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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Children naturally love animals, but the many “uses we have found for them” lead us to teach our children to save their compassion for companion animals exclusively. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing. More and more people do not.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Since our food is delivered to us on a bun or in big bags of frozen parts, it’s easy to eat it and not think about what it was or how it was killed. Unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen any time soon. Maybe someday our legislators in New York will have the courage to follow in the footsteps of the states Mr. Kristof mentions.

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