Ethical reasons to go vegan

[Guest guest]

obviously, or maybe not so obviously to some of you, there are

ethical reasons to go vegan: For instance, chickens and cows used for

eggs or milk are often crammed into tiny spaces. The chickens might

even get so upset that they will peck themselves or their neighbors.

This leads lots of farmers to de-beak chickens which is very painful

and might even make it difficult or impossible to eat at all.

Another problem is that cows often get infected udders from having a

machine suck milk out of them all day. this is probably partially a

result of using growth hormones to produce more milk than the cow

could naturally. Not only is it painful to them, it results in lots

of puss cells going into the milk. A third problem is that some

farmers starve their chickens in order to make them lay more eggs

(don't ask me why this happens, some sort of evolutionary mechanism i

suppose).

 

I am trying to avoid milk / dairy but i occassionally buy organic

dairy or egg products because they stick them in a lot of vegetarian

food. I have assumed that the small organic farms tend to be " free

range " and generally treat their animals better. my question to the

group is, is this a valid assumption?