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Pork Industry Tries to Deal with Public Image

Critter News

It's an article about the pork industry having to address the increasingly positive media image of pigs as intelligent creatures that could be someone's pet. On Wednesday, I almost lost my temper with some people in our customer service unit who wondered why anyone would want a turkey to have a good life before death."

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

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. Gary Steiner perfectly articulates my feelings, and particularly my frustration, as so many around me obsess about the preparation of their turkeys. Alexander Mauskop New York, Nov.