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On "Compassion," "Nonviolence" and "Justice"

Animal Person

Because I've been thinking about the evolution of my own thinking--and languaging--regarding animal rights. Both animal rights groups and animal welfare groups use "compassion" frequently. Then again, so do people who kill animals for a living. Why all the quotation marks?

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USHS Alleges Animal Abuse at the University of Louisiana New Iberia Research Laboratory

Critter News

This is a story of inhumane treatment and a story of psychological torment for these animals,” Wayne Pacelle, president and chief executive officer of the Washington-based animal rights group, said at a news conference Wednesday. It is the nation’s largest primate research lab that studies chimpanzees.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

Animal Ethics

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. It is argued that beef cattle and hogs are protein factories in reserve.