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Organizations Putting Animals First

4 The Love Of Animals

Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management.

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W. D. Ross (1877-1971) on Animal Rights

Animal Ethics

The view held by some writers is that we have duties concerning animals but not to them, the theory being that we have a duty to behave humanely to our fellow men, and that we should behave humanely to animals simply for fear of creating a disposition in ourselves which will make us tend to be cruel to our fellow men. Professor D.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 8 of 13

Animal Ethics

Becoming a vegetarian is the most practical and effective step one can take towards [sic; kbj] ending both the killing of non-human [sic; kbj] animals and the infliction of suffering upon them. Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack.