Saturday, March 15, 2008

Why Animals Matter

A book by Erin E. Williams and Margo DeMello that is sure to ruffle some feathers if you are unaware of the way animals are treated on a daily basis. Review by the Environmental Blog coming soon.

"Perhaps the biggest reason why society tolerates routine abuse of animals is that for the most part, these abuses are hidden."

"While we can purchase cheaper meat from animals who never experienced sun or air," they venture (and by using the pronoun "who" in reference to nonhumans they make a deliberate political choice), "while we can buy virtually any animal we


















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    • want as a pet, while scientists can create mice with human genes and even with human tissue, and while rich hunters can pay thousands of dollars to shoot an endangered, tranquilized animal, most of us, if we knew the realities behind those choices, would take a step back and reconsider … just because we can do all these things, should we?"

    Review by The Environmental Blog

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    Joy P. Choquette said...

    I agree with the excerpt here. In the United States our meat looks as far from possible like an animal. Even the language used (not just in the US) is thought provoking: "pork" vs. pig and "beef" vs. cow. I wonder if just changing our language would make people feel differently about eating meat? "And I'd like the cow medium well, with a side of pig, please."

    March 28, 2008 5:31 AM

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