article thumbnail

Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. Since the male offspring of dairy cows don't produce milk, they are sold to veal farms, where they are permanently confined in veal crates that prevent them from moving or turning around.

article thumbnail

From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Niman’s suggestion that the findings do not apply to smaller farms, the United Nations and the University of Chicago reports demonstrate the inefficiency of beef “production” because a cow must be fed to convert grass or grain calories into protein before a human can consume even “humane” or grass-fed beef.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

A scaredy cat is always a scaredy cat

10,000 Birds

So the human equivalent of frog in a bowl might be. Exploratory species, on the other hand, have lifestyles where information gathering could be useful, e.g. those living in relatively complex and changeable versus constant habitats. So assaying exploratory tendency in humans. food selection from some kind of mystery buffet?

Cats 146
article thumbnail

A long way from nowhere

10,000 Birds

This is what wikipedia has to say about Stoke’s Sea Snake: “Although aggressive with a venomous bite, there are no reported human fatalities attributed to Stokes’ seasnake.&# We are remote but what a great lifestyle! However, I must critizise this post of yours. Are you running out of really dangerous critters?

2011 143