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This year’s Animal Rights National Conference is fast approaching and we’re gearing up for some exciting speakers and sessions! As always, we would to thank our sponsors for helping us make it all possible. Attendees will have the chance to hear speakers from these generous Silver Sponsors: Alley Cat Allies, In Defense of Animals, International
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23 May 2013 at 10:10am
Executive Director and California native, Michael Weber wrote a letter to the San Diego Unified School District urging its board members to adopt a Meatless Mondays program. In a city where nearly 28% of children are overweight or obese, Michael says, “Now is the time for community leaders to speak out about proper diet and [...]
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21 May 2013 at 10:19am
Summertime will soon be here and that means vacation time for a lot of us. Time to unwind and relax. No one wants to be stressed out over a vacation and they shouldn’t have to be. However, us vegans know that our diet can sometimes be a challenge, especially when traveling. Cole Millen, avid traveler [...]
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16 May 2013 at 8:06am
Mother's Day is a time to celebrate and warmly recall all the love mothers provide and all the lessons they teach. We treasure every moment we have with our mothers and we appreciate them being there for us. The love of a mother isn't just limited to humans either; animals across species rely heavily on [...]
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9 May 2013 at 2:54pm
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Mark Bittman’s new book, Vegan Before 6:00, deserves considerable credit for advocating a substantial reduction in the consumption of animal products. That’s good. It also earns praise for its trenchant condemnation of the standard American diet. Although this is a target fatter than the average American, enough darts cannot impale its expanding
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23 May 2013 at 8:00am
You hear defenders of pastured beef say it all the time: cows were meant to eat grass. They typically make this claim to justify their choice of pastured beef over industrial, grain-fed beef—the stuff that hogs all the media attention for causing grave ecological damage with total disregard for animal welfare. These claims might indeed be [...]
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22 May 2013 at 9:22am
Some philosophers argue that the evolution of language grants humans exclusive rights above and beyond non-human animals. This controversial position has been effectively debunked, but the claim provides a nice opportunity to examine precisely how we use formal language to convey meaning about eating animals that some philosophers think, on the
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21 May 2013 at 8:25am
The outpouring of intelligent thoughtfulness in response to yesterday's oyster post has my wheels spinning more than ever, even if I'm not yet convinced that, from any animal rights perspective, it's wrong to eat an oyster. But here's something to chew on: maybe being convinced is overrated. Creatively speaking, I found myself wandering
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20 May 2013 at 9:10am
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Shelter Killing Benefits Puppy Mills - Here's an interesting (and disturbing thought), what I would call the "pet industrial complex": The animal welfare movement's commitment to killing dogs and cats in shelters clears the way for more "product" for puppy mills and breeders to sell. Illustration from Nathan WinogradThe Sexual
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23 May 2013 at 7:00am
Trigger Warning: Depictions of physical and sexual violence against women. NOT SAFE FOR WORK. Animal Liberation Victoria - Anti-Vivisection Campaign PETA - Go Veg Campaign Breeze Harper of Sistah Vegan Image from Vegan Pinup PETA - Go Veg CampaignPETA - Milk Gone Wild Commercial PETA - Anti-Fur
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22 May 2013 at 7:00am
The Great Bull Run: Grab Life By the Horns! - This horrible tradition seems to have made its way to the United States. It's being promoted as an "adrenaline rush" for "thrill seekers," a "celebration," "an epic day of fun," and a "party." Disgusting. Tormenting frightened animals is not "thrilling," it's horrendous...I thought
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21 May 2013 at 7:00am
I received a rather ridiculous comment a few days ago (in response to my writing on sexism in the abolitionist faction) that reflects the anti-feminist "rationalism" that appears to flourish unchecked in our Nonhuman Animal rights movement. I hate to call it "ridiculous" in case this person (username: "aveskde") is being serious,
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20 May 2013 at 11:27pm
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I continually marvel at how chickens observe and sometimes follow what we do. On her third day with me, Edith the Cornish Rock chicken hen who was recently salvaged from a trash bag, comes to me when I gesture or call to her. But even more remarkable, Edith climbed her first flight of stairs to join me at the top, but only when I encouraged her to do
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22 May 2013 at 8:31pm
My personal opinion and that of people I know who have rescued enriched colony caged hens is that there is no difference in health between the battery and colony caged hens. I also believe from evidence I have seen that there is not much difference between barn versus free range hens either. Because of the laws, free range hens can be kept indoors in
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21 May 2013 at 8:04pm
Meat-eating is strongly associated with cultural perceptions of masculinity and power. The idea that meat-eating and killing are "manly" is constantly reinforced through advertising and other forms of cultural narrative that tell us who we are. This macho mythologizing of meat helps explain why women are more than twice as likely as men to be vegetarian.
