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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

In addition, the animals are subjected to excruciating mutilations – including branding, dehorning, debeaking, tooth pulling, tail docking, and castration – all performed without anesthesia. It wouldn’t be a good reason to cause them to suffer in the process, but it would be a good reason to raise and kill them for food.]