Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. residents believe that it's wrong to kill animals for their pelts, but the pelt industry is legal. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

I suppose speciesism/human exceptionalism is at the heart of the matter. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. The result is that on one level he knows that hurting sentient nonhumans isn't right, but if it's done in a certain respectful way (oxymoron, anyone?) it's not so bad.

Animal Sanctuary 100

Animal Sanctuary Factory Farm Factory Farming Sanctuary 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. I haven't examined each institutionalized use of animals the way that Dunayer has, with the possible exception of vivisection, and I learned a lot about the details of the language of each industry.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

If you might wish to thank Utne for helping inform about the land-grant-university (LGU) meat problem and ask them to do more on it, send a brief note to editor@utne.com or Editors, Utne Reader, 12 North 12th Street, Suite 400, Minneapolis, MN 55403 -- or ring them up at 612-338-5040 (editors actually answer the phone, but don't take advantage!).

Meat 100

Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them. But the entire industry is questionable.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

We can either bombard the publishing industry with proposals for books for kids, or we can create a publishing company ourselves for this specific purpose. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. We need to start referring to animals as "he" and "she," even if we might not be correct.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100