Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman for pasturing the animals to provide all the beef, turkey, chicken and pork eaten in this country? Barry Rehfeld New York, Nov. When I see “grass-fed” beef from the Niman Ranch and others on menus at the high-end restaurants I occasionally visit, the items offered are invariably among the most expensive on the list.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

18): As a microbiologist, I know that study after study has highlighted the human health threat from using antibiotics as feed additives for hogs, chickens and cattle, creating super-bugs—bacteria that no longer can be treated with antibiotics. Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

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. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States. Vadim Liberman New York, April 23, 2008

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen any time soon. 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? Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish. Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

Elaine Sloan New York, Jan. Having a roast or baked chicken used to be for special occasions. To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. But there is indeed a simple answer to these problems: Go vegan. Brian O’Reilly Montclair, N.J., We reap what we sow. Michelle Gordon Gulfport, Miss.,

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

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 Ethics

MARCH 11, 2007

But horses are not cows, pigs or chickens. Hope Ryden New York, March 5, 2007 The writer is the author of a book about America’s last wild horses. The issue is not whether slaughtering horses is un-American, but that it is inhumane and wholly unnecessary. Yes, all food animals should meet a dignified end.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

High-fat, cholesterol-laden chicken nuggets and burgers meet requirements set by the U.S.D.A. The United States Department of Agriculture purchases food, including high-fat meat and dairy products, under the direction of Congress based on agricultural surpluses and price support activities to help American agriculture producers.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 4, 2009

Here is a New York Times story about the growing number of people who raise chickens.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. New York Times, March 11, 1996. by John Bull and John Farrand, Jr., revised by John Farrand, Jr.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. It is such a great show, and so worth watching, so be sure to check your local listings for the time, it airs every Friday night.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 19, 2009

It just so happens that after I read Bea's comment from yesterday about reaching kids with our message I saw a New York Times article from today called " Where Little Chefs Learn the Art of Slicing and Dicing ," by Ann Farmer. The students learn to debone a chicken and slice cheese. And what about cheese?

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

But it's also remarkable in that Roger Cohen, a 50-something man who writes for the New York Times, wonders: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs? This is a good news/bad news story. " Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. Are they any more or less sentient?

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

The New York Times ' Nicholas D. Food for my soul does not involve grilled greyhound any more than it involves grilled chicken. Kristof frustrates me. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. on my schedule and for my palate.

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Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. What happened to all of the talk of tradition and the American West and culture and the horse's unique place in our history and how horses are different from cows and chickens?

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Animal Person

JANUARY 18, 2010

In " Therapists Report Increase in Green Disputes " in the Environment section of today's New York Times, Leslie Kaufman reports that American households have become a battleground for beliefs about the environment. Does Planet Earth have the time for everyone to decide they're "ready" to give it a break?

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. 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.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

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.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

12): While this is a step in the right direction toward reducing the animal abuse inherent in all factory farming (from the chicken’s point of view), it’s still a long way from what nature intended. Chickens enjoy being together in small flocks, sunning, dust bathing and scratching in the soil for food. 13, 2007

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Nice November Weekend Birds in Flight at Sandy Hook Owls in the Gloaming What is the Chicken Inferno? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

Plus, I mean, it’s a giant chicken-looking thing that’s actually related to ducks… with that kind of identity crisis going on, what’s not to love? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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MARCH 20, 2011

You can designate it thus; you can legally call it a Rhode Island Red chicken if you want, but no whooping crane on this planet is nonessential. Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. It flies on. Not when we have but 400 to spare. Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Chicken Skin! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Carol Holverson Mar 21st, 2011 at 6:37 pm Hands down it was the Laysan albatross(es) and chicks on Ka’ena Point on Oahu. Whoa – gotta love that 6 foot wing span! Wicked, right?

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Make Mine Mines Road Missing Birds on Staten Island What is the Chicken Inferno? Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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