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 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 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…
Jun 3
I watched Flow last night and though I did know about the evils of water privatization in other countries, I had no idea that communities (Michigan is featured) right here in the US are fighting huge multi-nationals for their own…
Jun 1
Steve Best’s verbal presentation of his ideas sometimes irks me. It’s over-the-top, for me, and I often resent the time I must spend working through the ranting. But “Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism” is a…
May 31
Here’s the problem: A friend doesn’t respect my veganism. My evidence? She jokes about it. She jokes about eating animals. And then I get this . . . Here’s something to think about. I recently picked a new primary care…
May 30
Through all of the damage control and message-neutralizing I have to do due to PeTA campaigns or someone lumping me with PeTA–or the HSUS, for that matter–I always remember that the real enemy of my cause is someone who wants…
May 29
Food, Inc. was at the Delray Beach Film Festival last weekend, about 30 miles south of me. But I wasn’t. Nothing about its “Alliances” (or it’s “Issues”) screams vegan, or even whispers it, but I shall reserve judgment. If more…
May 28
Image via Wikipedia I found The Goode Family disappointing on the vegan side. Yeah, lots of mockery, but I didn’t laugh. I didn’t think the show was all that funny, like, say, The Simpsons. The bit about the purity dance…
May 27
We who want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans have few victories to celebrate. But one area that continues to provide them is the fight against the use of greyhounds as a source of entertainment (and gambling revenue) by forcing…
May 26
From today’s Publisher’s Weekly: In January, Meredith Corporation quietly launched Mixing Bowl, a social networking site about cooking. Emphasizing user-generated content, the site invites home cooks to exchange recipes, share photos, participate in contests and post messages. The site is…
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