Changing the language … (05/05/17)
You do not “buy” an animal to “own” as a “pet” … You pay for the privilege of ADOPTING an animal, and thereby become the loving GUARDIAN of a new & lifelong FRIEND. Please act accordingly … Thank you.
Harming the harmless … (05/04/17)
Many believe that riding horses is a harmless activity. Actually, aside from the fact that it is indeed quite harmful to horses to be ridden by humans (see link in first comment box below), the issue here is a much more important one — for the issue here is basic decency. Would you like to […]
Honing in on Hypocrisy … (05/03/15)
“Even to this day, our responsibility for the way we treat chickens and allow them to be treated is dismissed with blistering rhetoric designed to silence all objection: ‘How can you compare the feelings of a hen with those of a human being?’ … Well, one obvious answer is, simply by looking at her. It […]
Meaning what we mean … (05/03/17)
Isn’t this a beautiful family? And isn’t it just as wonderful that we can all live long (actually far longer) and healthy (actually much healthier) lives without harming them — that we have no reason in all of the world to hurt them in any way? And yet harm them we do — we harm […]
Rape is a verb … (05/02/17)
This might come as a bit of a surprise to some of you, but cows are not born making milk. Indeed, just like humans and all other mammals, cows produce milk only after first becoming pregnant … So how do so many millions of dairy cows become pregnant to make “your” milk, you might wonder […]
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