Animal Person

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

However the designers also use discarded parts of animals killed by butchers, to "give new life to something that would normally be thrown away." This is about using animals and presenting yet another variation on the theme of humans believing they have a right to make food, clothing or art from the body of other animals.

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Butcher Ethics Killing Vegetarian 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. 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.

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Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2011

It’s one thing to add some seed, suet and fruit to the grocery list right before a snow storm hits…but if you feel stressed because you have to make your own personal mix of seed for your birds six times a day or you have personally failed and perhaps sentences some birds to certain starvation in your yard?

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Bald Eagle Birds Deer Minnesota 246

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

They could also give bones to a lion (lions are easy to come by), and they could simulate an early human ancestor butchering an animal with stone tools (we Africanists normally do this at parties). This allowed the Blumenschine crew to carry out experiments that involved every possible series of events, using animals of different sizes.

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Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 7, 2010

And here we see the inevitable logic of Vegetarianism, if our belief in the Rights of Animals is ever to quit the stage of theory and enter the stage of fact; for just as there can be no human rights where there is slavery, so there can be no animal rights where there is eating of flesh. "To Henry S.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Butcher Cruelty Science 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Only then will these companies “do the right thing,” if only to ensure their continued survival. While this tragedy will increase calls for sorely needed government regulation, the real answer lies in the hands of each one of us: buy your burger from a local butcher who processes his ground beef daily on the premises.

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New York Times New York Hamburgers Meat Industry 40

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Some have tried to resolve this gap by hunting or butchering an animal themselves, as if those experiences might somehow legitimize the endeavor of eating animals. This is not a book about animal rights, and some might say Foer gets animal rights wrong as his only reference is PETA. This is very silly.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100