Battered Birds, Crated Herds: How We Treat the Animals We Eat [Paperback]

Gene Bauston (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Farm Sanctuary (October 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965637700
• ISBN-13: 978-0965637701
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,484,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Old MacDonald Wouldn't Be Pleased, September 19, 2003

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A. Vegan (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battered Birds, Crated Herds: How We Treat the Animals We Eat (Paperback)

This should be one of those books that everyone read. A lot of people either like to keep the heads in the sand about animal slaughter and living conditions. It makes them feel better and they don't have their conscience nagging them. When they get to the grocery store, the meat is neatly wrapped and ready for purchase. This book details what happens on a farm. Gone are the days of all the animals roaming free. Now it's just money, money, money. True, some people may just not know how animals are treated but it's time everyone finds out. It's a very short book, so if you can get your hands on a copy, you really should read it.

5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of essays about factory food animal production, September 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Battered Birds, Crated Herds: How We Treat the Animals We Eat (Paperback)

Vegetarian educators in the know have most likely read, reread, and even memorized sections of Diet for a New America and Vegan: The New Ethics ofEating. These and other writings that expose the practices by which agri- and aquaculture thrive are the encyclopedias for the growing vegetarianalternative lifestyle.Gene Bauston, co-founder and co-director of Farm Sanctuary, the nation's oldest and largest sanctuaries for abused food animals, has written what can be described as a companion piece to these works.Battered Birds, Crated Herds is a short, well- referenced book of essay length chapters. The first twelve are devoted to every apparent (cows, pigs, poultry) and hidden (horses, fish, transportation) practice in factory food animal production. Though the longest chapter is six pages, Bauston has thoroughly documented and researched his subject. Battered Birds amounts to a Cliff Notes version of other extended exposés. Accompanying the essays are dozens of photos which impressively compliment that which Bauston discloses.Students will find Battered Birds an excellent reference tool for reports or presentations. Educators can use the quick read as a handy fresher course or primer any time. Skeptics can even use the book, as no claim Bauston putsforth is without reference­and the source for most are industry publications.The author is quite capable of making the food animal industry eat their own words. The last two chapters leave the reader with tools. One explains the work of Farm Sanctuary; the other explores the hows, whys, and many benefits of pure vegetarian diet. Spiced throughout the book are inspiring quotes by famous and infamous vegetarians. These alone make picking up a copy of Battered Birds, Crated Herds worthwhile.