Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

No wonder there is so much "farm" animal abuse out there. Humane treatment runs counter to the entire industry when the point is to make money by processing these animals as fast as possible. Farm animals used for food and fiber or for food and fiber research are not regulated under the AWA.”.Unlike

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Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

The animal is well-treated during its life in terms of having space to roam, living free of fear and abuse, and being well-fed in clean conditions. In other words, the proverbial happy farm animal. In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. No one disputes that these actions cause the animals an enormous amount of pain and distress.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2009

It's hard to say because the government still has not instituted a comprehensive MRSA inspection process, but independent research conducted by Tara Smith, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa, suggests that MRSA-infected animals may be widespread indeed. are fed to farm animals.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

Nearly 70 percent of all the antibiotics produced are fed to farmed animals to prevent (not treat) disease. McWilliams insists that vegetarianism is "the most powerful political response we can make to industrialized food. Undigested antibiotics leach from manure into freshwater systems and impair the sex organs of fish.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

In my 40s, I became a vegetarian because I was saving sick and injured birds, and I just couldn’t eat them and save them. These farmers work long hours moving animals from pasture to pasture and often struggle with a paucity of meat-processing infrastructure suitable to the needs of small-scale producers.

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