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My Sister: A Story About Veganism

Don’t worry, I’m not going to get all family album on you. Anyone who’s read more than one of these blogs knows I’m not like that. However, I will just note that despite the caustic tone I generally bestow upon most human beings, I do have some humans in my life for whom I . . . → Read More: My Sister: A Story About Veganism

We Will Miss You, Snowball

Snowball

 

On Monday, January 16th, we had a vet put Snowball, an almost-19-year-old cow, to sleep. “Put to sleep” is a nice euphemism for “put to death,” because death tends to be hard for most humans to think about, and it’s easier to imagine someone going to sleep than someone going . . . → Read More: We Will Miss You, Snowball

New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone?

If you are the sort to make New Year’s resolutions, which ones have you made that pertain to non-human animals? While it’s common to focus one’s efforts upon Improving Oneself (I will lose weight, I will read more, I will take an evening class), how about this year making at least one resolution that . . . → Read More: New Year’s Resolutions, Anyone?

Sorry I’m a Sucker!!

Thanks to everyone who wrote in and let me know that the piece about the teacher taking kids to see cows being murdered was fake. I did see that the site was “NewsWEAK,” but I thought that referred to the authors’ opinions about the news, not that the news itself was FAKE.

So, I . . . → Read More: Sorry I’m a Sucker!!

If Slaughterhouses Had Windows

I suggest we all send thank-you notes to this teacher who inadvertently (one hopes) turned at least a few kids into life-long vegans:

http://newsweak.com/news/school-field-trip-tour-of-slaughterhouse-traumatizes-children#.TvkcWoXncWw.facebook

Safe Haven? SUNY Cobleskill Murders Roosters for Research

This is a follow-up to my previous post about the 10 fighters and 4 juvenile fighters and hens we took in a couple of weeks ago. I couldn’t say anything about this until I knew that all the rest of the birds had been taken to safety. Now they are safe, so now I . . . → Read More: Safe Haven? SUNY Cobleskill Murders Roosters for Research

Ten New Fighting Cocks Happy and Healthy at VINE!

I wanted to let the world know — yet again — that YES, fighting cocks CAN be rehabilitated, YES, they can live happily and peacefully with other chickens, and YES, VINE continues to be the only established non-profit animal rights sanctuary who helps them recover from their ordeal.

Eight days ago, VINE took in . . . → Read More: Ten New Fighting Cocks Happy and Healthy at VINE!

*PLEASE GET MOOOOOVING FOR FARM ANIMALS ON OCTOBER 2ND!*

The message below is being sent upon the request of another AR group in Vermont (which has just about NO animal rights presence) — please support them if you can! Miriam In honor of World Farm Animals’ Day, Green Mountain Animal Defenders has organized a fundraising walk in downtown Burlington, VT! Sadly, over 65 . . . → Read More: *PLEASE GET MOOOOOVING FOR FARM ANIMALS ON OCTOBER 2ND!*

Is Rape Evolutionary?

In 2000, Randy Thornhill, an evolutionary biologist, co-authored a book called “A Natural History of Rape: Biological Bases of Sexual Coercion.” Needless to say, an academic- and activist-fueled storm was unleashed, and the theory was soon discredited by respected biologists, psychologists, anthropologists, who pretty quickly found that in fact, the evolutionary costs of committing . . . → Read More: Is Rape Evolutionary?

Excellent New Essay by Steve Best

Check it out. For whatever it’s worth, I agree completely with his assertions, including the one in which he notes that homo sapiens sapiens never HAS been a nice kind of species, regardless of what anyone might like to imagine in our more wistful moments. The reality is that we’ve been conquering, dominating creatures . . . → Read More: Excellent New Essay by Steve Best