Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

" That's Why We Don't Eat Animals: A Book About Vegans, Vegetarians, and All Living Things ," written and illustrated by Ruby Roth, has gorgeous and haunting illustrations. And it gently tells the story of why we shouldn't eat factory farmed animals. There is no mention of that solution, but I worry.

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Animal Person

MAY 6, 2009

The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. Throughout the book, Keith mocks vegetarians and vegans.

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. There are probably no happy animals in factory farming (ie. Here is my opinion.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Dogs were bred to be companion animals; pigs and cows are raised as food. However, I agree with Mr. Foer that factory farming has to go. In the name of moral consistency I became a vegetarian four years ago. A decision not to eat dogs has nothing to do with our inherent hypocrisy, but with our relationship to different animals.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. 11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming. A shift toward more vegetarian options would indeed benefit us all. 11, 2008

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

There is a general consensus that vegetarianism and veganism are different philosophically. The underlying premise is that you can know what is right (such as me knowing what's right then eating cow flesh in the form of filet mignon for a year), but that by no means will necessarily manifest in your behavior. How about this?

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