Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

I've been blogging here less partly because I've been blogging at Animal Rights & AntiOppression (check out my latest post " On Corporate Personhood and Animal Rights " and the better-than-the-post comments) but also because I've been feeling like a broken record and I don't want to bore anyone.

China 100

China Cats Speciesism Dogs 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Unless we can stop this now, the Dog Death squads could be roaming the streets tomorrow – beating, stoning, and killing dogs – some right in front of their owners. I need you to do two things right now: 1. Make a donation to help IFAW end dog culls in China and to protect animals around the world from similar cruelty.

China 100

China IFAW Culling Dogs 100

Animal Ethics

JULY 22, 2008

The Unalienable Rights of Chimps ,” by Adam Cohen (Editorial Observer, July 14): The Spanish Parliament’s decision to grant rights to apes is indeed groundbreaking, and will foster philosophical discussion about animal protection for some time. To the Editor: “ What’s Next in the Law?

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New York Times Humane Society Of The United States New York Apes 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 14, 2009

It is that coercion (via legal prohibition) is not a proper method of protecting animals, at least if the aim is to protect animals. The best thing that one can do for animals, in the long run, is to persuade people to stop eating them. Some will reduce their consumption of meat for the sake of the animals.

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Meat Animal Welfare Vegetarian Protecting Animals 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Court of Appeals reversed the decision by a vote of 10 to 3, overturning Stevens’s conviction and striking down the law on the grounds that it violated the right to free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. Is the NYTimes right to support striking down the law banning depictions of animal cruelty on First Amendment/free speech grounds?

Pit Bulls 40

Pit Bulls Animal Cruelty Laws Animal 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Bush signed the “ Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act ” into law this past Monday (November 27, 2006). The law protects animal enterprises from courses of conduct designed to disrupt their normal profitable functioning. They enacted it to make animal abusers and the corporations that profit from that animal abuse richer.

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Extremist 2006 Laws Legislation 40