Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.” From the campaign website : (Nov. As of 11 PM PST, Prop 2 was leading 62% to 38%.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 16, 2008

But there is a net loss in all meat production, not just of farmed fish or feeding fish to land animals being raised for food. Feeding grain to chickens, pigs and cows is even more inefficient, with 70 percent of grain grown in the United States going to animals raised for food. Danielle Kichler Washington, Nov. Lawrence S.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2008

27, 2008 To the Editor: The majority of people do not understand what society is causing because of our appetite for meat in every meal. 27, 2008 To the Editor: “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” was misguided. Raising livestock is the best use of most pasture land, not growing crops. What is wrong is factory farms.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

And thanks to federal corn and soybean subsidies, factory farms saved an estimated $3.9 It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. Anna Lappé Brooklyn, July 31, 2008 The writer is a co-founder of the Small Planet Institute.

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