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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Take a moment to tell your governor you agree we must get our LGUs out of the meat industry. Below is a press release about the mailing.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

Critter News

The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. And if you ever drive around an egg farm, hog farm, slaughterhouse, feeding lot, etc., He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Not in words, of course, but they can answer in ways that we can understand if we are paying attention. The meat industry loves to squeal that “the cost of bacon will rise” whenever it’s faced with pressure to change. The idea that eggs from free-range chickens are somehow morally superior to other eggs is, frankly, weird.