The poultry industry is responsible for the death of 65 billion chickens every year, making chickens the most killed land animal on Earth. Their lives are truly heartbreaking. They begin and end their lives on a farm, often without ever seeing the light of day.
Chickens are well-hidden from the general public. They reach consumers without even a whisper of the suffering they’ve endured at the hands of chicken farmers. Labels read cage-free, even humane, but don’t be misled. Chicken is not cruelty-free. By sheer magnitude, factory farmed chicken represents one of the cruelest and most widely accepted mistreatments of animals. And there’s something you can do about it.
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Veganism is shaping up to be the ethical fight of the century.
Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism (Routledge
2018) is a brilliant tribute to the fight ahead, edited by Clair Linzey and Andrew Linzey of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.
Finally, arguing for the end of animal suffering is getting the time and space it deserves. There really is not a single topic more ethically frustrating and important to talk about. Trillions of animals are killed for food every year. How do we continue to ignore the loss of life on such a massive scale?
Ignorance is not bliss—not for animals. And while public protest, through things like open rescues, marches, and petitions, stands up to the cruel systems causing animals to suffer, there is another form a protest that hits even closer to home. Given the choice, what we eat is an ethical dilemma that most of us go through life never talking about.
Read the full review of Ethical Vegetarianism and Veganism.