Assorted Facts
An organism that obtains energy from both plant and animal matter.
What is an omnivore?
Thoreau notes that there is a ________ that comes with consuming animals.
What is savageness?
Thoreau argues that it is not the quantity of eating that is detrimental, but ____ __________ in which these actions are performed.
What is the attitude?
The person who famously said “Live simply, so that others may simply live.”
Who is Mahatma Gandhi?
Thoreau suggests that a person’s diet should move away from this type of food to become "purer".
What is meat or animal products?
This group of people east no meat but they do consume dairy products and eggs.
Who are lacto-ovo vegetarians?
Thoreau asserts that the animal within all humans is _______.
What is reptile?
The act of losing one's human qualities to become like a beast.
What is to imbrute?
A well known axiom, containing a simple, yet paradoxical truth about the human diet.
What is the phrase, "You are what you eat"?
This is a harmful environmental practice that stems from the runoff of animal waste.
What is groundwater contamination?
This animal was hunted to extinction for its scales.
What is the Pangolin?
Thoreau claimed this animal instilled him with "a strange thrill of savage delight" (Thoreau 187).
What is a woodchuck?
Thoreau argues for a shift from primal behaviors towards _________.
What is spiritual growth?
These are the two main threats of meat eating, which are discussed in the article.
What are sustainability and morality?
The practice of using natural resources in a way that meets current human needs without compromising the needs of future generations.
What is sustainability?
This anti-animal product group has a global following of over 25 million.
What is veganism?
Thoreau believes that all humans are sculptors and painters, and these things are one's chosen artistic medium (Thoreau 197).
What is our own flesh and blood and bones?
The virtue of moderation and avoiding excess behavior, food, or drink.
What is temperance?
The amount of land it takes to support the average American meat-rich diet.
The destruction of vegetation and soil caused by long term exposure to livestock.
What is overgrazing?
The tenets of this specific religion mirror some of the arguments that Thoreau makes, such as avoiding over indulgence.
Thoreau claims that the animal within all humans awakens as our ______ slumbers (Thoreau 195)
What is higher nature?
The 19th century philosophical movement that emphasizes individualism and connection with nature.
What is transcendentalism?
These are the 5 examples of drugs that animals can be injected with, which in turn travel into the organism that consumes the animal.
What are hormones, growth stimulants, tranquilizers, antibiotics, and appetite stimulants?
Large scale industrial agricultural facilities that confine animals, such as cows or pigs, into extremely small spaces rather than allow them to graze.
What are Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or (CAFOs).