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Animal Health Care is Part of the Bottom Line

Critter News

We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Here's an example. The pig industry, says Dr MacDougald, is marked by generally poor production and financial analysis.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished.