Richard's Questions

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http://peta.com/

 

That site can answer many of your questions about the treatment of animals.

 

As for me, I use as little leather as feasible, and would use none if

possible. My son is a Vegan, the rest of my family is lacto-ovo

vegetarian.

 

 

On Thursday, December 5, 2002, at 09:51 AM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> I do have a couple of questions that perhaps someone from the group can

> address. I'm not a vegan. I don't eat chicken or fish but do eat dairy

> products and eggs. I lived around cows all my life. I don't see anything

> wrong with consuming dairy products since cows have a good life--at least

> all the dairy cows I've ever seen.. I've also lived around chickens and

> don't have a problem with eating eggs, however, I've heard, through word

> of

> mouth, that chickens are treated poorly and they certainly seem to live

> in a

> small confined area, but then so do other caged birds. I've also heard

> that

> chickens are given electric shocks in order to get them to lay eggs. Do

> you

> have any information on this? I'm not sure I could avoid eating eggs

> since

> they are used for so many different products but did want to have more

> information. Like I said, I don't cook much and rely on many prepared

> foods. Of course I always check to be sure there was no meat products

> used.

> I was also wondering about the use of leather. I have a leather chair

> that

> I bought many years ago that seems somewhat inappropriate for a

> vegetarian.

> It was an expensive chair and I guess I feel a little guilty. I don't buy

> anything leather or made from animal skins now but curious as to what

> others

> have done who have chosen to become vegetarian. This message turned out

> to

> be a lot longer than I anticipated and apologize for the length and any

> misspelling. Thanks again for inviting me to join.

>

> Richard

One can hardly expect to be wholly free of mental tension.

 

--H. P. Lovecraft