give them human names and provide them with the same amenities we enjoy as humans. What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100