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. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. Here is my opinion. This is mass production.

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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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Vegan Vegetarian Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Contestant (mortified, laughing, with hand over her mouth): "Cows.". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Angus sent me a link to " Animal Parts: High Style of Just Plain Beastly " wherein Zosia Bielski reports that "hipsters are going whole hog, donning road kill as accessories and cow hooves on their feet.". Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Gray Matters Language. Meanwhile, it's death they're wearing--not life.

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Butcher Ethics Killing Vegetarian 100

Animal Person

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

Logically, he admits it does make perfect sense to eat dogs if you eat pigs and cows. He writes: There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. But in the nonhuman world, there's simply no reason to make any distinctions.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 5, 2010

There is a rational, and for some people a spiritual, case for being a vegetarian: Killing animals is wrong. It's great that someone realizes that there is no real difference between dogs and cows. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Gray Matters. Do they suffer any more or less in death? I think not.

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Pigs Dogs Meat Ethics 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Vegan vegetarians who eat only vegetables, fruit, and nuts do not completely remove all microorganisms from their food, even with repeated cleaning.

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