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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. As you note, the lack of media coverage of the livestock sector’s contribution to climate change is one reason it has escaped large-scale public outrage. Human beings, like dogs, are omnivores. Jillian Fry Baltimore, Dec.

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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

Bea directed me to the Animal Welfare Special Report at TheHill.com , in which Rep. David Scott (D-Ga), who is the chairman of the Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Subcommittee of the House Committee on Agriculture draws a line in the sand regarding the animals we use and how we use them. Translation? What's all this about emotion, anyway?

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