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New Book Shows Mark Twain an Early Advocate Against Animal Cruelty

Critter News

From the review: Twain writes about cruelty to animals in a range of contexts, criticizing, for example, the insensitivity involved in the exploitation of animals for sport or entertainment. The book also contains writings by Twain against vivisection. Interesting. You can buy it here.

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On Different Results of Direct Action

Animal Person

He speaks of the "mixed message of the animal rights community" that animals are so much like us, yet not enough like us to experiment on. Then he and the interviewer describe some of the experiments. And it's a very dispassionate discussion, but that's what makes it sickening. This is where Vlasak gets energized. No surprise there.