Jun 30
In March of 2007 I wrote, “in a horribly-depressing vote of 198-138, New Hampshire’s House voted AGAINST a bill that would shut down live racing at its three greyhound race tracks.” E-mails were exchanged between yours truly and NH legislators,…
Jun 29
Other than being a vegan, the most important actions you can take to help animals who are used for food are: Give generously to organizations that help those sentient nonhumans directly, such as Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary, Maple Farm Sanctuary, Poplar…
Jun 27
(Sigh.) Here’s the idea you have to get used to when it comes to Food Inc.: One message is that there’s nothing wrong with eating animals, and in fact it’s fantastic and thrilling and a win-win-win (people-planet-profits) when you eat…
Jun 26
People in South Florida are still in an uproar over the mutilation and slaughter of 19 house cats (allegedly) by 18-year old Tyler Weinman, who was declared mentally competent and not a danger to himself or others (!). There have…
Jun 22
Stephanie’s post about “The Compassionate Hypocrite” on Saturday reminded me of what Catherine Friend and other “compassionate carnivores” are doing in addition to twisting the definition of compassionate beyond recognition. Their claim is that what has become the customary way…
Someone on Twitter said The International was the best film he’d seen in years. I think it was in theaters here for all of a week, which is a good sign, as the better a film is, the shorter its…
Jun 20
Bea sent me a link to an article in Gourmet called “Humane Slaughterhouses,” by Rebecca Marx, that is absurd. And the absurdity is in the reality that the author and the featured person who kills sentient nonhumans for a living,…
Jun 17
We bloggers often get e-mails from individuals and organizations in search of promotion. And that’s fine, as we all want to spread the news of fantastic work that needs support. Case in point: AnimalEquality. But there are two types of…
Jun 16
It never ceases to amaze me that people will get upset about the death of an animal whose killing was their job. This time, and thanks to a tweet from CaptainGraviton, it’s “beef farmer” Jim McDougal in Scotland. In “Cows…
Jun 13
Jun 12
Here’s an e-mail from a linguistics junkie for your consideration . . . Is using the word “bullshit” un-vegan? Does it perpetuate linguistic-based speciesism? Ditto with horseshit, chickenshit, dogshit — they’re speciesist by default, if not always used in a…
Jun 10
“We are fighting a war against fish, and we are . . . winning.” The End of the Line opens (limited release) next week. That brief trailer could be a gift in the disguise of paradoxical message about how we…
Jun 8
For those who didn’t read the five-part Slate series “Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science” by Daniel Engber, I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on…
Jun 6
You may know Jose Valle of the International Organization for the Abolition of Animal Slavery, AnimalEquality. He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is “Educate, Investigate & Liberate”. We are currently doing an investigation on…
Jun 5
Sometimes I get comments that make me realize I wasn’t clear about a fundamental point, or I assume everyone remembers other posts or has even been to Animal Person before. That hit me with a comment by Hoofenhoffer regarding “Steve…
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