Animal Person

JUNE 20, 2009

Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called " Humane Slaughterhouses ," by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. They believe you can take a life that doesn't want to be taken in a humane way, and I don't agree. And perhaps that "better" will distract the reader from the undeniable fact of the unjust slaughter. It is murder.

Slaughter 100

Slaughter Slaughtered Cows Meat 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Humanity Even for Nonhumans ,” by Nicholas D. If human beings were confined, mutilated and killed, would we call it “humane” if the cages were a few inches bigger, the knife sharper, the death faster? Would we say these people were slaughtered in a “people friendly” manner? Kristof’s column.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Proposition 2 Free Range 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Niman’s suggestion that the findings do not apply to smaller farms, the United Nations and the University of Chicago reports demonstrate the inefficiency of beef “production” because a cow must be fed to convert grass or grain calories into protein before a human can consume even “humane” or grass-fed beef. Indeed, in Ms.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat San Antonio 40