Jul 31
Today’s theme is “humane” fill-in-the-blank. First, from Dallas Rising of Minnesota’s Animal Rights Coalition, we have The Humane Farming Myth brochure, which ties into HumaneMyth.org. I like that #1 under “What You Can Do” is “Eat plant-based (vegan) foods,” and…
Jul 30
We’ve all heard they myriad rationales people tell themselves to justify taking-or paying someone to take-the life of another sentient being because they like the taste of that being’s flesh. A week ago, Kim Honey of the Toronto Star wrote…
“A Life Connected,” Part 1 Part 2 I particularly liked the part about how 95% of Americans feel it is wrong to unnecessarily hurt and kill helpless animals, while 95% of Americans continue to unnecessarily hurt and kill helpless animals…
Jul 28
Did you catch the story of Molly the pony, who was left behind in her barn during Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana? She was found by a rescue group two weeks after the hurricane and subsequently attacked by dogs who badly…
Jul 27
Chinese vegan rocker Xie Zheng was invited to play and speak at the International Vegetarian Union’s World Vegetarian Congress, which begins in Dresden today. Xie is also an officer of the Chinese Vegetarian Union and founder of the vegan advocacy…
Jul 26
When I saw Dan’s comment on Thursday’s post that begins with “Wayne Pacelle is a hypocritical fraud who speaks out of both sides of his mouth” I thought: thems is fightin’ words. I don’t know Wayne personally, and I’ve always…
Okay, this offer isn’t exactly for everyone. But if you’re interested and qualified, and want to move to Ontario (it is beautiful, I must say), or you know someone who fits the bill, please respond and/or circulate . . ….
Jul 24
Call me crazy, but the title “Why Vegan is the New Atkins” (a post by Kathy Freston at The Huffington Post) tells me that vegan, whatever that is, is a way to lose weight quickly that will spread, as a…
Jul 23
Part of the “compassionate carnivore” phenomenon, in my experience, is that many of these omnivores (I can’t write carnivore and take is seriously) are not being honest, which I think is clear by now, but they also think they’re being…
Jul 22
Roger directed me to “Ethics@Work: Animal Rights: Are they good for people?” (and yes, there’s a double colon), which I wasn’t going to write about because I was almost too annoyed by it. But then I read ” A Locally…
Jul 21
Steve Ross, the supervisor of behavioral and cognitive research at the Lester Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes at the Lincoln Park Zoo, is pleased that a growing number of companies have said they will stop using…
Jul 20
I saw The Dark Knight on Friday and when the Rottweilers came on screen I thought, “People who have Rottweilers sure must do a lot of damage control because of movies like this.” (There are vicious, man-eating Rottweilers in the…
Jul 19
There I was, about half way through Christopher Hitchens’ THE PORTABLE ATHEIST on a rainy Wednesday. I stopped for a break to have some lunch and go to my post office box, wherein I discovered a copy-for-review of EVERY CREATURE…
Jul 18
Here’s a free book idea in case anyone is fresh out: stories about people who were vegans and now eat animals (or are butchers, and here’s one who’s new to me, care of Grist) juxtaposed with stories about people who…
Tuesday’s post, “On Honest Meat and Absent Referents,” as well as others that mention “compassionate carnivores” have been frequented by some people who are then misconstruing them. I have no control over that, nor do I have the time to…
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