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20 May 2013 at 5:53pm
I got a call from a Facebook friend that a chicken had been found in a plastic bag on the street near another Chicago poultry market — still alive, as if she were just trash. The kind young man named Javier who'd first taken her home realized, after a few weeks, that he could not properly provide for her as a companion in his apartment. Please read
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19 May 2013 at 7:11pm
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Attention sophisticated thinking vegans: meet your new BFF, LAIKA. The recently debuted quarterly magazine has the glossy and stylish look and feel of a popular fashion mag – without the fur, leather, feathers, cosmetic cruelty, Kardashians, and other atrocities typically associated with chic lifestyle magazines. In addition to fashion, beauty, food,
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16 May 2013 at 10:09am
On April 20, a group of activists from Fermare Green Hill campaign entered a pharmacology lab at the University of Milano, Italy. Very quickly, news spread on social media. If you were like me, you spent the day reading updates on their Facebook page, waiting to see what would happen to the activists, would they [...]
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3 May 2013 at 6:11pm
Kind is a new book of poetry by Gretchen Primack, who co-authored The Lucky Ones with Jenny Brown, released last year. Kind is filled with thoughtful, poignant and touching poems about how we treat and mistreat animals. Gretchen's poetry is straightforward, and makes one think about their role in either oppressing or advocating for [...]
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13 Apr 2013 at 11:46am
Last year I sent Jewish media a pitch about our second vegan Passover seder. My hope was that I would be able to get some attention for ethical veganism around the holiday. Our veder made it in an article in The Jewish Journal and they also asked me to write an article for them. [...]
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23 Mar 2013 at 10:56am
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Vegan Essentials started out in 1997 as a mail-order printed catalog business, and moved from paper catalog to online, in early 2000. They have been the winner of Veg News Magazine's Veggie Award for "Best Online Store" for the past 7 years, and have won "Best Vegan Shoe Store" the year prior. Here, Ryan and Courtney; owners of Vegan
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15 May 2013 at 12:44pm
VEGANS ARE MAKING HISTORY
by BEING ON THE RIGHT SIDE of a SOCIALLY-ACCEPTED WRONG.
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White Rose Resistance to Hitler; center; Sophie Scholl ~ 1932
During the German Nazi regime - would you have been one of
the honest and brave people like Sophie Scholl or the other members of the White Rose
resistance
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16 Apr 2013 at 12:29pm
Respect Other Animals
What 'sanity' looks like.
Pigs are friends.
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4 Apr 2013 at 5:42pm
Joined
together in this compilation, are people who have been living vegan for
decades, which is a powerful statement proving that humans CAN live
vegan. My short questionnaire was responded to by an assortment
of: prominent activists in the movement, the youngest Alpine Ski Racer in
Olympic history at the age of 14, a medical doctor, PhD's, a
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3 Mar 2013 at 4:56pm
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To my fellow abolitionist advocates: "Silence, they say, is the voice of complicity.But silence is impossible.Silence screams.Silence is a message,just as doing nothing is an act." - Leonard Peltier No more silence; no more complicity. That being said, we have too much work to do to let ourselves get bogged down in bitterness and
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15 May 2013 at 12:05pm
D.C., a vegan and former animal rights blogger once wrote: "I am vegan for precisely the same set of reasons I am not a cannibal." Most who would hear this would think that it sounds outrageous. How on earth could a person compare not eating other humans to not eating non-human animals? For D.C., though, basic sentience is the only relevant moral
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8 May 2013 at 8:30pm
Goofing around like a couple of old pals.It's hard to believe that it was a little over a whole month ago that I met Eli and that in his quiet and subtle way, he charmed his way into my heart. Eli settled in awkwardly, ever-skittish around me and then trying his hardest to get 16-year-old Sammy to play -- except that Eli's take on playing involved barreling
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5 May 2013 at 7:11pm
Caveat Lector A little over a month ago, I received a press release about Rory Freedman's soon-to-be-published book Beg. A review copy was offered up and as much as the book's description intrigued me, I spent several days mulling over whether or not I wanted to commit myself to writing up an assessment of it. I feared that I
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1 May 2013 at 8:57pm
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Begin vegan with a nonvegan spouse can be challenging but it's totally doable. Think of it like trying to quit smoking while living with a smoker.
