Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
My husband has two friends (a male/female couple) who are transitioning from vegetarian to vegan and I also have two friends (both women) who are transitioning from omnivore and all are dreading Thanksgiving. The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day."
Animal Person
JUNE 23, 2010
Interviewer: "Are you a vegetarian?". Contestant: "And turkeys.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". At minute #9 for me last night was a young woman going through one of the obstacle courses and getting pummeled, just like everyone else. Cut to a conversation with the contestant. Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.
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Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 12, 2008
9, 2008 Note from KBJ: Some reasons for vegetarianism apply to all animals, from cows, pigs, and sheep to turkeys, chickens, and fish. Yet Al Gore does not even mention the need for Americans to reduce meat consumption as we attempt to rescue ourselves from the climate crisis. Michael Radkowsky Washington, Nov.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
22): Mr. 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. It’s all good advice from the point of view of doing better by animals.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
In my opinion, and I am a vegetarian, the second definition of humane is the MINIMAL that we should expect. There have been several high-profile cases of severe abuse that only require a search on the web (examples include turkeys being used as punching bags while alive and paint being sprayed into hogs’ eyes for “fun.")
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 22, 2008
which may be called the Consistency Trick—akin to that known in common parlance as the tu quoque or "you're another"—the device of setting up an arbitrary standard of "consistency," and then demonstrating that the Vegetarian himself, judged by that standard, is as "inconsistent" as other persons.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
The number of chickens, turkeys, pigs, cattle and other animals raised and slaughtered in the United States has been growing steadily for decades. A shift toward more vegetarian options would indeed benefit us all. Lawrence S. Lerner Woodside, Calif., In 1950, each American consumed, on average, 144 pounds of animal flesh a year.
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