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A couple of years ago I wrote about whether it's a good use of my time to be a purist about the term "animalrights" when most of the world doesn't have the same understanding of the term as I do. would call HSUS an animalrights group (after all, HSUS doesn't even do that).
In " 'AnimalRights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animalrights is. For an attorney, that's awfully weak.
Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animalrights and Ireland. We're simply asking you for just a couple of hour to help greyhounds in serious trouble right now. Need reminding why cruelty to animals is wrong? Please be sure to check out ARAN.ie I wonder how well that works.
While no one questions the religious sincerity of Northern Arapaho tribal members, spokesmen for some conservation and animalrights groups question why the tribe can't meet its religious needs without killing wild eagles.
The inspectors found nothing wrong, but at least they responded to the issues raised by Animal Angels, based in Germany. My 2010 resolution is to try and track animalrights issues in the homelands of Spain and Portugal. This happened earlier in the month, but I'm posting it anyway.
MEXICO CITY – Animalrights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. Late on this story. I copied the full article from the Latin American Herald Tribune.
Let's deconstruct: The interview reminds me of how the industry views us and how little they know about the community of people who care about the lives of the animals brought into this world for one reason only: to kill and eat them. I wish their mission was to end animal agriculture. The choices we make each day reflect our believes.
We have a big, fun, raffle in the works to help raise money for Best Friends Animal Society. Either way, they are a wonderful organization doing great work on behalf of our animal companions and we wanted to do a something to help them help animals. Or maybe you’ve seen someone from Best Friends on Ellen!
So, I thought you could be interested in helping us to raise the funds. There's a donate button on the homepage of AnimalEquality right at the bottom of the "Pig Farms" panel. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Abolition AnimalRights Pig slaughter Spain Veganism. Thanks a lot.
Yesterday, the world lost its most powerful voice for animalrights, Tom Regan. No one has done more to explain what "animalrights" means and why animals have rights than Tom Regan. CAF’s grants help make possible the next generation of animalrights scholarship and artistry.
over at AnimalRights and AntiOppression and I welcome comments (and will respond to the current ones shortly). This week I asked "Is this 'War'?" Here's "An Open Letter from Dr. Ray Greek on the Feb.
The Seattle-based company supplies “the finest, most luxurious and exclusive ranch-raised natural black mink.” Given the fact that Jackson is representing a company that traffics in the fur trade, animalrights activists might get their feathers ruffled by Jackson’s continued associations with a luxe fur brand.
Animalrights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California. Using their own numbers, we calculated conservatively that (they) raised the price of milk over a seven-year period by $10 billion," Berman said.
According to information gathered by Best Friends Animal Society , the charity beneficiary of funds raised by ITo, “cities around the country are passing bills to round up and kill family pets, who simply look like the kind of dog who might attack someone.” The goal is to raise funds to stop the proliferation of BSL.
By encouraging people to bake with higher welfare eggs (as well as organic milk, butter and chocolate) vital funds will be raised to campaign against battery cages. Tags: Activism Books Current Affairs Ethics Language AnimalRightsAnimal Welfare Compassion in World Farming World Farming. But that was back in 2006.
A funny, heart-warming video called “ SMILE ,” developed by “I’m Tired of” (ITo), the makers of the popular “I’m Tired of Animal Cruelty” bracelet, which raises money for animalrights and rescue charities, has reached viral levels. The bracelets are a natural to sell at events and on their websites.”
In the unending quest to find a kindred animalrights soul amongst my current friends, I ventured into animal testing territory with three friends over lunch this week (two guys and a woman). I raised the example of how I thought there would be alternatives to animal testing by now if there would be profit involved.
Next, a fellow introvert e-mailed me describing herself as extremely awkward socially as well as invisible and having social anxiety, and asking where/how she might be useful to the animalrights movement. I wrote about " The End of the Line " over at AnimalRights & AntiOppression, so I won't rehash.
While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. This is great news for animalrights because it's one more piece of evidence that humans aren't as exceptional as we like to think we are.
But I saw on television that certain animal-rights activists demonstrated against the wearing of furs. Demonstrations may raise people’s consciousness, but they also alienate. Today—the day after Thanksgiving—is traditionally the busiest retail sales day of the year. Needless to say, I stayed away from the stores.
