Animal Person

AUGUST 5, 2009

The problem with that statement is it's not as if farmers are searching "the wild" for cows, pigs, chicken and fish, plucking them from their homes, and plopping them on a farm to live out their (shortened) lives prior to slaughter. They are created to be slaughtered. The choice isn't the wild or the farm. Yes, that's true.

Gazelles 100

Gazelles Slaughter Slaughtered Deer 100

Animal Ethics

JULY 15, 2008

A society founded on the principle of satisfying appetites is "a city of pigs" (Plato). He also said that "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied." The well-spring of theriophobia is thus fear of self, and its central mechanism is projection.

Pigs 40

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The land ethic, in sum, is as much opposed, though on different grounds, to commercial traffic in wildlife, zoos, the slaughter of whales and other marine mammals, etc., dogs, cats, pigs, cows, and chickens); cell 4 (the southeast quadrant) contains domesticated plants. as is the humane ethic.

Ethics 40

Ethics Animal Liberation Whales Whaling 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

The Nimans move him, as do several other farmers, including one who "apologizes to his animals as they are sent off to slaughter" (244), as if that's any consolation to someone whose life you are about to take when you don't need to. In other words, "EATING ANIMALS" is a remarkably palatable book for the masses.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. And as the slaughtering of animals is not high tech, certainly no trade secrets would be at risk with the imposition of cameras. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., Indeed, we have not come far from Upton Sinclair’s “ Jungle.” I think most would, enthusiastically.

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