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Compassionate consumers can take a stand against this cruelty by choosing vegan options. ELAINE SLOAN New York, March 4, 2014' It is no more acceptable to confine 60 hens for their entire lives in a cage that you report is “about the size of a Ford F-150 pickup truck’s flatbed” than it would be to treat 60 cats similarly.

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To the Editor: Re “ Egg Producers and Humane Society Urging Federal Standard on Hen Cages ” (Business Day, July 8): I’m a vegetarian who turned vegan after coming to terms with the fact that just because I was eating hormone-free, antibiotic-free, even free-range organic eggs didn’t mean that egg-producing hens were living a cruelty-free life.

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Steiner might feel less lonely as an ethical vegan—he says he has just five vegan friends—if he recognized that he has allies in mere vegetarians (like me), ethical omnivores and even carnivores. Go vegan, go vegetarian, go humane or just eat less meat. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. David Peters New York, Nov.

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While ever more consumers are going vegetarian or vegan, almost every consumer is demanding that companies take steps to reduce animal suffering. Bell & Evans has heard them and set a new standard in the chicken-supply industry. McDonald’s, are you listening?

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Niman obscures the well-evidenced connection between veganism and environmentalism. Barry Rehfeld New York, Nov. Lois Bloom Easton, Conn., Borrowing a move from the tobacco industry, Ms. Contrary to Ms. Thus, it’s not enough to say that Americans should “cut back on consumption of animal-based foods.”

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Irene Muschel New York, April 9, 2009 To the Editor: Nicholas D. My doctor says my tremendous health and strength are due to my being a vegan. Animals rescued from so-called humane farming establishments have been found in horrific condition. I was 4 or 5, and I cringed. Every meal, for me, is a celebration of life.

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To the Editor: Re “ In-Flight Plight of a Famished Vegan ” (“Frequent Flier” column, Business Day, Sept. Unhealthy airport food is a nuisance for vegetarians and vegans, but it affects all exhausted travelers seeking nutritious meals to help them make it to their destinations.