Animal Person
NOVEMBER 1, 2009
The discussion about the environment usually originates in the massive problems created by the factory farming of sentient nonhumans. Who needs to eat animals when you can have delicious, low fat, high fiber, nutritious meals that are light on carbon footprint and don't involve killing anybody? Veganism, to me, is about justice.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret! side, the writings of New York City reformer Mary Van Kleeck.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
The animal rights movement is (rightly) closely associated with protesting things like factory farming, dogfighting, etc…basically, the mistreatment of animals. What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. This makes perfect sense. The logic of this is ridiculous.
Animal Ethics
MARCH 8, 2009
If, on the other hand, the legs are produced in factory conditions, there is a moral objection. Suppose further that such blood is obtained without killing the animal and without causing the animal pain. This sort of question can also be raised without benefit of hypothetical examples from future genetic engineering.
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. Factory farming considers nature an obstacle to overcome" (34). But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
Even “factory” agriculture has its limits. And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 24, 2006
They belong to the canine species Nyctereutes procyonoides. According to the HSUS press release, HSUS revealed earlier this week that Burlington Coat Factory was falsely advertising real fur garments as faux fur in newspaper circulars, on its web site, and in store displays at its 350 locations nationwide. Not according to my students.
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