Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Animals raised for food suffer miserably. After time in the Marines, I veered strongly away from eating creatures, thinking of their suffering. Kristof (column, April 9): Thank you for this inspiring and enlightening article. I was 4 or 5, and I cringed. At 14, as I started making my own choices, my eating habits began to change.

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New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

It is natural to feel sympathy for animals who are suffering. Have you taken the time to investigate this? Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? This sympathy can be a basis for revising one's moral principles so as to take animals into account. Have you looked at images or videotapes of slaughter?

Morals 40

Morals Factory Farm Factory Farming Neglecting 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

As reported in the AP story, two styles of Sean John jackets—one a hooded snorkel style, the other a classic version—were originally advertised as faux fur, but an investigation by the Humane Society of the United States [ HSUS ] found that the jackets were made from dog fur. Just how do Chinese workers kill raccoon dogs?" you might wonder.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40