Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

9) does little to advance the debate on farm animal housing. Decisions on how best to house farm animals should be left to the family farmers, like me, who care for their animals every day. To the Editor: “ Standing, Stretching, Turning Around ” (editorial, Oct.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition. Our relationship with animals should be based on respect and caring, and that begins with not eating them. Irene Muschel New York, April 9, 2009 To the Editor: Nicholas D. I was 4 or 5, and I cringed.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

In fact, a whole lot of semi-vegans can do much more for animals than the tiny number of people who are willing to give up all animal products and scrupulously read labels. Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for.

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Critter News

AUGUST 15, 2010

Last week there was a slew of articles about the agreement in Ohio between the farm industry and animal welfare activists to expand cage sizes for calves (veal), hens and pigs. This New York Times article argues that it could lead to other states following suit.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

But the method she advocates for reaching those goals—raising grass-eating, pasture-foraging farm animals—would appear to be notoriously difficult to reproduce on a scale large enough to harvest enough meat, at a reasonable cost, for all the people wanting to eat meat in this country, let alone the world. Barry Rehfeld New York, Nov.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 15, 2008

Most Americans, by contrast, join with us in demanding better regulations to safeguard farm animals and more credible inspections of our food. Nocera is anything but a soothsayer. He has simply rehashed the party line from the slaughterhouse industry.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

The Episcopal Church embraces a resolution that specifically addresses puppy mills and factory farms. The United Methodist Church supports the humane treatment of farm animals and calls for the protection of endangered species. The Catholic Church is not alone among major religions on this issue.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. To the Editor: Re “ Standing, Stretching, Turning Around ” (editorial, Oct. This modest proposal would bring a smidgen of comfort to millions of hens used for egg production.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 22, 2007

Indeed, if public sympathy is changing in China regarding how we treat animals raised and killed for food, as it is here in the United States, then we can only expect future improvements in the welfare of farm animals. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive, Humane Society of the United States Washington, Aug.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

This doesn’t ring true, suggesting as it does that we actually ask the animals to make a sacrifice for our sake. What we are doing is raising and then killing animals so that we can eat them. If we’re going to raise farm animals and then kill them to eat them, we should say so. They don’t volunteer.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 7, 2009

Keith, On Sunday, October 4, Farm Sanctuary held the largest Walk for Farm Animals in New York City history. Nearly 700 registrants converged on Central Park, making the event quite possibly the largest gathering of people standing in solidarity with farm animals ever.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

The New York Times ' Nicholas D. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. Kristof writes of the "decent and varied lives" that small farms provide animals with. Kristof frustrates me. I'm not sure how that equals soul.

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MARCH 19, 2013

They are a commensal species, meaning that they are a wild animal that lives in close association with humans, not as a pet or as a farm animal but more like a parasite, to the extent that it is hard to find them in truely wild settings, and it is hard to find human settlements without them.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

For the full story, check out this link to the New York Times article. I'm no fan of McDonalds, but any little bit of help is progress. Here's an excerpt.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

To start a fun new Thanksgiving tradition, and to choose your adopted turkey, please vvisit adoptaturkey.org or call the Turkey Adoption Hotline at 1-888-SPONSOR. Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, promotes legislative, policy, and individual lifestyle changes to help farm animals.

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