Peter Singer

We are inflicting suffering on them. And we don't need to because, as I said, this is a waste of food. It's not nutritionally necessary for us to eat these products. I think the ethics of it is just that we should not be causing this harm and pain to sentient beings unless it were necessary for our survival. And it's clearly not.

We are inflicting suffering on them. And we don't need to because, as I said, this is a waste of food. It's not nutritionally necessary for us to eat these products. I think the ethics of it is just that we should not be causing this harm and pain to sentient beings unless it were necessary for our survival. And it's clearly not.

There are two things that we can do. The first one is we can stop giving our support to these methods of industrial farming. And of course, whenever we buy the products, we are giving our support to them because that's all the incentive they need to continue to produce them and to make profits, which mean that they become a very powerful lobby.

There are two things that we can do. The first one is we can stop giving our support to these methods of industrial farming. And of course, whenever we buy the products, we are giving our support to them because that's all the incentive they need to continue to produce them and to make profits, which mean that they become a very powerful lobby.

And that's why the United States has no federal legislation at all governing the welfare of animals on farms. So for a lot of these industrial farms, people are basically free to do whatever they like that will be profitable, irrespective of how much suffering it causes the animals.

And that's why the United States has no federal legislation at all governing the welfare of animals on farms. So for a lot of these industrial farms, people are basically free to do whatever they like that will be profitable, irrespective of how much suffering it causes the animals.

The other thing you can do, of course, is to support animal advocacy organizations, and particularly those advocating for farmed animals, because that is, as I said, just overwhelmingly where most of the suffering we inflict on animals is.

The other thing you can do, of course, is to support animal advocacy organizations, and particularly those advocating for farmed animals, because that is, as I said, just overwhelmingly where most of the suffering we inflict on animals is.

I know that a lot of people are fond of their dogs and cats and think about the problems of stray animals and want to give to those shelters, but those shelters already get, I think, a

I know that a lot of people are fond of their dogs and cats and think about the problems of stray animals and want to give to those shelters, but those shelters already get, I think, a

a disproportionate amount of funds compared to the number of animals in need of assistance, the number of dogs and cats in need of assistance, as compared with the number of chickens, pigs, cows, and also fish in need of assistance.

a disproportionate amount of funds compared to the number of animals in need of assistance, the number of dogs and cats in need of assistance, as compared with the number of chickens, pigs, cows, and also fish in need of assistance.

I don't believe we should treat, I mean, I should say, of course, obviously they have different needs, but I think in terms of the amount of weight we give their interests and the extent to which we ignore or discount their interests, as we're clearly doing with turkeys to a vastly greater extent than we're doing with dogs, that just seems to me to be wrong.

I don't believe we should treat, I mean, I should say, of course, obviously they have different needs, but I think in terms of the amount of weight we give their interests and the extent to which we ignore or discount their interests, as we're clearly doing with turkeys to a vastly greater extent than we're doing with dogs, that just seems to me to be wrong.

And in Consider the Turkey, I actually describe the life of one turkey, Cornelius, who was lucky enough to be taken to a sanctuary for animals, where Cornelius marched into the house and the people running the sanctuary and said, you know, most of the animals were outside in various enclosures, and said, I'm going to live here.

And in Consider the Turkey, I actually describe the life of one turkey, Cornelius, who was lucky enough to be taken to a sanctuary for animals, where Cornelius marched into the house and the people running the sanctuary and said, you know, most of the animals were outside in various enclosures, and said, I'm going to live here.

There was a pig already living in the house, a pig called Esther, and Cornelius and Esther became firm friends. They would spend a lot of time cuddling up on the sofa together, and that was tolerated by the people running the sanctuary. When Esther had to go to the vet and stay overnight for a couple of days because of medical needs,

There was a pig already living in the house, a pig called Esther, and Cornelius and Esther became firm friends. They would spend a lot of time cuddling up on the sofa together, and that was tolerated by the people running the sanctuary. When Esther had to go to the vet and stay overnight for a couple of days because of medical needs,

Cornelius went out to the gate where Esther had left from and would watch for Esther to return and when Esther eventually did come back they were basically sort of embracing and cuddling with each other because they were both so happy to be together again.

Cornelius went out to the gate where Esther had left from and would watch for Esther to return and when Esther eventually did come back they were basically sort of embracing and cuddling with each other because they were both so happy to be together again.