Critter News

JULY 10, 2009

There is definitely a problem with gang violence, especially in Fresno. On an animal note, I will say that the treatment of animals is very bad in the Central Valley. It's farm country and you have a lot of farmers and ag types who treat companion animals as little better than livestock.

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Fresno Factory Farm Factory Farming Companion Animal 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

A decision not to eat dogs has nothing to do with our inherent hypocrisy, but with our relationship to different animals. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. Foer misses the point of the debate completely. However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Paragraph #4 starts with: "Undeniably, neither I nor anyone I know advocates or even tolerates the inhumane treatment of farm animals." The veracity of this statement hinges on Scott's definition of "inhumane," and that definition must be very, very restricted, and clearly unrelated to the realities of our modern factory farm system.

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Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100