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On Not Eating Animals

Animal Person

And when you have people who slaughter animals for a living on your side, in my mind your pro-animal message loses credibility. Compassion, as most people define it, is virtuous, but it smacks of mercy, which screams subjection. But the net message is the same: factory farming=bad, small farms=good.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. It is a very interesting read, and as I stated in the post I wrote on my blog , part of the team that wrote the plan is the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, one of the states proposing a Sandhill Crane slaughter. I knew I’d never heard that before.

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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. To answer these questions, we need to reflect on what "necessary" means in the present context. Running time: 12 Minutes.