AVMA News
APRIL 4, 2023
Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
KBJ: Humans and pigs are not just sentient, which already distinguishes them from microorganisms; they are, in Tom Regan’s terminology, “subjects of a life.” Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. But the question remains. Why should microorganisms be sacrificed rather than humans?
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