Sunday, October 18, 2009

Department of Agriculture asks for comments

The Department wants to review what conditions should be used for designation of the label "natural." My email:

Any society or nation is judged ultimately on the treatment of its lowest-ranking creatures. Just because certain beings are labeled as "food animals" --- not through any moral or philosophical truth but because of custom and commerce -- does not mean there are no limits on cruelty and deprivation. Please reconsider the guidelines of treatment for livestock and poultry. Apart from moral considerations there is also the still unknown degree of risk to humans associated with eating mal-treated, tortured, diseased and injured "food animals." Thank you for considering the possibility of changing outdated and inhumane thinking.

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