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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

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As such, most people do not consider the potential abuse that may have taken place to bring their hamburger onto their dinner plate. are killed in factory style slaughterhouses whose primary goal is to kill and process animals quickly and efficiently. Most animals in the U.S.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve. It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered. The proponent of the argument wants to stop replacing them when they die.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. It goes something like this: Yes, I agree that factory farming is morally unjustifiable and ought to be abolished. Running time: 12 Minutes.