Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

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.") Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness. Factory farming is not conducive to quick, clean, and painless kills.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

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.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2021

In previous years these species made the top five; Brown Honeyeater , Australian Brush Turkey , Spotted Dove [I], Spangled Drongo , Blue-faced Honeyeater , and Masked Lapwing. The careful identification of species and their conservation and welfare are my chief concerns. I am a birder first and a photographer second.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

It seems that these people, who purport to claim to care so much about animals, are completely ignorant of the existence of any animal life beyond horses, cows, pigs, chickens and turkeys. People interested in animal welfare who are against this idea are completely missing the point here.

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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. This comes at an enormous cost to animal welfare, the environment and of course public health. Lawrence S. Lerner Woodside, Calif.,

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