Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

As such, most people do not consider the potential abuse that may have taken place to bring their hamburger onto their dinner plate. Baur believes that slaughterhouse cruelty can be reduced by simple operational changes, such as slowing down the slaughter lines. Unfortunately, this goal tends to run counter to humane goals.”

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

April 21, 2008 To the Editor: Re “ Million-Dollar Meat ” (editorial, April 23): In vitro meat might not appeal to everyone, but I am guessing that the day PETA awards its prize money will be a happy day for the billions of land animals bound for slaughter. More than nine billion chickens are slaughtered each year in the United States.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 3, 2009

What would the cost of a hamburger at Burger King or McDonald’s be if the meat were to come from Ms. Can anyone in good conscience be complicit with the unnecessary suffering and slaughter of another sentient being? Niman’s ranch and others using comparable methods? How many people would be able to afford the price?

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

It only takes a little imagination to suppose that every bite of hamburger we eat is taking grain away from a hungry child in India. Nobody wants existing animals to be slaughtered. The difference between this argument and the arguments considered above should not be overlooked. These differences aside, is the argument valid?

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

And it certainly doesn't follow that it is permissible to eat meat that comes from animals who were forced to endure horribly inhumane factory farm conditions and who were then slaughtered inhumanely. Of course, when hamburgers aren't at stake, most of us think that it would be morally wrong to kill an animal for no good reason.

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