On eating meat : the truth about its production and the ethics of eating it / Matthew Evans.
by
Evans, Matthew, 1966-, author.
ISBN
:
9781760637699
9781911632214
Title
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On eating meat : the truth about its production and the ethics of eating it / Matthew Evans.
Author
:
Evans, Matthew, 1966-, author.
Personal Author
:
Evans, Matthew, 1966-, author.
Publication Information
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Millers Point, Australia : Murdoch Books, 2019.
Physical Description
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312 pages ; 24 cm.
General Note
:
National Library of Australia?s N copy is signed by the author.
Contents
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Introduction: Smells like money -- Chapter 1 The view from the city -- Chapter 2 The view from the feedlot -- Chapter 3 Killing the mothers: The Australian pig industry's dark secret -- Chapter 4 160,000 deaths: A medium-sized operation -- Chapter 5 The view from the killing floor -- Chapter 6 Where are the animal lovers? -- Chapter 7 Cats. Beyond the cute videos -- Chapter 8 A farmer's musing on suffering -- Chapter 9 Floyd and what we don't know about animals. Yet -- Chapter 10 It ain't pretty: What it's like being at a kill -- Chapter 11 Think being vegan hurts no animal? Think again -- Chapter 12 Beef is killing the world. What about asparagus? Or golf? -- Chapter 13 Antibiotics: How farming is ruining it for everyone -- Chapter 14 Banned in 160 nations - but not here -- Chapter 15 What's behind the locked gates? -- Chapter 16 How do we feed the world? Animals may well be part of the plan -- Chapter 17 The no-meat diet isn't the answer. Neither is the attitude -- Chapter 18 Eat dairy? You'd better eat veal, too -- Chapter 19 Fake meat -- Chapter 20 When the hunter becomes the hunted -- Chapter 21 It was a former vegan who taught me how to kill -- Chapter 22 Forget the other animal for a second - look at the producer -- Chapter 23 The need for the ethical omnivore -- Chapter 24 What is good meat? -- Chapter 25 The true cost of food -- Chapter 26 Force for good -- Acknowledgements -- Resources -- Index.
Subject Term
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Agricultural processing industries -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Food -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Slaughtering and slaughter-houses -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal rights -- Australia.
Meat -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Meat industry and trade -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Factory farms -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animal welfare.
Animal industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Animals -- Infancy
Format
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Regular print
Publication Date
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2019
Publication Information
:
Millers Point, Australia : Murdoch Books, 2019.
Crows Nest, NSW :
Murdock Books,
2019.
©2019.
Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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338.176 EVA | Book | 1 | Standard shelving location | Due 5/28/24 |