4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2009

Your passion to help animals can become all consuming and you can start to feel bitter, frustrated and really angry that no one else seems to care about animals as much or in the way that you care. Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, Emotional Exhaustion these are all familiar topics to those of us who spend our time helping animals.

Rescue 100

Rescue Compassion Emotional Suffering 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

But I found that if my goal was for my message to be received, I had to judiciously use accurate terms because there was an intense emotional reaction to them that prevented the message from being received intact, or unadulterated by the emotional baggage. Put simply, many people just can't handle the truth--or too much of it at once.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 17, 2011

Piety is the remedy for religious guilt, and to this emotion we are all witting or unwitting heirs. Furthermore, I would suggest not only that it is permissible for those who care about animals to eat meat; they have a duty to do so. To such a question it is always possible to respond with a shrug of the shoulders.

Meat 40

Meat Vegetarian Battery Fast Food 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

As a recent convert to vegetarianism, I found that it reinforced my feeling that the eating of living, thinking, emotional creatures is just plain wrong. We know that animals suffer as well. To the Editor: Nicholas D. Kristof’s column broke my heart.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farming Factory Farm 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

For no extra charge, switching to a vegan diet also dramatically reduces your contribution to unnecessary animal suffering. If you are like most people, you think that it is seriously morally wrong to contribute to unnecessary animal suffering. There's more!

Animal Cruelty 40

Animal Cruelty Rights Fur Vegan 40