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The dark secret behind factory farm profits—cruel and inhumaneanimal husbandry—is getting out. Factory farmers treat animalsinhumanely for no good reason. Since morally decent individuals oppose treating animalsinhumanely for no good reason, factory farming is becoming an increasingly hard sell.
Kristof, who takes note of the trend represented by the animal welfare proposition on the ballot in California this fall. It’s time that our tax dollars no longer finance the inhumane conditions—for workers and animals and the climate—of factory farms. Mr. Kristof is attuned to issues of human suffering and injustice.
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