Animal Ethics

JUNE 18, 2014

The trend is undeniable: The days of hauling and hurting animals in the name of entertainment are quickly coming to an end. When not performing, animals spend most of their lives caged or chained in tractor-trailers and railroad boxcars while traveling from city to city. JENNIFER O’CONNOR Staff Writer, PETA Foundation Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2011

To the Editor: Re “ When Fashion Meets Fishing, the Feathers Fly ” (front page, June 29), about a new trend of inserting fly fishing feathers in hair: If you wouldn’t walk around with a cat’s paw or a dog’s tail dangling from your hair, please don’t fall for the rooster feather fad either.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Specifically, the increasing meat-consumption trend could be reversed if consumers paid the true price for meat. 5, 2008 To the Editor: Kudos to The New York Times for covering the much-neglected connections between meat and climate change. Jillian Fry Baltimore, Dec. Anna Lappé Brooklyn, Dec. This is stupid.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

Reversing the agricultural trends of the last half century is a policy area where almost everyone’s interests are aligned. Inhumane confinement, illegal anticompetitive practices and factory farming hurt animals, the environment, the consumer, the public health and the farmer. Regina Weiss Brooklyn, July 12, 2010

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. To the Editor: Re “ A Farm Boy Reflects ” (column, July 31): Hats off to Nicholas D.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 10, 2006

To the Editor: I wish that I could better understand the recent trend of anthropomorphizing dogs. Is this a reflection of our society? Our dogs have a better standard of living than millions of people in other parts of the world.

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

Her use of the term food “fashion” is appropriate: many people today do not make informed choices about their diet; rather, they are influenced by trends, advertising and the political correctness of food. To the Editor: Nina Planck’s article touches on a particularly important topic.

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