JEFF THOMAS: America is undergoing an ethical revolution involving the industrial treatment of farm animals. This book tells its stories from midwestern slaughterhouses to the halls of Capitol Hill to Ivy League universities and Silicon Valley laboratories… Behind you stand the ghosts of three hundred farm animals killed for every year you have lived. Given the numbers involved, the most significant action you can take to mitigate suffering is to work to improve farm animal welfare… In less than a decade, farm animal compassion has moved from a niche cause into the pantheon of established social movements. America is undergoing […]
RAGNHILD SOLLUND: The categorical divisions humans make of non-human animals largely determine how we treat them—for example, ‘production animals’ are eaten, ‘fur animals’ are killed and skinned, ‘racehorses’ and ‘race dogs’ are forced to compete, and ‘animal research models’ are used in experiments. The different categories also offer moral guidance regarding the legitimacy of the treatment to which humans subject them. Our ‘pets’ have a special position; they are our companions, our ‘children’. Many ‘pet’ keepers will refer to themselves as mum or dad when speaking to their pets, and parrots, for example, are referred to as ‘fids’ (feathered kids)… […]
AGNIESZKA DE SOUZA: The world’s most-developed nations will be told to curb their excessive appetite for meat as part of the first comprehensive plan to bring the global agrifood industry into line with the Paris climate agreement… The global food systems’ road map to 1.5C is expected to be published by the United Nations’ Food & Agriculture Organization during the COP28 summit next month. Nations that over-consume meat will be advised to limit their intake, while developing countries — where under-consumption of meat adds to a prevalent nutrition challenge — will need to improve their livestock farming, according to the […]
