Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

Thedualaimsofvealproductionarefirstly,toproduceacalf of the greatest weight in the shortest possible time and secondly,tokeepits ...

The crates are also too narrow to permit the calf to turn around.This isanothersourceof frustration.Inaddition,a stalltoonarrowt ...

suckon,nordotheyhaveanysubstitute.Fromtheirfirstday inconfinement—whichmaywellbeonlythethirdorfourth dayoftheirlives—theydrinkfr ...

SoProvimi’sfeeds,likethoseofothermanufacturersofveal feeds,aredeliberatelykeptlowiniron.Anormalcalfwould obtainironfromgrassando ...

Theanemiccalf’sinsatiable cravingforiron is oneof the reasonstheproducerisanxioustopreventhimturningaround inhisstall.Althoughca ...

time,thelong-termhealthoftheanimalisirrelevant,solong ashesurvivestobetakentomarket;andsoProvimiadvises thatsweatingisasignthat“ ...

Calves kept in this manner are unhappy and unhealthy animals.Despitethefactthatthevealproducerselectsonly the strongest, healthi ...

daily diet containing“sufficient iron to maintain it in full healthandvigour,”andmustreceiveenoughfibertoallow normal developmen ...

naturalfood,wholecow’smilk,andfedoneofavarietyof cheaper liquid substitutes.^106 The dairy cow, once seen peacefully, even idyll ...

Because her capacity to produce surpasses her ability to metabolizeherfeed,thecowbeginstobreakdownanduse her own body tissues; s ...

coming from dairy farmers as well as animal welfare advocates.Thisisscarcelysurprising,forstudiesatCornell University and the Un ...

Traditionally,cattleraisedforbeefinAmericahaveroamed freely over the vast open spaces that we see in cowboy movies.Butasasuppose ...

grainthanongrass.Yet,likedairycows,beefcattledonot have stomachs suited for the concentrated diet that they receiveinfeedlots.Of ...

indoors. In the United States, Britain, and Australia, permanent indoor confinement is considered economically unjustified.Itpro ...

style animal production. Sadly, as far as the animals are concerned,therehasbeenverylittleimprovementsincethe firsteditionofthis ...

characteristic of actions appropriateto the high degree of socialorganizationasfoundintheancestralwildspeciesand which havebeenl ...

Withrespecttodomesticatedanimals,however,thisargument canbe misleadingfor several reasons. Farm animals have beenselectedforthei ...

Somerecognitionoftheweightofevidenceagainstintensive farmingmethodswasgivenbytheEuropeanParliamentwhen in 1987 itconsideredarepo ...

ofprogressforfarmanimalsistheprohibitionofindividual stallsforvealcalves.ItisSwedenthatisnowshowingthe wayforwardinanimalwelfare ...

Ihaveconcentratedonmodernintensivefarmingmethodsin thischapterbecausethegeneralpublicislargelyignorantof the suffering these met ...