Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

He is an unabashed speciesist, putting humans on “a different moral plane from that of other animals” (11) due to various reasons, such as our “vastly greater capacity for symbolic language, culture, and ethical judgment” (11). He watched cockfighting and killed and skinned animals, but won’t eat veal. Yes, you read that right.)

Vegan 100

Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

If any "drastic measures" are employed, they are to remove animals from suffering, not to impose our dietary choices on others. They do appear to wish to put an end to what they believe are the worst abuses of institutionalized animal agriculture, such as gestation crates and veal crates, but that's hardly a call to end animal agriculture.

Veal Crate 100

Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

On November 7, 2006, Arizonans voted overwhelmingly, by 62 percent, in favor of Proposition 204, to ban the cruel and intensive confinement of veal calves and pregnant pigs on industrialized factory farms. There is no ethical justification for treating an animal inhumanely for no good reason.

Factory 40

Factory Factory Farm Factory Farming Gestation Crates 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians. That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. So, by purchasing dairy products one is indirectly supporting the inherently cruel veal industry.

Lacto-Ovo 40

Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40