Animal Person
AUGUST 12, 2010
Here are the sentences that I want to bring attention to: The family of Irv Bell, 64, has been growing hogs in Zanesville, Ohio, since the 19th century. This adds another layer to yesterday's discussion about family. Irv Bell's farm is a family farm. After all, he's part of a family business. It's also a factory farm.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
The conversations with family and friends have already begun about "Turkey Day." I've had family members ask me to refrain from "proselytizing" to not "spoil the day" for everyone and to "give it a rest" and let everyone eat in peace. I haven't had a Thanksgiving with family members in years. Not humans, not animals."
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Animal Person
NOVEMBER 13, 2009
And more important is that those storytellers include people who ran small, family operations that animal welfare advocates would not have a problem with. I didn't have to do the slaughtering to know what it feels like to have participated in something for a good chunk of my life that wasn't right. Tags: Activism Ethics Film.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 26, 2010
Farmers were bragging about how much they "loved" the animals they would soon betray and slaughter, and many omnivores who had discovered how animals are treated wanted to assuage their consciences a bit by "at least" giving the animals a better life prior to their untimely slaughter. That's respect. Photo from Flickr user gunp0wder.
Animal Person
AUGUST 23, 2009
The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. I'm on my way.
Animal Person
NOVEMBER 18, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Food and Drink Greyhound Matters Language Thanksgiving veganism.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Like when they're about to be, say, slaughtered? What about being torn from your family? Not to mention the reality that there is so much more involved in being bred for slaughter than pain, and none of that is addressed. Tags: Current Affairs Ethics Language. This is where I'm confused. What about being raped?
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