05-11-2015, 07:06 PM
I agree with the principle - but I'm not sure that changing names will protect animals from needless slaughter, much as one hopes that this would be the result. The old prejudices will remain, blaming animals for the spread of diseases when in reality it is intensive farming and the overuse of antibiotics (causing resistant strains to multiply). The real answer is a change in farming habits. Intensive farming breeds animal diseases more than anything, as having for example thousands of chickens crammed together in one enclosed building is asking for trouble.
