10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

You see, the chickens are being shortchanged. Americans love chicken. In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Chicken soup and chicken wings are about as American as apple pie. When we eat eggs we eat chicken eggs almost exclusively.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? Many people support this, particularly affluent types, who have become dog and cat people and now own them as "pets." Or if it's brutal it is necessary.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

April 21, 2008 To the Editor: Re “ Million-Dollar Meat ” (editorial, April 23): In vitro meat might not appeal to everyone, but I am guessing that the day PETA awards its prize money will be a happy day for the billions of land animals bound for slaughter. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States.

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New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

After two or three laying cycles when their egg production begins to wane, the layer hens are inhumanely loaded onto trucks and sent to slaughter, where they are processed into chicken soup and pet food. Eggs and dairy products also contribute to all the environmental problems listed above.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

Blog readers sharing their house with a noisy teenager may consider replacing him or her with a Brown-headed Parrot , given this statement on a pet website : “Brown-Headed Parrot boasts another very desirable trait – these are very quiet parrots! The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.

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Ostriches Parrots Birds Eggs 147

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators. If we are not justified in eating mackerel ourselves, are we not also morally obligated to stop the slaughter brought on by the tuna? David Peters New York, Nov.

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New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

We have a tendency as a society to anthropomorphize our animals, especially our pets. None of this is objectionable; our pets provide us with a tremendous amount of love, companionship and joy and deserve the best care we can give them. We give them human names and provide them with the same amenities we enjoy as humans.

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