We Hate Animal Cruelty—Unless We’re Eating the Animal

In America, a 19-year-old can be arrested for killing a hamster —yet we are allowed to inflict great cruelty on animals kept, not as pets, but for food. That’s because of state laws called “Common Farming Exemptions” that allow the industry, instead of lawmakers, to basically define cruelty by making…

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We Hate Animal Cruelty—Unless We’re Eating the Animal

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