{"id":1755,"date":"2002-05-03T07:47:42","date_gmt":"2002-05-03T12:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1755"},"modified":"2002-05-03T07:47:42","modified_gmt":"2002-05-03T12:47:42","slug":"blood_on_their","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2002\/05\/03\/blood_on_their.html","title":{"rendered":"Blood on their hands"},"content":{"rendered":"

An animal science professor has put forward a convincing case that a vegetarian diet kills animals, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nobody’s hands are free from the blood of other animals, not even vegetarians, he concluded. Millions of animals are killed every year, Davis says, to prepare land for growing crops, “like corn, soybean, wheat and barley, the staples of a vegan diet.”
\nThe animals in this case are mice and moles and rabbits and other creatures that are run over by tractors, or lose their habitat to make way for farming, so they are not as “visible” as cattle, he says.
\nAnd that, Davis says, gives rise to a fundamental question: “What is it that makes it OK to kill animals of the field so that we can eat [vegetables or fruits] but not pigs or chickens or cows?”<\/p>\n

An interesting question.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An animal science professor has put forward a convincing case that a vegetarian diet kills animals, too. 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