It used to be that vegans concerned ourselves with social justice and digging at the roots of unjust privileges. We worked at changing how society conceptualizes other animals, at getting READ ON
Animal Products and Ethics
The Slippery Slope of Vegan Nutritional Surveillance
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
The Wild Wild West of Slaughter Inspection and Regulation
How does one regulate a U.S. industry that kills 300 chickens per second and some 10 billion animals per year and still keep the prices of meat cheap? By not 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
The Story of an Egg Documentary is Without a Yolk
The Story of an Egg is a short documentary that claims “we need a lexicon of sustainability.” Has a nice ring to it, right? By using factory farming as a 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
ASPCA Promotes Compassion, Respect, and Now the Slaughter of Animals
ASPCA, one of the leading animal protection organizations, would have you believe that the killing of chickens, as shown in the photo here, can somehow constitute a humane practice, a READ ON
A Response to NPR’s Fresh Air Show: Assessing Consumer Concerns About the Meat Industry
If we really want to change the situation, we have to do more than endlessly call upon USDA, FDA, agribusiness and related entities to “do” something. We as consumers need READ ON
John Sanbonmatu’s Letter to the New York Times Editors
If it’s so natural and normal and necessary, why does the New York Times try to defend meat eating and the meat industry with many elaborate, convoluted and often bizarre READ ON
Facing Animals: A Dutch Documentary about Our Wildly Conflicting Perceptions of Animals
Why do we look away from millions of animals in industrial farms while pampering and humanizing others? Such is the fundamental question posed by a fascinating new documentary film by READ ON
Dutch Study: Dairy Cows Have Individual Personalities
While human behavior studies are generally conducted with the intention of improving human health and well being, van Reenan’s study of dairy cow temperament sets out to understand the specific READ ON
Sow and Piglet Cruelty Investigation Surfaces at a Hormel Breeding Operation
While employed at Hawkeye Sow Centers (HSC), a pig breeding factory farm in Leland, Iowa, a COK investigator wore an undercover camera to document the day-to-day miseries forced upon thousands READ ON
