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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

They do so because it’s the moral and ethical thing to do, and it’s in their best economic interest. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs. And while producers do use antibiotics to keep their pigs healthy, drugs are F.D.A.-approved

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

It also offers an equally harsh negative judgment of the federal authorities whose mandate is to protect the integrity of the public’s food supply chain but who have chosen to interpret this responsibility so lightly as to let such claims stand while ignoring repeated offenses by the industry. 4): Your article about E.

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Julian H. Franklin on the Use of Animals in Research

Animal Ethics

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. They may be killed in order to protect the health of humans (and other animals) if they are infected with a serious disease and cannot be quarantined. Animals cannot give consent.