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Getting At The Numbers, Jim Mason
Getting At The Numbers, Jim Mason
Interviews
Henry Spira, leader of the Campaign Against the LD50 test, talks about how he builds coalitions to focus action.
Logic And Limits Of Animal Liberation, Edward R. Bennett
Logic And Limits Of Animal Liberation, Edward R. Bennett
Animal Welfare Collection
The current interest in treatment towards animals goes beyond the focus of isolated instances of brutality and encompasses the advocacy of significant changes in our traditional attitudes toward animals. In one year (1980) an estimated 2,054,281,000 hogs, beef, lamb, and poultry were raised on farms and slaughtered in the U.S.* (Agricultural Statistics 1981), and 1,653,385 laboratory animals were used by facilities registered with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA 197 4). Adding to this the number of related animal industries such as textiles, farm equipment manufacturing, cosmetics and drug industries, restaurants, and groceries, it is easy to appreciate the …