Economies of Meat

Letters to the NY Times: "We can treasure the cultural and historical bond between animals and domesticated animals only by ignoring the emotional bond. ... There is no happy ending for even the most humanely raised animal." "If domesticated animals 'exist only because of the uses we have found for them,' let me ask you: Would you have recommended 150 years ago that we preserve and treasure the bond between whites and their black slaves — and develop a more humane slave trade?"