Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

" Dog Days in China " is a small piece with no gruesome slideshow. 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? Or pig, or duck, or fish. But I’m happy China eats dog." Are they any more or less sentient?

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Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. Let's deconstruct: Legal experts in China are proposing a ban on the eating of dogs and cats. He often has insight into why something might be different in action than what I think in theory when it comes to China.

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China Cats Speciesism Dogs 100

Critter News

MARCH 7, 2012

Stanwood is right near where we live in Seattle and, sadly, home to Pigs Peace Animal Sanctuary which rescues all kinds of animals. The rumor mill has it that Bouvry wants to reopen the plant to service more inexpensively developing markets for its product in Russia, China and other Asian nations. I can only imagine how they feel.

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Horse Slaughter Horses Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

When we left off , the New York Times' Roger Cohen had eaten dog while in China, and wasn't thrilled about it emotionally. Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. Because his previous paragraph is: But do pigs have any more or less of a soul than dogs?

Pigs 100

Pigs Ethics Suffering Meat 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. I suspect that meat consumption would decline dramatically under such a code; it would certainly make many of us less hypocritical. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. Howland Northport, N.Y.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40