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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

April 9, 2009 To the Editor: In making the personal decision of where to place ourselves in our ethical relationship with animals, it is important to evaluate the reality of our words. Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner? Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner?

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Free range” does not solve the problem of painful debeaking, enormously oversized flocks or the unnatural isolation of the birds from other sexes and age groups. Though chickens can live for 5 to 11 years, after two years, they are hauled away to slaughter just like battery-caged hens.