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10 May 2013 at 9:04am
The Dalai Lama eats animals, and having people kill animals for him to eat is the opposite of compassion.
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3 May 2013 at 8:38am
A vegan diet provides a consistent, clear and truly compassionate framework built on honesty, healthy eating, love and, yes, even on justice.
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19 Aug 2012 at 11:37am
Sorry about the clutter! I’m redoing the site to make it easier to navigate and search. Also to add fancy.
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17 Aug 2012 at 3:18pm
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I adore these videos of Tardar Sauce (a.k.a., Grumpy Cat). She has become a worldwide sensation, and she is quite rightly described as the World's Most Famous Cat (at least for the moment). If you're on Facebook, like me, you know that Grumpy Cat memes are a dime a dozen. A few of them are amusing (rarely laugh-out-loud
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8 May 2013 at 9:56am
This is a superb PETA video on animals in circuses, hosted and narrated by actor Alec Baldwin. There is an excellent interview in the video with a longtime veterinarian Dr. Mel Richardson, who has worked with elephants in circuses for over 40 years. Please have a look at this video. It's not very long and it's quite informative.
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5 May 2013 at 9:51am
Please show this to your friends and family who are meat eaters. It is a gore-free video. It shows a cow shedding tears over the horrific fate he is about to experience. I quote from the wonderful Facebook page Animal Rights Activist: This 34 second footage clearly shows a beautiful, sweet cow shedding tears in the seconds
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5 May 2013 at 9:45am
"I had never seen a slaughterhouse before. My blood ran cold. This didn't just turn me into a vegetarian. It turned me into a genuinely compassionate human being. I ultimately became vegan when I aw what happens to millions of chickens - their beak burned off, millions of tiny male chicks being hurled to their death into grinders, premature calves being
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3 May 2013 at 4:47pm
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In addition to the connection between sexism and speciesism illustrated here: The birds do not dig being in a cage-free facility, which is like being in one large cage. They don’t dig the fact that they are bought from hatcheries that kill all the male chicks. The male chicks do not dig that much either. [...] The post No, They Don’t
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8 May 2013 at 4:08am
I think that the “Ag Gag” laws are not a good idea for a number of reasons related generally to the suppression and chilling of speech. But to listen to the large animal groups, one would think that the “Ag Gag” laws are a death knell for the animal movement. That’s just wrong. We don’t [...] The post A Brief
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30 Mar 2013 at 6:27am
According to Professor Robert Jensen, an otherwise progressive thinker: “[N]o one really believes the quip, “A rat is a pig is a dog is a boy,” suggesting the equality of all life (or, at least, all mammalian life). To test that: If there were a rat, a pig, a dog, and a human child in [...] The post Robert Jensen and Species Equality
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30 Mar 2013 at 6:11am
If you are not vegan, then you are participating directly in animal exploitation. It really is that simple. If animals matter morally, then there is one and only one rational response: go vegan. Gary L. Francione Professor, Rutgers University © 2013 Gary L. Francione The post It’s Really Very Simple appeared first on Animal Rights: The
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17 Mar 2013 at 6:35am
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Some dogs have a problem with dental tartar, and our rescued boy is one of them. Over the past couple of years, we’ve had to adopt a rigorous dental cleaning regimen for Valiant, because otherwise his teeth become quickly covered in plaque that is a nightmare to remove. In addition to snacks of crunchy kibble, [...]
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7 May 2013 at 10:20pm
The Southern Hemisphere summer is over. It's the time of year when Gentle World's volunteers return from Shangri-La, our New Zealand location, back to Hawaii. It's hard to believe that only one week ago, I was admiring the natural beauty in New Zealand, but I knew then that in a matter of days, I would be [...]
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1 May 2013 at 11:36pm
Love is the only reality It’s the feeling we naturally feel All the rest is derived from a world we’ve contrived that pretends there are some things more real Love is the only reality Human hearts feel at home intertwined Life’s illusions are borne behind masks that are worn The truth is, we’re all gentle [...]
