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On Letting Your Emotions Rule the Day

Animal Person

However, many of our concerns about modern food production stem from purely emotional concerns, in which we try to overlay our social mores onto sectors where they traditionally haven’t been applied. What's all this about emotion, anyway? Methinks it is Scott who is letting his emotions get the best of him. Let the games begin.

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Adopt A Turkey!

4 The Love Of Animals

Says DeGeneres: “Did you know that every year between 250 and 300 million turkeys are bred for slaughter in the United States? Here at Farm Sanctuary, we live with turkeys, so we know they are interesting and intelligent and have complex emotional lives like dogs, cats and other animals.

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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

But I found that if my goal was for my message to be received, I had to judiciously use accurate terms because there was an intense emotional reaction to them that prevented the message from being received intact, or unadulterated by the emotional baggage. What if slaughter were freed (miraculously) of all terror and pain?

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

For those who didn't read the five-part Slate series " Pepper, the stolen dog who changed American science " by Daniel Engber , I recommend it for the history, but also for the misconceptions and assumptions that you might want to discuss on the Facebook discussion about the series. Part II: Man Cuts Dog. Maybe on paper.