Tag: slaughterhouse
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Letter writer: Local slaughterhouse would be boon for economy, environment and health
“Locally slaughtering meat reduces costs and emissions from transport and produces local jobs while keeping our farmers’ dollars here in WNC.”
Letter writer: Pick your analogy — holocaust or animal slavery
“I’d like to end on a less scholarly note … by quoting Edgar’s Mission Farm Sanctuary in Australia: ‘If we could live happy and healthy lives without harming others, why wouldn’t we?'”
Letter writer: The continuing holocaust of animals
“The imprisonment for life of animals killed for food is a holocaust that makes all the combined crimes of humanity against other humans pale in number.”
Letter writer: Reconsider the holocaust on your plate
“Violence is violence, and if you believe in social justice, how can you support the abuse of animals simply because they cannot defend themselves? Isn’t that the basis of most discrimination?”
Letter writer: Holocaust comparison: a response
“The point of my [letter] was to express that today, billions of animals are being slaughtered yearly, and this is acceptable to most people.”
Letter writer: Eating meat is a personal choice
“It is very inappropriate to compare eating meat to killing Jewish people. God has given man dominion over the animals. We are to care for them, fatten them up and eat them.”
Letter writer: Holocaust comparison is disturbing
‘Apparently, the reader’s singleminded disagreement with raising and killing animals for their meat has blinded her to the crimes that have been and continue to be committed throughout history by people against people.’
Letter writer: Slaughterhouse ‘Blues’ is shocking
“Someday we will look back on this and wonder how on earth did humans do this?”
Abattoir blues: Demand is growing for a local slaughterhouse
Increasing demand for locally raised meats has Western North Carolina farmers traveling long distances and sitting on waiting lists for regional slaughterhouse services. But is an Asheville-based slaughter facility feasible?
Letter writer: Eating meat is bad for animals, you and our planet
“Beside the cruelty of what actually happens there, slaughterhouses are dangerous for workers and pollute our environment.”
Letter writer: Keep slaughterhouses in sight and in mind
“I say, if we want to feed the tourists red meat, then let’s put the slaughterhouse on Pack Square — with lots of windows and tours on the hour.”