Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. This book has so many great quotes that I'm going to have to write a couple of posts about them. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Homelessness 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." In their publications, vivisectors virtually never state that they inflicted the harm suffered by their victims.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Speciesism Puppies 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them. But that's now what happened.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100