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On a New Level of Absurdity in the Slaughter Business

Animal Person

And they were, before they stopped their train of thought prior to it reaching its most important station. And though being hauled to their death on a bulldozer is terrible, any other form of slaughter at the hands of another, on that other's timeline and terms, is nevertheless slaughter. It is murder.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 6 of 13

Animal Ethics

For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. The Argument from Glass-Walled Slaughter Houses Mel Morse, former president of the Humane Society of the United States, once remarked: “If every one of our slaughter houses were constructed of glass this would be a nation of vegetarians.”

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

You could easily argue," he added, that the resources necessary to buy and train a new monkey would be a net minus for animal welfare. First of all, whether someone was born in a breeding center, under a porch or in my living room doesn't make them more or less entitled to a life free of enslavement, torture and slaughter.