Sentences with phrase «costs of animal suffering»

Riffing off the book Every Twelve Seconds by Tim Pachirat, Mark Bittman penned an excellent piece last week in the New York Times, explaining the human cost of animal suffering, and demonstrating how it's the system's routine normalization of suffering, not the outlying cases of abuse, that should be the largest cause for concern:

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The estimate quoted from ACE's work is actually an estimate of the cost to spare an animal all the suffering associated with life in industrial agriculture, because most of the programs taken into account there aim to reduce the number of animals in industrial agriculture overall (for instance, by promoting veganism and vegetarianism).

«Capturing, holding, and euthanizing these animals costs a great deal in terms of resources, animal suffering, and the incalculable emotional toll it takes on the humans involved.

Their mission is to improve the quality of life for animals living in the greater Rochester, NY area, by providing cost - share awards to pet owners suffering financial hardships when their pet is in need of veterinary care.

«PUP» provides help towards the cost of doctoring pets for people on a low income and thereby prevents the suffering of unwanted animals.

A single dose, non-surgical sterilant that could be administered in the field at a reasonable cost would be an ideal solution, and would save lives and end suffering for millions of companion animals throughout the world.

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food and clothing industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.213 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture — if any — so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.214, 215, 216

Since pushing for welfare reforms often involves working directly with food industry companies, this work can give the public the impression that these companies treat their animals well when this is not the case, especially when animal advocates are incentivized to make the reforms seem like drastic improvements when animals still suffer substantially.192 Critics would also argue that, empirically, welfare reforms such as banning battery cages reduce only a very small portion of the harm of animal agriculture, if any, so they are not the most cost - effective use of time.193, 194, 195

Low cost spay and neuter san diego are routine, affordable surgeries that can prevent thousands of animals from being born, only to suffer and struggle to survive on the streets, be abused by cruel or neglectful people, or be euthanized in animal shelters for lack of a loving home.

Under the Sponsor - A-Pet ™ Program, Tails of Hope underwrites the cost of veterinary care for companion animals suffering from cancer or other life - threatening diseases whose owners can not afford to pay for such care.

Hurley now tells shelter directors that taking in (and killing) cats does not resolve citizen complaints, it does not reflect the community's concerns or values, it does not help reunite lost cats with their families, it does not help cats find new homes, it does not end suffering (in fact, it perpetuates and intensifies it), it does not mitigate harm or reduce the number of cats, and it is not cost - effective, all the traditional excuses for why animal shelters do so.»

This lessens the suffering of the animals and reduces medical costs to the no - kill shelters and rescue groups that save them.

It could be argued that the benefits of the research outweigh the costs (the suffering of the animals).