Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Herzog, unsurprisingly, uses “it” to refer to animals, eats and wears them, and “[does] not feel particularly guilty about it” (P.S.,

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Animal Person

APRIL 5, 2011

Or how a paragraph would refer to animal rights and animal welfare as if they're interchangeable. The rest of the animal advocacy community, which is the vast majority, who call themselves abolitionists, are abolitionists. would call HSUS an animal rights group (after all, HSUS doesn't even do that).

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Animal Rights For Animals Rights HSUS 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

In birding, a “nemesis bird” refers to a specific bird species that a birder has been trying to see or observe for a long time but has been unsuccessful in finding or encountering. This code encourages birders to minimize disturbance to birds and their habitats, respect private property, and prioritize bird welfare.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. I wonder instead if this is actually about the difference between advocacy and action, and about the way things ‘should’ be.

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