“Reducetarian” founder Brian Kateman took issue with the news that famed Eleven Madison Park, a Michelin 3-star restaurant in New York City, announced it was converting its menu to full-on READ ON
The Reducetarian Paradox: Rigidly Applying ‘Moderation’ to Eleven Madison Park Restaurant
4 Reasons Why We Don’t Advocate for “Humane” Animal Products
At a recent online symposium on animal law, an audience member asked an all-too-common question which goes something like this: Since we are not going to see 100% of people READ ON
The Crispr Cow: A Tech-Savvy False Dilemma and Humane Myth
The industry that grinds up billions of male chicks, rips out the testicles of newborn piglets, and anally electrocutes unwanted dairy calves as a method of killing is now telling READ ON
‘Predictable, Inevitable, Preventable’: Viral Outbreaks and Our Contact with Other Animals
“Predictable, inevitable, preventable.” Those are the words of Wendy Orent, an anthropologist specializing in health and pandemics, in describing the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
How 50 Activists Killed a 60-Million-Dollar Slaughterhouse Deal in 12 Days
The 50 activists who shut down a 60-million dollar slaughterhouse in 12 days should serve as a huge inspiration to many. It demonstrates what is possible when a small yet READ ON
Why the Meat Industry Does Not Need My Praise for Plant Alternatives
Lately, I’ve seen many social media friends express their excitement and enthusiasm over the introduction of plant-based meat offerings at fast food chains and giant big box supermarkets.
Eating Away at the Climate Crisis
It’s not news that food choices are a critical factor in curbing the unfolding climate crisis we face. We know that both the energy sector and agricultural sector need radical READ ON
For the Birds: a Book that Challenges Society’s Attitudes about Chickens and Empowers the Animal Rights Movement
I first learned about Karen Davis and United Poultry Concerns in 2009 when exploring ways to better understand and care for my first family of adopted chickens. I was immediately READ ON
What is the future for farm and slaughterhouses workers when animal farming ends?
One of the most frequently expressed concerns about ending animal farming is what will happen to the workers and/or businesses if and when this change happens? The same concerns are READ ON
‘Everything eats and is eaten’: false statement and poor excuse for choosing to harm animals
When we say, ‘Everything eats and is eaten,’ we are also implying a conclusion which is something like, “Therefore eating animals is justified because it’s natural.” But there are many READ ON
Why unethical plant crops like coffee, bananas, palm oil and chocolate aren’t a valid criticism of veganism
Some plant crops are particularly destructive to rainforests, indigenous communities and other native species as well as exploit slave and child labor. In discussions of veganism and animal rights, some READ ON
New Research Shines Light on the Complex Social World and Individuality of Sheep
A recent report on sheep behavior dispels many of the common cultural myths that have clouded our understanding of this species for centuries.
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
Twitter CEO Recalls Ritual Slaughter Most Memorable Encounter of Zuckerberg
The grotesque notion that needlessly killing someone yourself — rather paying someone else to do it for you — makes you morally superior surfaced in mainstream media once again when READ ON
4 Anti-Vegan Story Formulas from Mainstream Media
As the popularity of independent media outlets surge, the audience for mainstream media is shrinking, and the latter’s acts of desperation are getting even harder to stomach, especially when it READ ON
What the ban on slaughtering cats and dogs says about our legal system
Last week Trump signed into law the 2019 Farm Bill which included a provision for banning the slaughter of dogs and cats for meat in the U.S. Let’s put aside the READ ON
Wisconsin’s Faustian Bargain: Canned Hunting, Breeding Factories and Killing Fields to Save Wildlife
The hunting defense frames hunting, not as sport or leisure, but as essential conservation work, based on an appeal to fear, warning that wildlife populations will spiral out of control READ ON
Why Rare or Heritage Breed Farming is Not Conservation
The following is my letter to the editor of The Globe and Mail in response to their publication of the post, This sheep could save our bacon someday: Why farmers are READ ON
Manufacturing Consent: the Fictional Foundation of Animal Exploitation
All too often, farmed animals are portrayed as willing participants in whatever it is we want to do with them. By portraying the relationship between farmer and the animals he READ ON
