Animal Person
MAY 24, 2009
I received an e-mail from the well-meaning Wendy at Compassion in World Farming (which I find an odd combination of words) regarding Egypt's pig cull and asking me to send my protest to the Egyptian Government. Yes, I sent the protest. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2009
They stopped after protests from animal rights groups, such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Did you know this? car companies used live animals, including pigs, for crash tests until the early 1990s.
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Animal Person
MARCH 31, 2009
Felicia Horton inquires/protests: "If they're cutting up [animals], are you going to want to come up front an eat some meat?" Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. Perhaps all sandwich shops should be housed in abattoirs. PS-Note the brackets provided by the journalist.
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2009
They're not necessarily questioning the ethics, but the efficacy. Plus, animals are messy, require feeding and constant care, draw protests, and, yes, can be a bit smelly. This is an excellent article that appeared in the Boston Globe last week. The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science.
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
Here are some highlights: Mantle: "How do you respond to: Yeah, you may find something that benefits humans, but it's not worth it and it's not ethically right?" Peaceful protests were ignored, as well. Home protests were ignored also. And it's a very dispassionate discussion, but that's what makes it sickening.
Animal Person
MAY 11, 2009
But Foot doesn't buy it and asks--again-- Yet over the long history of animal rights activism in Canada, it's hard to find evidence that the larger aims of such protests are ever achieved. Notwithstanding their local tactical victories, are animal rights protesters really as effective as they appear?
Animal Person
MAY 10, 2009
It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. And not all organizations that advocate for animals claim to have a "genuine environmentalist ethic," and the ones that do must subscribe to his ethic or they're not genuine? Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest.
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