Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

For example, why is it so hard for our family members and co-workers – many of whom have companion animals that they love – to cut cruelty from their diets and go vegan? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products?

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Advocacy Factory Farm Factory Farming Companion Animal 100

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Beyond the environmental impacts of meat production there is a basic ethical issue involved. 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. Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food.

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Los Angeles San Francisco Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

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). Ever, in fact. He always refers to himself and his wife and his child as "vegetarian."

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. A prime example of this is our concern for the welfare of animals in agriculture.".

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Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100