Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit. Tags: ohio eggs california humane society farm animal welfare factory farm. This concession was to avoid a November ballot vote a la California's Proposition 2.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2010

We received an email about a new book being released by Lantern Books. The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. It's called "Change Of Heart: What Psychology Can Teach Us About Spreading Social Change."

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. And while there are varying estimates, it takes between 3 and 15 pounds of grain to produce a pound of meat. 11, 2008 To the Editor: We are seeing environmental ruin because of factory farming.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. It's a choice.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D. If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. 27): Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan.

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