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Trader Joe's Eggs NOT Humane

Critter News

I looked online and all I could find was this article on The Vegetarian Site. They are debeaked because that is necessary to keep them from injuring each other." If, in fact, Trader Joe's deems debeaking as necessary, then this immediately reveals the high density of birds. But are they really free-range eggs?

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. The noxious fumes from the accumulated urine and feces cause lung problems in many of the animals.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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. The debeaking of hens and other routine cruelties of egg production are seldom put before the public. At 14, as I started making my own choices, my eating habits began to change. Karen Davis Machipongo, Va.,