Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2011

These family-friendly events are an opportunity for those concerned with the cruel and horrific practices of factory farming to take a stand in support of compassion for animals and raise awareness about the mistreatment of animals raised for food.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Their ethological needs and direct interests are neglected to the extent that their needs are not as congruent with higher productivity and profit. Their interests are primarily protected, if at all, through archaic state anti-cruelty statutes that were not passed in contemplation of the factory-farm or genetic engineering.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

I neglected to take the camera into the courtyard in the beginning, though I did bring the hounds and their beds. The discussion about the environment usually originates in the massive problems created by the factory farming of sentient nonhumans. Violet was spooked early on, but Charles stayed for the entire evening.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 7, 2008

The principle of the equal consideration of interests, therefore, applies to them, which in turn means that we are not morally justified in ignoring, disregarding, or otherwise neglecting their interests. This, however, is precisely what factory farming does.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

What these naysayers consistently neglect is that vegan diets, as with all other restricted diets, must be well planned. I’ll leave the question of infant care to the physicians, but I know firsthand that an adult vegan can enjoy robust physical health without contributing to the cruel suffering of animals on today’s factory farms.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Many people exclude animals from moral consideration, even though they would never think to neglect, much less harm, a dog or a cat. Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? So I must try to keep my morality open to revision, exposing it to whatever valid pressures there are—including pressures from my sympathies.

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