Apr 16
Back in November I wrote “On Homeless Horses and Hawking Happy Meat,” after which there was a discussion about horses and their place in our lives. (I’d like to see some discussion about our place in their lives.) Portia Winters,…
First, for all you PCRM members, there’s a telephone conference call tomorrow at 8pm with Peter Singer, who will be discussing the ethical implications of animal research. It should be very, very interesting. Next, as I’m sure you’re aware, there…
Apr 14
I don’t know about you, but I was hit particularly hard by Dan Barry’s “Silence Replaced Bids and Moos at Stockyards in Suburbs” in this morning’s New York Times. And the accompanying slide show was even more devastating because of…
Apr 13
Yesterday morning was busy for me and I had time only to mention some tidbits about the “joy” of meat and not to deconstruct. Some of you started for me, and I thank you. Without further ado, let’s deconstruct “Rediscovering…
Apr 12
Remember the post I wrote about the Canadian radio show that featured a butcher who used to be a vegetarian and the author of Carnivore Chic? Well, they’re back, and though you undoubtedly will find their sentiments and their sensibilities…
Apr 11
On yesterday’s post, “Judy Stone Comments About “Euthanasia,” Randall Patmore commented: This seems a trifle harsh as though you are saying that humane societies are only about business and not about the wellbeing of animals at all. I’d be interested…
Apr 10
Judy Stone, founder of the Animal Advocates Society in Canada, posted a comment to my Oprah post that appears to have gotten lost in the ethers. Without further ado . . . For as long as Animal Advocates has been…
Apr 10
There’s a new statistic that might be of use for your vegan education arsenal in “Seven or More Eggs a Week Raises Risk of Death.” The most uncreative title leaves little to the imagination, I admit, but it’s also ironically…
Apr 9
Animal Rights Africa (ARA) was launched last month in South Africa, “ushering in a brand new era of strengthened activism for animals. ARA is committed to the promotion of inclusive justice, showing compassion across species and building a better future…
Apr 8
I’m sure by now you’ve seen the video of the elephant who paints a self-portrait. I did a bit of research as someone told me it wasn’t real, and I found nothing to say it wasn’t, other than people who…
Apr 7
The language problem we here in America are having regarding animals is quite startling in its Orwellian-ness as of late. In the past week, three examples stand out as so compelling I had to devote a post to them. 1….
There was an article on my list of things to write about that I neglected to address and it’s been haunting me ever since. “To the Ramparts (Gently),” by Ben Gibberd in the New York Times (3/23/08), about Brian Kelly…
Apr 5
I’m not delusional. I knew that Oprah’s show on puppy mills wouldn’t mention the idea that perhaps dogs aren’t ours to breed at all. I knew that the dogs would all be referred to as “it.” The show wasn’t that…
Apr 4
Imagine that you (or people you know) spend day and night working to end speciesism and our domination of the rest of the sentient world. It’s exhausting, frustrating and often depressing. It’s thankless, but doing anything else isn’t an option…
Apr 3
Somehow I managed to insert my concluding paragraph in the middle of Libra Max’s letter, despite the fact that the preview did not show it that way. Strange. . . . In any event, the final paragraph is all me….
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