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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

Given the people in the world who are hungry or even starving, we should not eat meat, since in eating meat we are, as it were, wasting grain that could be used to feed the hungry people of the world. Second, it seems to assume that not eating meat is the best way to conserve grain. None of these assumptions seems plausible.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. Dates of first arrival listed by Schorger (1966) are: Italy 1520, Germany 1530, France 1538, England 1541, Denmark and Norway 1550, Sweden 1556.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Horse slaughter for meat export is just plain wrong. Our American horses are not being shipped to the hungry in Africa; they are being served in the most pricey restaurants in France, Belgium and Japan. But horses are not cows, pigs or chickens.

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On Project Treadstone and Welfare, OED-Style

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Abundance (of meat, drink). 1917 New Witness 28 June 202/1 It is continually stated that Maternity Clinics and Infant Welfare Centres have met with the greatest success in France. 350 To wasten, on welfare and on wykked kepynge, Al e worlde in a while orw owre witte. HARRISON Descr. c1380 WYCLIF Wks. a1395 HYLTON Scala Perf.

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Æppeltreow Winery & Cidery: Sparrow Spiced Cider

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Ship-to-table: A spice-laced medieval feast from the Grandes Chroniques de France of Charles V. In the British Commonwealth, a nearly identical product called mixed spice is popular for holiday baking, sometimes known as “pudding spice” owing to its obligatory use in traditional Christmas desserts.

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The Eurasian Woodcock

10,000 Birds

The HBW has the scary information that “up to 3,700,000 individuals [are] hunted annually in Europe, with 1,500,000 in Italy, 1,300,000 in France, 400,000 in W Russia and 200,000 in Britain” and adds that “there have been suggestions that such harvests are unsustainable and should be regulated” Wikipedia even states that “Eurasian (..)

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