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British Hospitals to Offer Meatless Alternatives

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Meat-free menus are to be promoted in hospitals as part of a strategy to cut global warming emissions across the National Health Service. Some suggestions are likely to be controversial with patients' groups, especially attempts to curb meat eating and car use. Tags: UK carbon emissions healthcare vegetarian meatless.

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Quash the Squash

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The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. Tags: news. Right now, the UK government is considering new EU legislation that may increase the number of chickens allowed in rearing sheds. It’s hard to walk or even flap their wings.

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Smattering Sunday

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Next, to today's New York Times and Gary Steiner 's fantastic Op-ed called " Animal, Vegetable, Miserable ,"which begins with: "LATELY more people have begun to express an interest in where the meat they eat comes from and how it was raised." (Try Try not to think about the "meat" being "raised" and the "it."

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Pork Industry Moving into Defensive Mode

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It's not as much about what the animal rights activists are saying about how we are raising pigs as opposed to us demonstrating that we do care and we are giving the best possible care" she said. Tags: animal cruelty pigs pork farm animal welfare factory farm animal welfare. I have a hard time with the logic of that statement.

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The Book That Saved Derrick Jensen's Life

Animal Person

Here' s a review by vegetarian Mark Hand, who still eschewed "meat" even after reading the book. Some might argue that Keith has simply become an advocate of “happy meat”—local, grass-fed, sustainably produced, and humanely raised meat. Tags: Activism Books Ethics. But that would be unfair.

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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." The chef's perspective is represented by Dan Barber, who serves Eggleston's meat. The second paragraph needs to be looked at sentence by sentence.

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"Educate, Investigate, Liberate"

Animal Person

We don't advocate "happy meat" but veganism. So, I thought you could be interested in helping us to raise the funds. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Abolition Animal Rights Pig slaughter Spain Veganism. The idea is not to focus on conditions -though they are unavoidably visible- but on exploitation itself.