Jul 2
A new survey is getting the attention of many within the global animal protection community. Covering both moral and strategic issues, the “Ethics and Animals” survey will provide a snapshot of our movement as of the present moment. Everyone is…
Jun 27
(Sigh.) Here’s the idea you have to get used to when it comes to Food Inc.: One message is that there’s nothing wrong with eating animals, and in fact it’s fantastic and thrilling and a win-win-win (people-planet-profits) when you eat…
Jun 26
People in South Florida are still in an uproar over the mutilation and slaughter of 19 house cats (allegedly) by 18-year old Tyler Weinman, who was declared mentally competent and not a danger to himself or others (!). There have…
Jun 22
Stephanie’s post about “The Compassionate Hypocrite” on Saturday reminded me of what Catherine Friend and other “compassionate carnivores” are doing in addition to twisting the definition of compassionate beyond recognition. Their claim is that what has become the customary way…
Someone on Twitter said The International was the best film he’d seen in years. I think it was in theaters here for all of a week, which is a good sign, as the better a film is, the shorter its…
Jun 20
Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called “Humane Slaughterhouses,” by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. And the absurdity is in the reality that the author and the featured person who kills sentient nonhumans for a living,…
Jun 17
We bloggers often get e-mails from individuals and organizations in search of promotion. And that’s fine, as we all want to spread the news of fantastic work that needs support. Case in point: AnimalEquality. But there are two types of…
Jun 12
Here’s an e-mail from a linguistics junkie for your consideration . . . Is using the word “bullshit” un-vegan? Does it perpetuate linguistic-based speciesism? Ditto with horseshit, chickenshit, dogshit — they’re speciesist by default, if not always used in a…
Jun 8
For those who didn’t read the five-part Slate series “Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science” by Daniel Engber, I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on…
Jun 5
Sometimes I get comments that make me realize I wasn’t clear about a fundamental point, or I assume everyone remembers other posts or has even been to Animal Person before. That hit me with a comment by Hoofenhoffer regarding “Steve…
Jun 1
Steve Best’s verbal presentation of his ideas sometimes irks me. It’s over-the-top, for me, and I often resent the time I must spend working through the ranting. But “Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism” is a…
May 31
Here’s the problem: A friend doesn’t respect my veganism. My evidence? She jokes about it. She jokes about eating animals. And then I get this . . . Here’s something to think about. I recently picked a new primary care…
May 30
Through all of the damage control and message-neutralizing I have to do due to PeTA campaigns or someone lumping me with PeTA–or the HSUS, for that matter–I always remember that the real enemy of my cause is someone who wants…
May 24
I received an e-mail from the well-meaning Wendy at Compassion in World Farming (which I find an odd combination of words) regarding Egypt’s pig cull and asking me to send my protest to the Egyptian Government. The pigs are being…
May 23
I’ve used the term “animal activism” lately as an experiment. I’m trying to gauge people’s receptivity to what I’m about to say. I notice that if I use “animal rights activist” or anything with the word “rights” in it, because…
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