Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

Are we pinning people down and force-feeding them vegan burritos? They do appear to wish to put an end to what they believe are the worst abuses of institutionalized animal agriculture, such as gestation crates and veal crates, but that's hardly a call to end animal agriculture. Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely.

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Veal Crate HSUS Vegan Gestation Crates 100

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Well, as it turns out neither a trip to a slaughterhouse nor killing an animal yourself is powerful enough to make people go vegan. What about their horror?

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Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2011

Vegan education/advocacy for animals is easiest for me when I know my audience. I spent years forcing people to look at photos of bludgeoned baby seals, "veal" calves in crates and skinned animals. I always used the words "flesh" and "enslavement." I don't think any of that was wrong, per se.

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Advocacy Veal PETA Seals 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

And there are religious reasons: According to the Bible , the original divinely-prescribed diet was an entirely plant-based, vegan diet: "And God said, 'Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit.

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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40