Right, Wrong and Popular Opinion On Animal Abuse

By Kleinheider Posted on April 21, 2008 at 6:40 am

Known progressive Katie Allison Granju counsels her urban compatriots not to be so quick to judge rural Tennesseans conceptions of what is and what is not animal abuse:

I also wonder whether the folks who seem to want to stigmatize the way farmers handle livestock ever eat meat or wear leather. Because if you really have a problem with “animal abuse,” the best place to focus your efforts on ending it would be the horrific large-scale, factory farming practices that are quickly replacing the small farm approach to livestock management that Tennessee’s rural communities have had as part of their culture for several centuries.

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