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Steven M. Wise on Farm Animals

Animal Ethics

Their ethological needs and direct interests are neglected to the extent that their needs are not as congruent with higher productivity and profit. Instead it aids industry boards that exist solely to sell animal products. Farm animals are treated essentially as raw materials. It also provides tax incentives to factory-farmers.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Consumers can help the beef industry save itself by both buying less and choosing grass-fed. This would result in improved human health, decreased environmental destruction and better animal welfare. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change.