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On Killing Cows to Save Elephants

Animal Person

In other words, it's so tragic that elephants are in mortal danger that you should kill cows to help protect the imperiled elephants? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. There are only 50 available. To whom does that make sense or sound like a good idea?

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On Betraying Your Family

Animal Person

Yesterday, in the comments of An Affront to the Idea of Family , Brian wrote: I understand your concern for those cows that were beat by that man and the unfortunate death of all the cows that died in the snow storm. I love my cows and I don't anyone touch them in that manner. It's a relief to hear that Brian disapproves.

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NYT Opens the Door to the Humane Myth

Animal Person

Riddle me this: What's the difference between a cow and someone on death row? For one thing, the cow has not been convicted of some heinous crime. The cow will be executed simply because she is a cow. Where's the moral objection on behalf of cows? Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

That doesn't mean that 99% of dairy products are from family farms , as the average number of cows on each family farm is just over 100. Families, so the commercials go, don't engage in untoward aspects of animal husbandry that might hurt the cows. The cows' tails swing in the breeze.

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EU Backing Cloned Animal Products

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Concerns surround the ethics of the process, the welfare of the animals and a lack of research on food safety. If this policy is adopted, European farms could be populated by cloned supersize animals used as breeding stock for cows, pigs and sheep that are reared for food. From the Daily Mail.

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27,000 Animals Rescued in Texas

Critter News

The raid followed an undercover investigation by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. That's HUGE. It was an exotic animal importing firm (why the eff do those even exist?) that was allegedly mistreating its animals. A lot of these animals are reptiles, spiders and amphibians, which explains the large number.

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Elk Hunting For Idiots

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That's right, a herd of panicked elk were cornered in a cow pasture and a group of boneheads decided to "hunt" them. There are some fair chase rules that any ethical hunter subscribes to.". Even other hunters were disgusted: "How can you call that hunting?" asked Bob Coombs, 70, of Mount Vernon. That can't be called hunting.

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