The Grumpy Vegan observes that over the years the media “discovers” animal rights and publishes articles such as this in USA Today.
This is all well and good.
But the most important message that we should be making about the moral and legal status of animals is once again not being made.
The USA Today frames our use of animals as a consumer-based, lifestyle choice issue. Yes, of course, it is.
But it is more than that. It is the responsibility of government, too. It is a
If we were to make this focus of our activities, well, the quote from the American Meat Institute that concludes the article wouldn’t be “people have different opinions about what constitutes humane handling.”
The AMI would be saying
Yes, farmers care about the animals they raise, which is why we’re complying with state and federal legislation phasing out the battery cage and other similarly egregious practices that we no longer condone.
