10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2012

Plus my New York Football Giants just advanced in the first round of the NFL playoffs. As promised, I watched Falcons get plucked, pinioned, and debeaked this weekend. Sure, I’m likely omitting some other far more important factors involving family, friends, and professional success, but the little things mean a lot.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Irene Muschel New York, April 9, 2009 To the Editor: Nicholas D. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition. I was 4 or 5, and I cringed. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

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. The rooster watches over the flock protectively and often participates in a hen’s egg-laying ritual, an extremely important and private part of her life.

New York Times 40

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