One New York Times columnist is calling on Barack Obama to make good on his campaign promises of reform by renaming the Department of Agriculture. Noting, among other things, that "[s]ociety is becoming concerned not only with little boys who abuse cats but also with tycoons whose business model is abusing farm animals", he urges the President-Elect to change the name of the Ag Dept to reflect the fact that (hopefully) it won't just be a tool of the factory-farm lobby anymore.
Read more in Nicholas D. Kristof's opinion piece.
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Another issue "animal aware" people should consider is corn subsidies. Although subsidies are usually associated with "the left", we should all realize that (a) it artificially lowers the price of meat, (b) most corn goes to livestock, and (c) corn is an extremely cruel diet to feed cows that would eventually kill them if they weren't slaughtered so quickly and given truckloads of antibiotics to suppress their digestive track.
Hi Amy,
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I also blog on dogs. My motive is to share a bit of knowledge that I have gathered all these years of staying with them. I run a couple of blogs too.
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You can find my highly researched works in both these blogs. Please check these out and let me know if we can go for link exchange.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Cheers
Arings
Hi Arings -
I have a really big hearing early this week but promise to check out your blogs later in the week. Thanks for writing and I look forward to reading your blogs!
Best,
Amy
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