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20, 2012 To the Editor: Blake Hurst asserts that “production methods should not cause needless suffering,” but the position he takes does just that. Farm Animal Welfare, ASPCA New York, Feb. FEDELE BAUCCIO Chief Executive, Bon Appétit Management Company Palo Alto, Calif., That sounds like a win-win to us.

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To the Editor: Re “ New Way to Help Chickens Cross to Other Side ” (front page, Oct. 22): PETA is proud to see that its hard work behind the scenes with Bell & Evans and other companies to encourage implementation of this new, less cruel form of slaughter is finally coming to fruition. McDonald’s, are you listening? 25, 2010

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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. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov. David Peters New York, Nov. He’s right: I don’t care deeply about the suffering of animals I eat, wear or otherwise benefit from.

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Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. Bernard Burlew New York, July 31, 2008 To the Editor: While I am grateful for Nicholas D. Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice. We know that animals suffer as well.

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To the Editor: Re “ Another Horse-Racing Horror ” (editorial, May 6): Thank you for adding your voice to the many who are demanding that the welfare of racehorses should come before profits. It’s not just the injured horses that suffer. It’s the thousands of faceless colts and fillies we never see that suffer from this so-called sport.

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While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit—all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees.

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Though it may be too late for too many, we can only hope that diseased animals are not left in pain but are humanely euthanized to end their suffering. In 2005, a survey commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare showed that the Chinese are similar to Americans in their concern for animals.