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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But there is indeed a simple answer to these problems: Go vegan. Elaine Sloan New York, Jan. Raising livestock is the best use of most pasture land, not growing crops. To the Editor: Re “ Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler ” (Week in Review, Jan. We have become the pigs, and we are paying the price with our health.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

March 27, 2007 To the Editor: Livestock producers raise their animals under humane standards and under the care of a veterinarian. The next logical step for those who eat in restaurants is to demand more vegetarian-vegan options on their menus. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about.

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On "Knockout Animals"

Animal Person

Today's New York Times gives us Adam Shriver's Op-Ed " Not Grass-Fed, But at Least Pain-Free ," which presents its dilemma at the end: If we cannot avoid factory farms altogether, the least we can do is eliminate the unpleasantness of pain in the animals that must live and die on them. That action is to opt out and go vegan.