… Animal welfare may seem an odd thing to write about when our country is at a historic juncture and facing enormous risks. But current political challenges shouldn't let us lose sight of every other issue, including the systematic brutality that we tolerate in our food industry — or its scale, with some 300 chickens, cattle, pigs or sheep slaughtered in the United States each second on average.
Someday, I suspect, we will wonder how we could have allowed so many animals to endure such profound suffering. As a onetime farm boy who raised sheep, cattle, geese, chickens and other animals, I understand that these aren't just industrial cogs but animals with personalities not so different from our dogs and cats...
Nick Kristof
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/opinion/animal-slaughterhouse-meat.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
I feel for them, and do not with these animals to suffer needlessly, but I dot see the meat industry ever leaving. It feeds to many people, both literally and figuratively.
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