Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis. 9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Sheep Livestock 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 30, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Two Pigs ” (The Rural Life, Oct. As a longtime vegan with three vegan-from-birth children, I would like to suggest that since vegetarians are generally healthier than meat eaters, there is no excuse for compassionate people to eat animals. Borders Jr. Louisville, Ky.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Louisville Pigs 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2007

But horses are not cows, pigs or chickens. Horse slaughter for meat export is just plain wrong. Hope Ryden New York, March 5, 2007 The writer is the author of a book about America’s last wild horses. The issue is not whether slaughtering horses is un-American, but that it is inhumane and wholly unnecessary.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Horse Slaughter Horses 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Mr. Puck’s Good Idea ” (editorial, March 26): Thank you for writing about the restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his desire to buy meat raised humanely. This issue is an important one and needs to be talked about. If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York San Diego 2007 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Here is a New York Times blog post about wolf hunting. Is meat-eating necessary? How much do you want to bet that Randy Cohen eats cows and pigs? This passage puzzles me: Unsurprisingly, I believe it is wrong to inflict pain and death unnecessarily on a creature capable of suffering.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian New York Times Pigs Morals 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

The vast number of meat eaters brake for geese, call the A.S.P.C.A. This physical evidence of properly handled cattle would go a long way toward ensuring healthier meat while lifting the shared burden that comes with consigning millions of animals yearly to a terrifyingly cruel death. Peters Paso Robles, Calif.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40