A Humane Egg The life of animalsraised in confinement on industrial farms is slowly improving, thanks to pressure from consumers, animalrights advocates, farmers and legislators.
That individuals can be harmed without knowing it has important implications for the proper assessment of the treatment of animals. Modern farms (so-called factory farms), for example, raiseanimals in unnatural conditions. Those animals who are raised intensively, then, let us assume, do not know what they're missing.
The Argument from AnimalRights A stronger argument is made by people who maintain that animals have rights. In particular, it has been argued that animals have a right to life. So, even if animals are killed painlessly and raised for food in humane ways, it is wrong to kill them.
A reader sent a link to this column, which raises the perennial question of how best to change society. Resorting to violence against person or property is not in the long-term best interests of animals, as Peter Singer has argued. All of us are entitled to spend our money in animal-friendly ways. (If Not coercion.
A column entitled "Ag Industry Threatened by AnimalRights" appeared in today's High Plains/Midwest Ag Journal [ HPMAJ ]. The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.
But you may not know that we have filed a lawsuit against Mendes Calf Ranch for its violation of California animal cruelty laws. The ranch is a facility that dairy producers use to house and raise newborn calves while their mothers are milked. Video footage here.)
Once one bears in mind that it is this comparative assessment that is required, then it seems to me there will be a strong case (1) for Humane Slaughter, and humane treatment prior to slaughter, and (2) insofar as really painless and comfortable animal-raising is not attained or attainable, giving vegetarianism a try, at least.
That’s what you do with other game, right? Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot AnimalRights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.
I'm fairly sure that if I raise this topic it won't go over well, and outside of this issue there are no problems, but it's a big one for me. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language animalrights humor Veganism. Particularly when it comes from a friend. who's a veterinarian.
IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals. A new proposal to lift the ban on commercial whaling has raised much concern amongst members of The International Fund for Animal Welfare and animalrights activists around the world.
How it raised its chicks? The relationship between this bird and other animals and plants? Says the prosecution to this: “Can a dead bird educate the researcher on its song? Or how gracefully it flew? Where and how it gathered food? How its diet changed seasonally? Who its predators were? Its natural longevity?
"Our Pork Quality Assurance Plus and Transport Quality Assurance Programs are designed to demonstrate the care we are giving to our animals everyday on our farms," Cunningham said. I have a hard time with the logic of that statement.
While spending hours in the car I've been thinking about various issues related to sentient nonhumans, animalrights and veganism. Imagine if kids in 4-H were taught how to raise dogs for dogfighting (not a perfect analogy, I know). Trying to program kids to accept the killing of someone they love is cruel.
The rights view is not opposed to efforts to save endangered species. If people are encouraged to believe that the harm done to animals matters morally only when these animals belong to endangered species, then these same people will be encouraged to regard the harm done to other animals as morally acceptable.
It is not just a few outspoken animalrights fanatics who hold this view. Animal abuse is a crime in all fifty states, and rightly so. Similarly, most people also agree that: (2) It is wrong to kill a conscious sentient animal for no good reason. Cohen, The AnimalRights Debate , p. Running time: 12 Minutes.
We pay lip service to more humane treatment of the animals that we eat, but how many of us look beyond the label on the package of chicken cutlets? Kristof’s thoughtful exploration of animalrights, I was astonished to read that he continues to eat animals, like geese and pigs, for which he obviously has such affection and respect.
Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Now there is no doubt that the actual treatment of animals used for food is immoral, that animals are made to suffer needlessly. Certainly, not eating meat could have this protest function.
Named after her own dog (Jeter), “Jeter’s Favorite Sweet Potato Chips” can be made for your own dog or you can take them to your local animal shelter. This is not the first time Chef Carmen is advocating animalrights: On “Top Chef Masters” Chef Carmen raised $10,000 for her charity, ASPCA. Way to go Chef Carmen!
The question can be raised: Why should these organisms be killed and others not be killed? KBJ: Nobody in the animal-rights or animal-liberation movement views intelligence as a morally significant property, at least intrinsically. This brings us to the third attempt at justification. KBJ: Ditto.
While plenty of people pay attention to the question of what it means to raise an animal humanely, far fewer stop to consider the notion—and the ostensible paradox—of humane slaughter." The second paragraph needs to be looked at sentence by sentence. It's not an ostensible paradox; it's an actual paradox. It involves not killing them.
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