We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other th…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic knowledge to bring into being animals that suffer more. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2010). Eating Animals, p.134, Penguin UK
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We are breeding creatures incapable of surviving in any place other than the most artificial settings. We have focused the awesome power of modern genetic knowledge to bring into being animals that suffer more. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2010). Eating Animals, p.134, Penguin UK

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