Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Travers said, “We created this competition to boost fashion careers and honor independent designers who have compassion for animals and for the ethical and green fashion movement. Our hope is that these talented participants will help pave the way for a more ethical fashion industry in the future.”

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Fur Animal Welfare Ethics Primates 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The main difference is that Foer doesn't eat meat (though he does, as it turns out, eat some animal products) and he challenges the cultural assumptions that tell us that some animals are for petting and some are for eating. Compassion, as most people define it, is virtuous, but it smacks of mercy, which screams subjection.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Factory 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

Children naturally love animals, but the many “uses we have found for them” lead us to teach our children to save their compassion for companion animals exclusively. April 23, 2008 To the Editor: You suggest that the raising of animals for food should be done “in ways that are both ethical and environmentally sound.”

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New York Times New York Meat Sheep 40

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

And the reverse is true: If parents are unaware, it should be no surprise that whatever compassion or sense of justice a child has is not nurtured. We need language that doesn't support a divide between "pet" animals and everyone else. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism.

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Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100

Animal Person

APRIL 2, 2009

Pounds ) A pet store in Connecticut received a shipment of products last week. The rabbits were produced, of course, by a rabbit mill that supplies "pet" stores with live creatures whom humans will purchase without having any idea of the conditions they were produced under. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics. Nor are they surprising.

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Rabbits Connecticut Compassion Vegan 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

We have a tendency as a society to anthropomorphize our animals, especially our pets. None of this is objectionable; our pets provide us with a tremendous amount of love, companionship and joy and deserve the best care we can give them. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Language.

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Emotional Farm Animal Farmed Animals Agenda 100