Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
The voice of Temple Grandin is of course the foundation. While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." For him, the importance of humane slaughter manifests itself in the quality of the meat."
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2018
We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. This is a very disturbing video of Sandhill Cranes being slaughtered by “hunters.”
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Animal Ethics
JUNE 17, 2008
And most of us, of course, just don't know about this. How do we know but what, once we got used to a vegetarian diet, we would find that our pleasure is scarcely diminished at all? Human ingenuity is great, and undoubtedly a skilful vegetarian cook can come up with quite a panoply of delicious dishes.
Animal Person
MAY 30, 2009
Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. I prefer "anti-unnecessary slaughter of sentient nonhumans" and it has nothing to do with perceived modernity. Perhaps it is the industry's inability to evolve morally that is behind the times. And of course what we do is about the issues. We live our issues.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
There are two approaches a vegetarian might take in arguing that rearing and killing animals for food is morally offensive. He might argue that eating animals is morally bad because of the pain inflicted on animals in rearing and killing them to be eaten. Or he could object to the killing itself.
Animal Person
OCTOBER 26, 2009
There's not enough evidence for an accusation of moral relativism, but for me the message is a mixed one. The Nimans move him, as do several other farmers, including one who "apologizes to his animals as they are sent off to slaughter" (244), as if that's any consolation to someone whose life you are about to take when you don't need to.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 6, 2007
September 7, 2006, a bill banning the slaughter of horses for human consumption( H.R. Since morally decent individuals oppose treating animals inhumanely for no good reason, factory farming is becoming an increasingly hard sell. News flash: Slaughtering horses does not promote their welfare. 503 ) was approved in the U.S.
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