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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

On March 11th, RPA sent the governors of all 50 states a letter and two factsheets urging them to help get their land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Take a moment to tell your governor you agree we must get our LGUs out of the meat industry. Press Release Governors: Stop Ecodestructive University Training!

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 2 of 13

Animal Ethics

Who Should Not Eat Meat, or What Does a Vegetarian Feed His Dog? Since animals cannot be judged morally praiseworthy or blameworthy, the question of whether it is morally wrong for them to eat meat cannot be raised. Does this mean that a vegetarian would have to feed his dog some meat substitute? Not necessarily.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 6 of 13

Animal Ethics

Perhaps it can be unpacked in this way: the blood and gore of slaughter houses is disgusting and is enough to turn many people’s stomachs; so if people saw what went on in slaughter houses, they would not eat meat; consequently one should become a vegetarian. The explanation is ignorance: These people do not know how their meat is produced.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. With no prior training they can make hooks from straight pieces of wire to obtain out-of-reach food. Shirley and Jenny, two female elephants, were reunited after living apart for 22 years.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 3 of 13

Animal Ethics

What Meat Should Not Be Eaten? What is forbidden meat? KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. We do not need meat, let alone pork, in order to live. But what about microorganisms?

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