Critter News
APRIL 24, 2009
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
As a result of the funding mechanisms whereby state agencies rely on hunter purchase of hunting tags to maintain operations, these bureaucracies are not going to promote predators in the face of opposition from hunters.”. This principle reaffirms that animal welfare is an integral part of modern conservation.
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Critter News
JULY 3, 2010
To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. From the Associated Press.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
There have been several high-profile cases of severe abuse that only require a search on the web (examples include turkeys being used as punching bags while alive and paint being sprayed into hogs’ eyes for “fun.") Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. They were simply factors of production at that time too.
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
Jentsch talks about the cost ("it's hard to put a price tag on") of protecting those like him, so we definitely know that the tactics of those who seek to defend animals are working on one level (economic harm, though once removed at least in this situation). Then comes the introduction to Vlasak wanting to harm individuals who harm animals.
Animal Person
JULY 19, 2009
In the eighteenth century, for example, grammarians tried to stamp out the use of "wrote" as the past tense of "write." Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. Here's a hint from the authors: In the end, it's not the grammarians and usage experts who decide what's right. They considered "writ" or "writt" the only correct forms.
Animal Person
JUNE 20, 2009
But by presenting that example to the reader, the author positions herself to then present an alternative that is worlds better by comparison. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language animal rights Bev Eggleston EcoFriendly Foods Gourmet magazine happy meat Humane slaughter Temple Grandin. It is murder. Not eating them.
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