Jan 31
I finally saw Amazing Grace last week and boy did it make me feel like a wimp. Sure, we all read about the abolitionists and we know what they did. At least intellectually. But watching people with a sense of…
Jan 31
There are a handful of carbon footprint calculators out there, some of which I’ve written about. But there’s also a game that I think is a bit friendlier than the others, based on one of the calculators (the Ecological Footprint…
Jan 30
It is with utter devastation that I must report that Greyhounds in Miami-Dade are doomed. Due to the passage of Question #3, thanks to a $5 million campaign by the bloodsport industry, slot machines will be added to the tracks,…
Jan 30
Did you see this Today Show segment on mercury in tuna? I bring it to you for one reason: So you you can put a face to (part of) the misinformation campaign. David Martosko of the Center for Consumer Freedom…
Jan 30
Luckily, the above Red Bull commercial has been pulled. There was all kinds of speculation about whether the man was going to rape the bird or urinate on her, but either way the message is bizarre. What the geniuses at…
Jan 29
In Angus Taylor’s “Animal Right and Human Needs,” you’ll find many issues you’ve been confronted with (and perhaps easily dealt with, perhaps not) when you speak with the average person about animal rights. For instance, there’s “Wolves kill animals in…
If you live in Miami-Dade or know anyone who does, remember today’s mantra: Vote No on Question 3 if you want to end Greyhound racing. Question 3 isn’t actually about Greyhound racing; it’s about adding slot machines to the tracks….
Jan 28
Mark Bittman’s “Rethinking the Meat-Guzzler” in yesterday’s New York Times is the sort of article that schmoozes you while winding up to bat you over the head. If your eye isn’t immediately drawn to who he is (at the bottom…
Jan 27
It might be a bad photo, but it was an awesome pie (I forgot to snap a picture when the whole thing was available). This weekend’s Cooking with Guests involved vegan chili/burritos and the above pumpkin custard pie with cream…
Thanks to my brother-in-law, Lord Jotham, for alerting me to this nine-minute segment on CNN regarding BAD RAP, which was given ten of Vick’s dogs. They are all in homes (being fostered) with other dogs and they’re all child safe….
Jan 26
Over Thanksgiving a client of my husband’s started a conversation about Michael Vick’s dogs. She was appalled that they were going to Best Friends and other places to be rehabilitated and adopted out. When I asked what was so upsetting…
Jan 25
In an effort to learn from others involved in the struggle for animal rights as well as other issues of social justice/injustice and nonviolence, I’ve always solicited comments and suggestions. Some of the most helpful have been from people not…
Jan 24
I posted On Nonviolence and Food on Rethos.com and for this post there were requirements and restrictions (such as few links, no third-party quotes, no asking for money for an organization, and no extreme or hard-core topics or language) because…
For nearly two weeks I’ve received a steady stream of e-mails, and probably 1,000 visits to Animal Person, directly related to my January 10 post about defeating Question 3 at the January 29 election. Because of that activity, I thought…
Jan 22
There’s a debate about whether meat is murder or “justifiable homicide” (and prepare yourself for some mighty interesting moral acrobatics here) in and after “The Compassionate Carnivore,” which Jenny alerted me to. Let’s deconstruct: Tom Hodgkinson was a vegetarian for…
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