Peter Singer-Animal Liberation

intensivemethodsaslongastheycansellwhattheyproduce by these methods; they willhavetheresourcesneededtofightreformpolitically;and ...

livescrammedintocages,orvealfromcalveswhohavebeen deprivedoftheirmothers,theirproperdiet,andthefreedom to lie down with their le ...

Ihaveemphasizedtheboycottelementofvegetarianismso muchthatthereadermayaskwhether,iftheboycottdoesnot spread andprove effective, ...

Sovegetarianismisreallyonevenstrongergroundthanmost otherboycottsor protests. Thepersonwhoboycotts South Africanproduceinorder t ...

crop thatprovidesfood ediblebyhumanbeings, theresult will be a netgain of protein for humanbeings, since the grown calf provides ...

fivepoundsofproteinfromouracre.Interestinglyenough, although most animals convert plant protein into animal proteinmoreefficient ...

iron.Althoughmilkproductiondoesyieldmorecalciumper acrethanoats,broccolidoesbetterstill,providingfivetimes as much calcium as mi ...

feed,andmorethanhalfofallwaterconsumedintheUnited Statesgoestolivestock.^7 Inalltheserespectsplantfoodsare far less demanding of ...

rationallong-term use ofour finite resources, itmakes no sense at all. Animal production also compares poorly with crop producti ...

excess, it has been calculated, would fill a freight train stretching16,000kilometersfromAmsterdamtothefarthest shoresofCanada.B ...

Wearelosingtheseforestsjustatthemomentwhenweare starting to learn howtruly vital theyare. Sincethe North Americandrought of1988, ...

Howfarshouldwego?Thecaseforaradicalbreakinour eating habitsis clear;but shouldwe eatnothing but plant foods? Where exactly do we ...

the animals whosebodies theyare selling were raised. In somecases,suchasthatofchickens,traditionalmethodsof rearing have disappe ...

mindthe centralprincipleon which our concernfor other beings is based. As I said in the first chapter, the only legitimatebounda ...

waterandallowedtoflaparoundinanetorondrylanduntil theydie.Surelyitisonlybecausefishdonotyelporwhimper inawaythatwecanhearthatoth ...

die.Sincetheirgillscanextractoxygenfromwaterbutnot fromair,fishoutofthewatercannotbreathe.Thefishonsale in yoursupermarketmayhav ...

dryingup.FromthecommunitiesonIreland’swestcoastto theBurmese and Malayanfishing villages the storyis the same. The fishing indus ...

waysinwhichtheyaretransportedandkeptaliveatmarkets. Tokeepthemfreshtheyarefrequentlysimplypacked,alive, ontopofeachother.Soeveni ...

“vegetable” and a vegetarian should eat only food of vegetableorigin.Takenasaverbalquibble,thiscriticismis historically inaccura ...

therefore, whether thepleasant lives of thehens (plus the benefits to us of the eggs) are sufficient to outweigh the killingthat ...