Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2010

s rate of positives is well below industry averages (0.05 1 goal of industry, government and consumers. 11, 2010 To the Editor: I’ve been involved in beef safety research since college, and I don’t recognize the industry you’ve depicted in recent articles. percent for 2009 versus 0.99 Food safety is the No. 11, 2010

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

It also offers an equally harsh negative judgment of the federal authorities whose mandate is to protect the integrity of the public’s food supply chain but who have chosen to interpret this responsibility so lightly as to let such claims stand while ignoring repeated offenses by the industry. 4): Your article about E.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 16, 2009

The meat and dairy industries want to keep their operations away from the public’s discriminating eyes, but as groups like PETA and the Humane Society have shown us in their graphic and disturbing undercover investigations, factory farms are mechanized madness and slaughterhouses are torture chambers to these unfortunate and feeling beings.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

Borrowing a move from the tobacco industry, Ms. Barry Rehfeld New York, Nov. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn., 1, 2009 To the Editor: As an ethics instructor who aims to inspire my students to think about the connections between their values and daily practices, I found Nicolette Hahn Niman’s article disappointing. Contrary to Ms.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

It, too, traced, with a great deal of investigative reporting, the journey fat trimmings take through the meatpacking industry. The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 10, 2009

Given this potency, an 18 percent reduction in methane emissions from cattle isn’t going to be anywhere near enough to turn dairying or beef production into sustainable industries. (The difference is due to the fact that methane breaks down much more rapidly than carbon dioxide.)

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Drummer Denies He Intentionally Spooked Horse That Died ” (news article, Sept. The recent report by the New York City comptroller points out the absolute failure of city agencies to protect these indentured slaves. Zelda Penzel New York, Sept. Shame on Mayor Michael R. 16, 2007

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Unfortunately, that is unlikely to happen any time soon. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D. Maybe someday our legislators in New York will have the courage to follow in the footsteps of the states Mr. Kristof mentions.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

27): Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan. To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. Brian O’Reilly Montclair, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

While some chicken producers and poultry purchasers have taken steps to reduce antibiotic use, the hog industry remains largely resistant to change. Slaughter Member of Congress, 28th District, New York Washington, Sept. To the Editor: Re “ Antibiotic Runoff ” (editorial, Sept.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit—all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 15, 2008

If Mr. Nocera actually had such clairvoyant powers over the meat-packing industry, why didn’t he put them to use last autumn and blow the whistle on the Westland/Hallmark slaughter plant? He has simply rehashed the party line from the slaughterhouse industry. Oh, really? He might have prevented the recall of 143 million pounds of beef.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

This is an issue on which we don’t need to wait for government or industry to act first. This comes at an enormous cost to animal welfare, the environment and of course public health. A shift toward more vegetarian options would indeed benefit us all. We can start at our next meal.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

At the same time connections between the food industry and government agencies like the Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have become so incestuous that we should expect little from them. Even “factory” agriculture has its limits. Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 22, 2007

16): Given our exportation of large-scale intensive confinement facilities, it is tragic, though not surprising, that disease is devastating the Chinese industry. With this industrialization often comes overcrowding, inadequate ventilation and related physiological stress—factors implicated as heightening the risk of disease outbreaks.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

18 editorial about the abuse of antibiotics in industrial hog farms. To the Editor: I applaud “ Antibiotic Runoff ,” your Sept. It not only brings light to a serious issue, but also begins to make the connection between factory farm practices and consumer choices.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 12, 2007

Now that the carriage industry is being held under a microscope, it’s clear that it puts a black mark on the city. No amount of regulation, advisory panel oversight or coordination by city agencies will change the fact that those horses are tired and broken, and their needs are not being met.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

In the United States pork industry, the vast majority of the more than 100 million pigs raised each year are housed in climate-controlled buildings that protect them from the elements, illness and disease and that allow for individual care. As for the environment, the pork industry prides itself on being a zero-discharge industry.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 16, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ 100 Years Later, the Food Industry Is Still ‘The Jungle,’ ” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, Jan. 2): Yes, 100 years ago Upton Sinclair wrote a book about the plight of the immigrant and focused in part on the meat industry.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 10, 2007

The pork industry has acted on its own over the last decade to solve water-discharge problems and create top-shelf manure management systems. In fact, the study cited in the editorial had to reach back eight years to 1999 to find a major environmental problem associated with hog farming.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 10, 2007

To the Editor: As sponsors of the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act , we take issue with Christa Weil’s views on the horsemeat industry ( Op-Ed , March 5). The horse slaughter industry in the United States has nothing to do with feeding hungry people and everything to do with animal cruelty.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I buy pasture-raised meat, milk and eggs from local farmers who I know personally, because the animals are healthier than industrially raised animals, and I find that the quality is better. This program will create havoc on America’s small farms.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

But I do know that the dairy industry and its lobbyists do not want to require labeling milk produced with rBST. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. I have no idea if rBST is safe. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2013

It could determine the fate of the Canadian tar-sands industry and, with it, the future well-being of the planet.” If Keystone XL fails to win the president’s approval, the industry will certainly grow at a far slower pace than forecast and possibly witness the failure of costly ventures, resulting in an industry-wide contraction.

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Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

When I saw " From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit " this morning in the New York Times , I immediately thought of "Dog." Emilio Flores for the New York Times.) You may have seen "Dog," posted by Stephanie. If not, here it is. See the entire slide show, Happy Cows: Behind the Myth, here.). (See

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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 Person

APRIL 21, 2009

New York Times. New York City. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. More >> Year. The number next to each changes with the popularity of the terms (for each blog).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The new series was masterminded by Chanticleer founder Paul Steiner, who was lauded on his death 19 years later for his “brilliant idea of creating bird guides with photographs” and organizing them visually. New York Times, March 11, 1996. by John Bull and John Farrand, Jr., revised by John Farrand, Jr. .”

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 18, 2007

By the way, the editorial board of the New York Times is progressive (as opposed to conservative). The wrongness of factory farming is overdetermined. See here for one sufficient ground. Why does it not call for the abolition of factory farming? Instead, it seeks to reform it.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

The New York Times ' Nicholas D. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Kristof frustrates me. His passion and compassion for humans is immense, but he appears to have some kind of mental block with nonhuman animals. What that means is that it wasn't a factory-farm operation.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The climatic changes set in motion by the Industrial Revolution are now proceeding at a pace far greater than many species and ecosystems can adapt to naturally. You can read more about the study at The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times , among others. But do they balance on a knife’s edge?

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Animal Ethics

JULY 4, 2007

It's outrageous that powerful industries, such as the beef industry, are able to prevent labeling of food to show where it originated. See here for a New York Times editorial opinion on this topic. See here for a New York Times editorial opinion on this topic.

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Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.” This has become an extraordinary opportunity for emerging fashion stars to showcase their talent and contribute to a critical global issue.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Our location meant that during the height of the pearling industry here the Pearling Masters sent their “whites&# to be laundered in Singapore by sea, as that was the fastest option! Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. Wicked, right?

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 28, 2007

Here is a lengthy but interesting New York Times story about food. Pay particular attention to the role played by the beef, pork, poultry, egg, and dairy industries, which have a vested interest in keeping people ignorant not only of what they eat but of how it was produced.

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