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Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages ” (Business Day, July 8): I’m a vegetarian who turned vegan after coming to terms with the fact that just because I was eating hormone-free, antibiotic-free, even free-range organic eggs didn’t mean that egg-producing hens were living a cruelty-free life.

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My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates. The next logical step for those who eat in restaurants is to demand more vegetarian-vegan options on their menus. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about. Kristina Cahill Long Beach, Calif.,

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Animal Ethics

Going vegan is the best way to combat this environmental nightmare, improve your health and stand up against the animal cruelty so prevalent in factory farms today. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., 10, 2008 To the Editor: Your editorial sets forth a real, serious problem but proposes a futile solution.