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Animal Welfare Act Inadequate for Farm Animals

Critter News

How many people know this about the Animal Welfare Act? According to the United States Department of Agriculture, “farm animals are regulated under the Animal Welfare Act (AWA) only when used in biomedical research, testing, teaching and exhibition. This is really interesting. I certainly didn't.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare. It is estimated that the amount of grain fed to cattle and hogs in the United States in 1971 was twice that of U.S. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.