Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Specifically, the increasing meat-consumption trend could be reversed if consumers paid the true price for meat. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. Note from KBJ: The author of the New York Times story describes human beings as "carnivores."

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

To the Editor: In your July 12 editorial “ A Humane Egg ,” you disparage the modern, sanitary housing systems for egg-laying hens, which have improved chickens’ health and well-being, improved consumer food safety and kept eggs a nutritious and economical staple on kitchen tables and restaurant menus nationwide.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world. There is so much here! I do wish there was more about research on female bird song.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. Unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen any time soon. We pay lip service to more humane treatment of the animals that we eat, but how many of us look beyond the label on the package of chicken cutlets?

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 10, 2006

To the Editor: I wish that I could better understand the recent trend of anthropomorphizing dogs. It seems as if we are humanizing dogs in a perverse effort to make us feel more human ourselves. Is this a reflection of our society? Our dogs have a better standard of living than millions of people in other parts of the world.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

Her use of the term food “fashion” is appropriate: many people today do not make informed choices about their diet; rather, they are influenced by trends, advertising and the political correctness of food. Kelly New York, May 21, 2007 To the Editor: Thank you for publishing Nina Planck’s excellent article, “Death by Veganism.”

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 12, 2008

Andrew Revkin writes the Dot Earth blog for the New York Times. Those billions will be seeking food, water and other resources on a planet where, scientists say, humans are already shaping climate and the web of life. Revkin examines efforts to balance human affairs with the planet’s limits.

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