Animal Person

OCTOBER 30, 2010

They are forced to work in factories owned by a hideous woman, Gretsch. Animals are indeed enslaved, but in real life they're not making widgets in factories. There is no mention of food or skin or zoos. The factory is supposed to be a proxy for all of that, but it doesn't work for me. Or any vegan message.

Factory 100

Factory Vegan Homelessness Animal Rights 100

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

Hence the psychological continuum described (below) by Austria's Association Against Animal Factories from about a year ago. I do think that in my lifetime greyhound racing will end, circuses will be animal-free, elephants and marine mammals won't be in zoos, and fur might even be banned. I assume Francione does not disagree.

Psychology 100

Psychology Campaign Animal Rights Movement Suffering 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

But this distinction lies at the very center of the land ethic. From the perspective of the land ethic a herd of cattle, sheep, or pigs is as much or more a ruinous blight on the landscape as a fleet of four-wheel drive off-road vehicles. African cheetas [sic] in American and European zoos are captive, not indentured, beings.

Animal Liberation 40

Animal Liberation Sheep Factory Farm Factory Farming 40