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On the Banning of Eating Cats and Dogs in China

Animal Person

It seems like the answer to most questions/responses to most issues is one of these: Speciesism. Why choose enslavement, rape, domination and slaughter? Yes, it is hypocritical (speciesism), but who said that we either protect humans or animals? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

Animal Person

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.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

There's a vague sense that perhaps he cares about the dogs or thinks that what he does to them might present an ethical dilemma, but the overwhelming feeling is that it's all worth it. But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. It "guarantees humane treatment?"