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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

Critter News

These family-friendly events are an opportunity for those concerned with the cruel and horrific practices of factory farming to take a stand in support of compassion for animals and raise awareness about the mistreatment of animals raised for food.

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On Going Vegan

Animal Person

I neglected to take the camera into the courtyard in the beginning, though I did bring the hounds and their beds. The discussion about the environment usually originates in the massive problems created by the factory farming of sentient nonhumans. Violet was spooked early on, but Charles stayed for the entire evening.

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Steven M. Wise on Farm Animals

Animal Ethics

Their ethological needs and direct interests are neglected to the extent that their needs are not as congruent with higher productivity and profit. Their interests are primarily protected, if at all, through archaic state anti-cruelty statutes that were not passed in contemplation of the factory-farm or genetic engineering.

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R. G. Frey on the Principle of the Equal Consideration of Interests

Animal Ethics

The principle of the equal consideration of interests, therefore, applies to them, which in turn means that we are not morally justified in ignoring, disregarding, or otherwise neglecting their interests. This, however, is precisely what factory farming does.

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Jonathan Bennett on Revisable Morality

Animal Ethics

Many people exclude animals from moral consideration, even though they would never think to neglect, much less harm, a dog or a cat. Have you visited a factory farm or a slaughterhouse? So I must try to keep my morality open to revision, exposing it to whatever valid pressures there are—including pressures from my sympathies.

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Unleashing the Power of Frontline Sales Management, Part 2: What ‘Good’ Looks Like

Sales and Marketing Management

When this natural behavior intersects with management that neglects to engage reps in thoughtful territory planning and prioritization, or fails to show a pathway to achieving sales targets through prioritized targeting and activity, the result is consistently lower-than-expected sales performance.

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Selling how you always have? Fuggetaboutit!

Sales and Marketing Management

For example, if you sell to a manufacturer, their factory relies on safety as their core principle. SMM: You say too many salespeople neglect to ask for the sale. Why aren’t you sending a safety message to them every week? The answer is because you’re busy making cold calls like an idiot. Ninety-eight out of 100 are rejections.