AR-News: (US MN) Animal rights and the myth of "humane" treatment

[Gregory J. Oschwald]

Minnesota Daily:

Animal rights and the myth of "humane" treatment

By Tom Regan, Guest Columnist

To outsiders, animal rights advocates look to be a strange lot. We
don't eat meat, avoid cosmetics tested on animals and boycott
the Ringling Brothers Circus. Drape ourselves in fur? Forget it.
Animal rights advocates don't even wear leather or wool.

Many people view advocates as certifiable, grade-A, top-of-the-class
nutcases. Reduced to the essentials, however, what we believe is just
common sense.

We believe the animals killed for food, trapped for fur, used in
laboratories or trained to jump through hoops are unique somebodies - 
not generic somethings. What happens to them matters to them.  What 
happens to them makes a difference to the quality and duration of
their lives. 

Visit http://www.mndaily.com/article.php?id=9054&year=2003 for the
full article.

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Gregory Oschwald
Compassionate Action for Animals
University of Minnesota Chapter
http://www.ExploreVeg.org/
(612) 270-5696
greg at ca4a.org