Slaughterhouses prey on the most vulnerable beings in our society; this includes not only the billions of helpless animals trapped in our violent food system, but also millions of vulnerable READ ON
Animal Products and Ethics
Slaughterhouses Prey on the Most Vulnerable Humans and Nonhumans Alike
There Is No Such Thing as a “Fair Life” on a Dairy Farm, Ever
Last Thursday, I published an article on a breaking investigation from Animal Recovery Mission, in which they exposed horrific, widespread and long term abuse on a dairy farm that supplies READ ON
Is Clean Meat Easy Prey for Meat Industry Elites?
There is still so much to learn about this complex subject of clean meats, which the more optimistic proponents claim could save billions of animals, but there is much room READ ON
The Science of Delivering Drugs through Chicken Eggs?
Scientific researchers are heralded in our culture as the saviors of humankind, reinforcing an ancient myth in which the “lesser animals” are elevated as martyrs for their “sacrifice” in serving READ ON
The Unavoidably Violent History of Backyard Eggs
One day you learn that your favorite necklace, purchased at a flea market years ago, belonged to a woman who was murdered in the process of being mugged while wearing READ ON
Slaughter-Free Dairy Is Terrible for the Environment and Can Never Be ‘Humane’
The niche “humane” dairy sector is working to popularize the notion of “slaughter-free” dairy, with perhaps the most well known model being Ahimsa Dairy, a Hare Krishna initiative in which READ ON
We Save What We Love: Thoughts On Biophilia and the Vegan Ethic
How is it possible, as the environmentalist asserts, to worry about “all the plants and creatures” of a system while managing to avoid caring about each and every one? Why READ ON
Preventing Ex-Vegans: The Power of Ethics
“Helping people go vegan is great. But it’s meaningless if we can’t help them stay vegan.” Plant based dietitian Virginia Messina discusses the power of ethics in preventing ex-vegans, citing READ ON
Former Meat and Dairy Farmers Who Became Vegan Activists
Slaughterhouse journalist Upton Sinclair once wrote, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” But while it may be READ ON
Killing Animals for Profit & Pleasure Justified if They Don’t Suffer?
The following is a response to the recent NY Times opinion piece by Rhys Southan, “The Enigma of Animal Suffering,” in which he concludes: “Exploitation is harmful only when the READ ON
Pasture Raised Eggs: the Humane, Sustainable Fiction
In a recent article in Civil Eats by author Brie Mazurek, a pasture-based chicken farmer named Nigel Walker of Eatwell Farm in Dixon, California gets a chance to puff up READ ON
Factory Farming vs. Alternative Farming: The Humane Hoax
“Animal agriculture is a business making money on the bodies of other sentient beings. This can never be free of a fundamental insensitivity towards the victims of the industry’s profits READ ON
Fascism and the Language of ‘Humane’ Meat
if given the “choice” between, on the one hand, being shot in the back of the head while overlooking the pleasant Latvian countryside, and a deep trench filled with bodies, READ ON
The Ultimate Betrayal: Is There Happy Meat? An Excerpt from the Book
It is curious that people will show great concern for how farmed animals are treated when alive and yet do not seem to be troubled by their slaughter. This fact READ ON
“I Like Them To Stay Standing Up”: Why Luiz Antonio Won’t Eat Animals
When I saw this video, I cried. Apparently I’m not the only one; every other comment I’ve seen from viewers expresses the same reaction. In the video, a toddler in READ ON
Humane Slaughter? 11 Key Reasons Why It’s Not
The emergence of so-called “humane slaughter” is a positive sign of a growing awareness and concern for animal suffering. It indicates that society is finally acknowledging and taking seriously the READ ON
On Caring Too Much About Animals and Not Enough About Humans
The problem is not that society cares too much about other animals at the expense of humans. The problem is that our exploitation of other animals is retaliating against us, READ ON
When Moral Relativism Becomes a Justification to Exploit Animals
I would agree that, in many cases, morality is a personal matter. The choice of faith or secular belief is one’s personal business. In fact, any belief or action that READ ON
A Closer Look at What So-Called Humane Farming Means
Many of the worst cruelties inflicted on animals in factory farms are also routine practices on small, free-range farms. Here are four of them: 1. Sexual violation and exploitation of READ ON
Morality, Biology, Complicity: Humans Not Predators
The world is red in tooth and claw, it is said. Animals kill and eat each other as a matter of course. It’s as natural as breathing, sleeping, and breeding. READ ON
