Animal Person

MAY 9, 2009

My self-appointed job in this blog is to think critically about how our human lives intersect with those of sentient nonhumans, in action and thought. The message I hear is: tormenting animals before you brutally torture and slaughter them is wrong, but brutally torturing and slaughtering them without the preceding torment is okay.

Advocacy 100

Advocacy Game Slaughter Slaughtered 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). This is not a negative criticism, it is a reflection of the audience for this blog.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

If you believe your dog has a right to a life free of torture and slaughter for no reason, then you really ought to think about extending that right to mice, rats, chickens and fish. First, note that now PeTA is an "animal advocacy group." But that's not the telling item. I mean, the "tactics have worked," haven't they?

Animal Advocacy 100

Animal Advocacy PETA Animal Advocacy 100