Mike, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. I have a few.
By this point, there are countless hours of footage inside farms of all scales at all levels. Whatever educational purpose this footage can serve, why do we need more and more and more of it? We already have more than enough footage to communicate to the public that what goes on when we use and kill animals is horrifying and wrong, so why do groups like yours want to collect more and more footage? (One might wonder whether one of the main reasons CoK continues to collect footage is to justify its continued work, and to keep bringing in fundraising dollars.)
In your opinion, is the primary problem that animals are treated very badly when we use/kill them for food and other purposes, or is the primary problem that we're using them to begin with? In other words: do you think using and killing animals for consumption is morally permissible, as long as it is done in a sufficiently nice and humane way?
If you answered 'No' to the last part of Question 2 (i.e., if you don't think using/killing them for consumption can ever be right), then why does your organization focus almost entirely on treatment rather than use? Have you ever been concerned that by focusing so much on treatment, you're just reinforcing the idea that it's OK to use and kill animals as long as we do so nicely?
If the animal protection movement focused far more of its resources on full-time moral and vegan education, what do you think would happen?
Can you think of times where your group, or other animal protection groups, have gotten a bit too close to and/or supportive of animal-using businesses? Are there any cases of cheering on/supporting/working with/endorsing an agribusiness which you now regret? (For instance, how do you feel about the 2005 letter to John Mackey, which CoK signed, thanking him for his "pioneering" work in how Whole Foods uses and kills animals?)
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Mike, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions. I have a few.
By this point, there are countless hours of footage inside farms of all scales at all levels. Whatever educational purpose this footage can serve, why do we need more and more and more of it? We already have more than enough footage to communicate to the public that what goes on when we use and kill animals is horrifying and wrong, so why do groups like yours want to collect more and more footage? (One might wonder whether one of the main reasons CoK continues to collect footage is to justify its continued work, and to keep bringing in fundraising dollars.)
In your opinion, is the primary problem that animals are treated very badly when we use/kill them for food and other purposes, or is the primary problem that we're using them to begin with? In other words: do you think using and killing animals for consumption is morally permissible, as long as it is done in a sufficiently nice and humane way?
If you answered 'No' to the last part of Question 2 (i.e., if you don't think using/killing them for consumption can ever be right), then why does your organization focus almost entirely on treatment rather than use? Have you ever been concerned that by focusing so much on treatment, you're just reinforcing the idea that it's OK to use and kill animals as long as we do so nicely?
If the animal protection movement focused far more of its resources on full-time moral and vegan education, what do you think would happen?
Can you think of times where your group, or other animal protection groups, have gotten a bit too close to and/or supportive of animal-using businesses? Are there any cases of cheering on/supporting/working with/endorsing an agribusiness which you now regret? (For instance, how do you feel about the 2005 letter to John Mackey, which CoK signed, thanking him for his "pioneering" work in how Whole Foods uses and kills animals?)
Thanks for your time, Mike.
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