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Peter Cheeke Quotes

Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical and moral judgments using the accumulated knowledge of the ages, have the right to take the

Do we, as humans, having an ability to reason and to communicate abstract ideas verbally and in writing, and to form ethical and moral judgments using the accumulated knowledge of the ages, have the right to take the lives of other sentient organisms, particularly when we are not forced to do so by hunger or dietary need, but rather do so for the somewhat frivolous reason that we like the taste of meat? In essence, should we know better?

Peter Cheeke
Writing, Essence, Ideas

The less the consumer knows about what's happening before the meat hits the plate, the better.

Peter Cheeke
Meat, Plates, Consumers
"Contemporary Issues in Animal Agriculture". Book by Peter Cheeke, 1993.

In my opinion, if most urban meat-eaters were to visit an industrial broiler house, to se how the birds are raised, and could see the birds being "harvested" and then being "processed" in a poultry processing plant, they would not be impressed and some, perhaps many of them would swear off eating chicken and perhaps all meat.

Peter Cheeke
House, Bird, Environmental

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