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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

14): To the animals being slaughtered, it does not matter whether their killers are local or whether they will be eaten or displayed on a wall. There are no “lofty pedestals” for those without compassion or empathy for other creatures. There are no “lofty pedestals” for those without compassion or empathy for other creatures.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do. But when we start talking about the nitty gritty of ecology – deer overpopulation, invasive species, the value of a whooping crane – the “harvesters&# break camp with the “observers&# rather abruptly.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

And it certainly doesn't follow that it is permissible to eat meat that comes from animals who were forced to endure horribly inhumane factory farm conditions and who were then slaughtered inhumanely. The question is not: "Is there any conceivable set of circumstances in which it would be permissible to eat meat?" Running time: 12 Minutes.