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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

"While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." And perhaps that "better" will distract the reader from the undeniable fact of the unjust slaughter. All you need to know is one word: slaughter.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

Animal Person

And more important is that those storytellers include people who ran small, family operations that animal welfare advocates would not have a problem with. I didn't have to do the slaughtering to know what it feels like to have participated in something for a good chunk of my life that wasn't right. Tags: Activism Ethics Film.

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On The Respectful Emperor

Animal Person

That leaves us with animal welfare, which I do think we are genuinely interested in, mostly because of the myriad videos, documentaries, books and websites that have made it tough to avoid over the past few years. I wrote often about such farmer/authors and found their rationalizations quite creepy. That's respect.

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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? Here's an interesting combination of great sentiment and horrible sentiment that involves two responses from the above list: "Online critics said it was hypocritical to protect only dogs and cats, and that the government should focus on human welfare before protecting animals."

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Changes in the manner of slaughter (i.e., welfare") is the best that any of us can ever hope for, and of course what is a change in the way I kill you other than a change in the method by which you die. Frankly, we don't know whether or not welfare reform will lead to the abolition of the use of sentient nonhumans.

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On Not Eating Animals

Animal Person

And when you have people who slaughter animals for a living on your side, in my mind your pro-animal message loses credibility. This is the message of animal welfare--there is nothing inherently unjust about bringing animals into this world for your own use and/or profit. Tags: Books Ethics. It's okay to choose enslavement.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

22): PETA is proud to see that its hard work behind the scenes with Bell & Evans and other companies to encourage implementation of this new, less cruel form of slaughter is finally coming to fruition. Tracy Reiman Executive Vice President People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Los Angeles, Oct. McDonald’s, are you listening?