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Conklin Dairy and the 1989 Montreal Massacre: Or, Your Daddy Said I Took It Just a Little Too Far

In the wake of the BP oil spill comes some of the most shocking footage yet of what goes on inside Department of Agriculture-approved dairy farms, thanks to Mercy for Animals and the undercover footage they took at Conklin Farm in Ohio. I say “shocking” because most of us haven’t seen these things with . . . → Read More: Conklin Dairy and the 1989 Montreal Massacre: Or, Your Daddy Said I Took It Just a Little Too Far

No Exploitation is Good Exploitation

No duh, right? Well, yes, but you know, we humans are crafty when we want what we want and don’t want to change what we want. That’s why slippery slopes are best avoided even by the most scrupulous among us.

What on earth am I talking about? Last Saturday, we “bought” 40 hens from . . . → Read More: No Exploitation is Good Exploitation

Response to Natalie Angier

At the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center, we are quite familiar with the phenomenon Natalie Angier exemplifies so perfectly in her essay “Sorry, Vegans: Brussels Sprouts Like to Live, Too.” We call it psychic self-defense.

And so, while I will refute Angier’s primary argument against veganism later in this response, I believe it . . . → Read More: Response to Natalie Angier

KFC Beat-Down

According to this newspaper article, a couple in Massachusetts beat up a man who had asked them to quit shouting obscenities at the Kentucky Fried Chicken worker who was slow in preparing their order. This makes a lot of sense to me (pattrice). If you’re willing to rip the wings off a bird just . . . → Read More: KFC Beat-Down