Alleged Abuse at Butterball Turkey Farm
Critter News
JANUARY 10, 2012
Once again, the wonderful Mercy for Animals provides footage of possible abuse of turkeys at a Butterball farm in North Carolina. The full story is at CNN.
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More Humane Method of Killing Chickens?
Critter News
OCTOBER 26, 2010
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. Tags: meat PETA farm animal welfare factory farm chickens.
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Pork Industry Tries to Deal with Public Image
Critter News
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
On Wednesday, I almost lost my temper with some people in our customer service unit who wondered why anyone would want a turkey to have a good life before death."it's it's just a turkey." Tags: meat pigs pork farm animal welfare. And, of course, this view of farm animals is the norm.
Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. For some people, it is inhumane to eat meat in any situation, no matter how well the animal is treated prior to and during slaughter. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. Here is my opinion.
From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Farm animals also benefit from the humane farming movement, even if the animal welfare changes it effects are not all that we should hope and work for. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. Lawrence S.
From Today's New York Times
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. And while there are varying estimates, it takes between 3 and 15 pounds of grain to produce a pound of meat. But “encouraging healthy, less meat-based eating habits” will do nothing to ameliorate the situation.
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