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From Today's Wall Street Journal

Animal Ethics

So here is an even more modest proposal than roasting Fido: Try eating only what animals you are willing to kill with your own hands. Steve Heilig San Francisco Mr. A decision not to eat dogs has nothing to do with our inherent hypocrisy, but with our relationship to different animals.

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On "EATING ANIMALS" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Animal Person

The good news is that if you know someone who needs to be schooled on all of the sordid details of factory farming, and appreciates good writing, this is a great book. Factory farming considers nature an obstacle to overcome" (34). But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.