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More Humane Method of Killing Chickens?

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I realize that the most humane method of treating chickens is to not kill them for food.BUT, as long as there is still a demand for their meat, PETA is advocating "Controlled-Atmosphere Killing" as an improvement over current methods of electric immobilization. Controlled-atmosphere killing is a U.S.

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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?

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He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. The eventual kill is quick, clean, and painless. Here is my opinion. They are no good to you alive.

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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

Animal Person

Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Contestant: "And turkeys.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. If you kill animals or pay someone to do so for you, you support animal cruelty. I think you actually support animal cruelty."

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. We kill so many living creatures when we build a house, construct a road, drive down that road or just walk on a path. Jean Kazez Dallas, Nov. Lawrence S.

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Nutrition for Dogs: Choosing the Right Food for Your Canine Companion

4 The Love Of Animals

The first two to three ingredients listed should be meat, and not grains or vegetable by-products. Cooked bones can splinter and kill your dog. If you want to feed cooked foods, ensure that the primary component of all meals is meat. If you’re feeding a store-bought food, check the ingredients list.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

Yet not mentioned is a simple step that will go a long way toward ensuring compliance with our already lax slaughterhouse requirements: Place video cameras throughout the kill process. The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Jonathan Spitz Westfield, N.J.,

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

Animal Ethics

He thinks that the treatment of animals in factory farms is morally unjustifiable, and yet, he continues to support those practices financially by purchasing and eating meat and animal products. Since it would not be wrong to eat the flesh of animals raised in that manner, eating meat is not morally wrong!