Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2011

I was going to change Animal Person to Vegan Atheist 40+ Parenting and come back to blogging. And of course, many self-identified vegetarians eat fishes and/or chickens. My doctorate in Applied Linguistics from New York University puts me at a considerable disadvantage. But it's called "chicken."

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2014

Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. Chickens deserve to live humanely. ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' That’s the least farmers can do. People seem to lose sight of the fact that these are sentient animals, not food machines!

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

To the Editor: Re “ New Way to Help Chickens Cross to Other Side ” (front page, Oct. 22): PETA is proud to see that its hard work behind the scenes with Bell & Evans and other companies to encourage implementation of this new, less cruel form of slaughter is finally coming to fruition. McDonald’s, are you listening? 25, 2010

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

As a longtime vegan with three vegan-from-birth children, I would like to suggest that since vegetarians are generally healthier than meat eaters, there is no excuse for compassionate people to eat animals. There is no moral difference between eating a dog or a pig, a cat or a chicken. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

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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. Do you discuss veganism or environmentalism frequently? Is it purely a matter of months or years for you?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

But there is indeed a simple answer to these problems: Go vegan. 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. Brian O’Reilly Montclair, N.J., We reap what we sow. Michelle Gordon Gulfport, Miss.,

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