10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Like the tube-nosed birds, new world vultures detect the smells of rotting meat carried by the winds. Birds use rectal bristles (at the base of the bill) and tiny touch factories called Herbst corpuscles to detect touch. And again, there is great variation amongst different species. Ducks are the avian leaders of bill touch.

Birds 220

Birds Mammals Mozambique New Zealand 220

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. Given the people in the world who are hungry or even starving, we should not eat meat, since in eating meat we are, as it were, wasting grain that could be used to feed the hungry people of the world. None of these assumptions seems plausible.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Meat Cattle 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The good news is that if you know someone who needs to be schooled on all of the sordid details of factory farming, and appreciates good writing, this is a great book. And what follows, as you might imagine, is his support of "ethical meat" (for those who insist on eating animals). N]o fish gets a good death. Not a single one.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

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.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40