Eat animals

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Jonathan Safran Foer with his book "Eating Animals" (in the original: "Eating Animals")

Animals eat ( English Eating Animals ) is a non-fiction book by American writer Jonathan Safran Foer , which deals with the problems of factory farming apart sets. The book was published in the USA in 2009 and in Germany in August 2010 . The German translation comes from Isabel Bogdan , Ingo Herzke and Brigitte Jakobeit .

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Jonathan Safran Foer began his research when he became a father. He wanted to "make an informed decision about what to give my son to eat." Therefore, he has put together a lot that describes current practice in agriculture as comprehensively as possible. Detailed references to the scientific sources on which Foer relies can be found in the notes in the appendix. All information relates primarily to animal husbandry in the USA. In addition to the author's footnotes, a second appendix has therefore been added to the German edition , in which the situation in Germany is compared with that in the United States. The information was provided by the German Vegetarian Association .

The prevailing practice is described both in the exploitation of the wild, for example in fishing, and in US factory farms and slaughterhouses. As his written questions were not answered to an American manufacturer and marketer of meat, in which he had sought a management to seek Foer procured along with an animal welfare activist access to a poultry farm to the conditions in the turkey feed to describe . He reports on the life of the animals, their slaughter and the dangers of diseases resulting from factory farming. He often makes visual comparisons. He also emphasizes several times how many drugs are present in the animals' feed and what the individual consequences may be, both for the animals and for the consumers who consume the animals or their products.

Foer points out the problems and dangers of factory farming, but does not specifically call for people to become vegetarian .

reception

The book was not only discussed in Germany and was largely received positively in the media. Foer says he was amazed that his book "wasn't a bit controversial". The focus was on the perception that the book had managed to “trigger a general discussion about vegetarianism, an idea that for a long time only a few ecologists and old aunts who would like to laugh at ”. It is "a brilliant mix of research journalism and autobiography". In connection with the dioxin scandal in late 2010 / early 2011 about toxic residues in eggs, poultry meat and pork from animal feed, the book found decent eating together with the new publication . A self-experiment. by Karen Duve .

literature

  • Jonathan Safran Foer: Eat animals . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04044-9 (English: Eating animals . Translated by Isabel Bogdan, Ingo Herzke, Brigitte Jakobeit).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jonathan Safran Foer: Eat animals . 1st edition. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04044-9 , pp. 9 (English: Eating animals .).
  2. ↑ Jonathan Safran Foer: Eat animals . 1st edition. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04044-9 , pp. 377-392 ( Eating animals .).
  3. ↑ Jonathan Safran Foer: Eat animals . 1st edition. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04044-9 , pp. 46 f . (English: Eating animals .).
  4. ↑ Jonathan Safran Foer: Eat animals . 1st edition. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04044-9 , pp. 99 ff., 102 f . (English: Eating animals .).
  5. ↑ In conversation: Jonathan Safran Foer. No more scavenger hunts . Interview with Johanna Adorján . FAZ.NET, December 30, 2010, accessed December 30, 2010.
  6. ↑ Petra Steinberger: Outside the box. sueddeutsche.de, October 14, 2010, accessed on December 29, 2010 .
  7. ↑ Peter Unfried: Vegans until 5 p.m. taz.de, August 13, 2010, accessed on December 29, 2010 .