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How do you perceive farmed animals?

Reddit Animals

For an MSc project, we are investigating people’s emotions and beliefs about farmed animals. To participate in the study follow this link: [link] Please only take part in this study if you are omnivorous, vegetarian, pescatarian, or flexitarian. Volunteers needed for online study! Thank you for participating!

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. Factory animals are voiceless victims.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering. Bell & Evans has heard them and set a new standard in the chicken-supply industry.

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On "Food Inc."

Animal Person

There's no remotely vegan or even vegetarian (though I'm not even sure what the latter would look like) message. it's that you don't know what's in your food or where it came from until you read the label, and then investigate beyond the label. If there's a lesson in Food Inc.,

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

Animal Person

In a manner that’s Malcolm Gladwell meets Freakonomics, which is the fascinating part, Herzog investigates our beliefs and actions regarding nonhuman animals (anthrozoology). But I’m merely making his point. People are irrational and conflicted and make a show of taking a stand but manage to still do whatever they want in the end.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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.