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1 May 2013 at 11:36pm
~ Tiziana Picasso I was a vegetarian for two years when I arrived in Shangri-La. But I never really thought about veganism. I didn't want to give up my cheese (I'm French, you understand?) The first words there were “Vegan is the first step.” Done, I was vegan. We had delicious meals every day in [...]
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1 May 2013 at 9:33pm
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Book Review
Marian Stamp Dawkins, Why Animals Matter: Animal consciousness, animal welfare, and human well-being (2012)
Image from OUP UK catalogue
Marian Stamp Dawkins is professor for animal behaviour at the University of Oxford, where she is the head of the Animal Behaviour Research Group. She has written
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5 May 2013 at 2:01pm
image from developer's site
One day, the little cow realizes what happens to all of the farm animals and makes an escape for her life! While being chased by the vicious farmer, she rescues other farm animals from their cages and tries not to end up as a steak in the farm's slaughterhouse. Jump over obstacles, slide under windmills,
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1 May 2013 at 3:39pm
Sometimes I wish I could join voices with all the vegans in the world and pass on a message to all the not-yet-vegans about the importance of nonviolence and ethical living. When this campaign came to us from the wonderful Karen from Elated - Enhancing the Lives of Animals Through Ethical Decisions, it seemed to fulfil (in part) that wish.
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1 May 2013 at 3:00pm
I promoted Hello Vegan a while ago on the podcast and social media, but this amazing project is totally deserving of a blog post to remind you of just how perfect this venture is.
Hello Vegan is, according to the Hello Vegan Facebook page, "a Melbourne based accessories enterprise that embodies vegan and environmental ethics without compromising
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30 Apr 2013 at 2:23pm
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Two new posters from Jo and me. For those who are concerned about this sort of thing, the approximate representation of the U.S. grade level needed to comprehend the text for Flesch Kincaid is 2.79 (so, just below third-grade reading level). The Flesch Reading ease is 85.64%.
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21 Feb 2012 at 6:07pm
As an abolitionist, I promote veganism because animal use is unfair. However, one of the common questions about and objections to veganism is whether veganism is nutritionally sound or healthy. It is important to understand the question of health as a vegan generally, as well as it place in the education process. Sensational stories
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14 Jan 2012 at 10:48am
As is often the case with my blog, I try to teach other advocates. I try to teach them not only how to be better advocates (which strikes me as kind of a smaller endeavour), but how to be better persons (which is often herculean). But for all those vegans who have, hours afterward, think "I shoulda said!!!" a blog on how to be funny (and
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7 Jan 2012 at 12:28pm
In no small way, 2011 has been a year that has witnessed a lot of movement in animal advocacy. Francione's work continues to surge in popularity with advocates. Even five years ago, there were not all that many abolitionists. Now there are probably several hundred, perhaps thousands, active worldwide. Active advocacy does not
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1 Jan 2012 at 2:27pm
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Recently I ate out with a large group of coworkers, most of whom I had just met. Unfortunately, the restaurant chosen was one of those big chain sports and burger type places. I scoured the menu and found one item that just might work if it weren't for the cheese splattered on top. Undaunted by the social ramifications, I dared to question
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17 Nov 2011 at 11:26am
Vegan cookbook author Claire Gosse and fitness "expert" Brock Picken have a new book called Vegan Flush (press release here). Scare quotes on 'expert' there because what kind of fitness expert doesn't understand how the human body actually flushes out toxins? (Hint for "experts" out there--your liver and kidneys take care of things).
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6 Nov 2011 at 9:18am
Yesterday I ran across a link from Animal Legal Defense Fund declaring that Occupy Wall Street Takes on Corporate Animal Abuse. The linked "official declaration" contains this statement: "They have profited off of the torture, confinement, and cruel treatment of countless nonhuman animals, and actively hide these practices." Okay, so I'm not sure
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9 Oct 2011 at 11:55am
Reading VegNews is always an adventure. There's usually some good recipes, factual articles, and items that can genuinely be called news, mixed in with welfarism, woo, and other assorted wackiness. It's just the right mix that fascinates me. I'm often appalled but can't stop reading it. Today I'm going to examine a part of the magazine that is a good
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21 Sep 2011 at 8:50pm
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