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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

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. Tags: animal cruelty proposition 2 cattle farm animal welfare agribusiness.

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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. Tags: Moral Vegetarianism. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare.