Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that will generally prohibit the tattooing and piercing of one’s companion animals, through an amendment to New York’s Agriculture & READ ON

By Sherry Colb | | Categories Animals and the Law
Last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that will generally prohibit the tattooing and piercing of one’s companion animals, through an amendment to New York’s Agriculture & READ ON
By Sherry Colb | | Categories Common Justifications for Eating Animals
There are many familiar claims through which we seek to deny personal responsibility for our food choices despite the fact that eating animal products means we pay someone else to READ ON
By Sherry Colb | | Categories Animal Products and Ethics
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
By Sherry Colb | | Categories Animal Products & Psychology
If someone tells me that he buys all of his flesh from a “humane” butcher and all of his lacteal secretions from a “humane” dairy farmer, this tells me that READ ON
By Sherry Colb | | Categories Common Justifications for Eating Animals, Featured Articles
The three examples, of naturally occurring rape, infanticide, and xenophobia, should help dispel the notion that acting in ways that come “naturally” automatically fulfills our moral obligations. In human societies, READ ON