Animal Person
APRIL 5, 2009
Tell the governor's office that (live) horses are a symbol of the American West and Montana should not want to be known as the horse slaughter capitol of the country. Please read this excellent and compelling letter by former Mayor Paula Bacon about the disastrous effects of having a slaughter facility in her hometown of Kaufman, Texas.
Critter News
AUGUST 6, 2009
We posted about this film a while ago, but it is still inspiring news coverage. Clearly, it is disturbing enough to provoke some real discussions about the ethics of dolphins in amusement parks. The captivity industry keeps the slaughter going,” O’Barry charges in movie.
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Animal Person
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
There are few animal rights stories in the news. Farmers were bragging about how much they "loved" the animals they would soon betray and slaughter, and many omnivores who had discovered how animals are treated wanted to assuage their consciences a bit by "at least" giving the animals a better life prior to their untimely slaughter.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2010
Here's the good news: This is a very readable explanation of how animals in the Hundred Heartbeat Club (there are 100 or fewer individuals in the wild today) got to be in the club. Corwin tells the story of the Maasai of Kenya, whose culture involved disdain for and slaughter of lions.
Animal Person
MARCH 30, 2009
Susan e-mailed after receiving RPA's news release on the organization's recent mailing to the governors of all 50 states about our land-grant universities' (LGUs') meat-industry problem. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics. The interview is scheduled for 10-15 minutes of Monday's one-hour show.
Animal Person
MAY 30, 2009
Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." Parker uses the term "anti-modern farming activists," which is new to me. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting !
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 13, 2008
To the Editor: Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld writes about the horrors of a kosher slaughterhouse where “news reports and government documents have described abusive practices.” Religious slaughter is still slaughter. Gretchen Berger New York, Aug.
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