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Should we be eating equine?

National Post

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Mr Fulford is right about there being hypocrisy around which animals are eaten by humans. Some animal welfare organizations see nothing wrong in serving other animals at their fundraisers, the most ironic one I know of being a bird rescue society that served chicken.

If animals exist to feed us (among other uses), then every animal is equally fodder for us. I don't eat meat myself, ever since I found out how much suffering was inflicted on most farm animals, and how meat is linked to so many diseases. I don't believe I'm one of Mr. Fulford's "loonies," I just think that wanting to relieve the suffering of another species is a good thing.

Humans are not often truly altruistic, but wanting to relieve the suffering of another species surely is a good thing. Caring about animal suffering is one sign of an advanced society. Why is Mr. Fulford so scathing about that?

Judith Stone,
animaladvocates.com,
North Vancouver, B.C.
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