Critter News
APRIL 12, 2009
On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." They are striking a blow against the cruel egg industry.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. It's a thoughtful question I wish more people would ask.
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Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
In April 2009, unseasonably cold weather froze two whopping crane eggs. In November 2008, a virus killed a 15-month-old Asian elephant calf named Malti. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. A zookeeper had left the knife behind in the exhibit.
Animal Person
AUGUST 16, 2011
Most interesting for me was the mental lock most people have that we vegans are always looking to break or find the key to: Why do good people who understand what happens to animals for unnecessary products such as “steak” or eggs, continue to consume such things? He watched cockfighting and killed and skinned animals, but won’t eat veal.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
Moreover, pigs are not the only ones that would be happier with welfare improvements: according to a nationwide poll commissioned by the ASPCA, a majority of Americans want farm animals to be treated in a way that inflicts the least amount of pain and suffering possible. Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. SUZANNE McMILLAN Dir.,
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on. For example, when the U.S.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2009
On the lactovo variety, eating animal products, e.g., milk and eggs, would not be considered morally wrong, although eating certain animals would be; on the vegan variety, eating animal products would be morally forbidden as well. Would it be morally permissible for you to kill some people and eat them? Consider a different situation.
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