Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. residents believe that it's wrong to kill animals for their pelts, but the pelt industry is legal. Tags: Books Ethics Language. Off we go (and all of the below are exact quotes).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 23, 2009

I suppose speciesism/human exceptionalism is at the heart of the matter. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Tags: Activism Economics Ethics Language. it's not so bad. He just doesn't believe that other beings lives might have a purpose all their own that is entirely unrelated to humans.

Animal Sanctuary 100

Animal Sanctuary Factory Farm Factory Farming Sanctuary 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 26, 2009

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Meat 100

Meat Responsible Policies Miami Meat Industry 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

And now that I've read Animal Equality and begun Speciesism , I think I know why. I haven't examined each institutionalized use of animals the way that Dunayer has, with the possible exception of vivisection, and I learned a lot about the details of the language of each industry. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

This one addresses the decreasing number of dogs and cats being experimented on and, without mentioning it, discusses speciesism and our affection for dogs--pet dogs particularly (and especially purebreds)--which leads to our revulsion with the idea of snatching, vivisecting and killing them. But the entire industry is questionable.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

Animal Person

MARCH 18, 2010

We can either bombard the publishing industry with proposals for books for kids, or we can create a publishing company ourselves for this specific purpose. Tags: Books Ethics Language parenting publishing speciesism veganism. We need to start referring to animals as "he" and "she," even if we might not be correct.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Pets Vegan Speciesism 100