Joshua Duffy

http://www.joshandjenny.org/joshs-blog/category/cambridge

So many interesting points raised in this review of the CAWSEL course at Cambridge.

Of farm animals:

" in light of the fact that a diet including pig flesh is not necessary for the survival of the human species, and that the industrialized rearing of these animals is responsible for a vast amount of animal suffering, are we justified in eating these animals at all?"


Of fishing:

What is ""the worst thing humans do to fish. Can you guess what it is?"

"It is taking them out of water. Studies show that this is the worst thing you can do to them. You see, part of the reason why this is so, is that a fish gets no oxygen from the air; it absolutely cannot breathe out of the water. Any method of fishing wherein fish are left out of the water to die is among the most cruel and inhumane things we humans do to animals. This also means that catch-and-release fishing is ethically indefensible. "