His narrative about him going to Polyface Farms helps him find out the way animals should be treated in factory farms. Before that, he mentioned Matthew Scully's book "Dominion" and how the book describes American factory farms as these unpleasent places for animals. Pollan uses the contrast between these two farms to support his thesis saying that, although there are farms that kill animals, we can still choose to eat the ones that have been slaughtered in a respectful way. ... Although Singer and the animal activists posed a strong argument revealing how animals in factory farms are tre...

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Animal Rights Terrorism Animals all across the worlds are terrorized day after day, whether it's for the use of cheap food, safe medicines or the making of a new product. ... Because the help of the helpless animals in the factories, farms, or laboratories when being put to wrong use is physical cruelty. Cruelty to animals is degrading and considered to be wrong. ... The Federal report highlights animal terrorism by Woolf, also states, "that seventy-seven cases involved the release ("liberation") of animals, a sort of animal rights activity" (2). ... Congress passed an Animal Enterpr...

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Taking Action for Animals "The animal could smell the blood, and see his or her former companions in various stages of dismemberment. ... The gun is designed so that the nail never completely leaves the gun, but simply is blown into the animal's head and then pulled out by the butcher as the animal collapses. ... Farms and green fields in the cheerful countryside where cows, pigs and other domestic animals live happily were forgotten in favor of specialized slaughterhouses or laboratories. ... In Canadian legislation, the animal cruelty section is now written under property offences, a...

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Most farms in the United States have been consolidating themselves into extremely large farms, in order to eliminate the number of farms and increase the rate of production. ... Many farms in today's world are failing due to a lack of sufficient land and sources in order to begin and sustain a functional environment for the animals and their ability to increase production. ... Animals are often crammed into tight spaces. ... This is where the animal rights activists come into play. ... The main concerns of the animal rights activists are primarily focused on the welfare of the animals as ...

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Introduction Animal research refers to the use of animals in scientific experimentation and testing. ... Should Animals Be Used for Research? ... Most of them are rats and mice, although many other different species are also used in research, such as cats, dogs, farm animals, nonhuman primates and guinea pigs. ... But is it right to do animal research? ... Some say that animals do not feel pain. ...

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Ah, the Pandora's box opened by the mere mention of animal experimentation. ... In terms of sheer utilization, animals today are more valuable than ever before. We not only eat, ride, shoot, wear, trap, hunt, and farm animals, but the medical field experiments on over 17 million animals per year. ... The United States government has also established guidelines for animal testing, limiting subjects to healthy, bred-for-testing animals " FDA regulations prohibit abuse and the use of sick or injured animals (United 2). ... The humane treatment of animals in all of our animal-related ...

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Exposing Animal Cruelty within the Slaughterhouses A. Cruelty from the Start: proving that cruelty is started at birth within the confines of the farm. ... The Government and Animal Cruelty: how the government turns the other cheek when exposed to animal cruelty within slaughterhouses. ... Aspects of Animal Cruelty A. ... What you can do to stop animal cruelty. ...

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PETA educates policymakers and the public about animal abuse and promotes an understanding of the right of all animals to be treated with respect-(site). ... The result was the first ever arrest and conviction in the United States of an animal experimenter on charges of animal cruelty. ... Supreme Court victory for animals in experimental laboratories. ... Department of Agriculture with violations of the Animal Welfare Act. ... After being brought up on charges of animal mistreatment, both farms ended their cruel killing methods. ...

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