Category Archives: Harm reduction

Splitting hairs about speciesism

Posted on October 5, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A post that I shared earlier described how a young deer named Pala, cared for on a sanctuary, had been shot and killed by a neighbour who was hunting. In the same way that I am not empowered to excuse … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Harm reduction, Speciesism | Tagged antispeciesism, bacon, beef, betting, burger, deer, entertainment, flesh, hunter, hunting, own, owning, property, property status, silk, skins, speciesism, steak, steer, venison, wool | 7 Comments

Staying true – more thoughts on ‘reducing suffering’

Posted on August 31, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

More and more often I see comments from those who for some reason identify themselves as vegans, comments in which they are approving the most astonishing levels of violence and brutality to the defenceless individuals that veganism is sworn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction | Tagged death, extremism, extremist, foetal bovine serum, harm, honest, less use, pragmatism, realistic, reducing, reduction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, suffering, true, truth, unequivocal, unpopular | 2 Comments

Translations of common expressions: ‘Grass-fed lamb, half price!’

Posted on April 5, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

This blog’s title was a promotion by a supermarket, heard in a TV ad break. With a great deal encapsulated in very few words, it’s a cynical bit of mind-bending although there was a time I wouldn’t have realised; that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Awakening to veganism, consumer demand, Harm reduction, welfare | Tagged bargain, breast feeding, cheap, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, easter lamb, grass-fed, harm, humane, milk, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, victims, violence | 2 Comments

Memories of leather and fur

Posted on March 22, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A persistent memory has plagued me all my life. I must have been quite young (possibly in the 1960s) because what I saw then would never be seen nowadays. I had spotted a truck in traffic. It drew my attention … Continue reading →

Posted in Harm reduction, Leather and skin | Tagged awakening, Chickens and eggs, Cruelty, dairy, fur, harm, leather, milk, Single Issue Campaigns, slink, speciesism, Torture, veganism, victims | 24 Comments

Bullying – an analogy

Posted on December 5, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There’s an Elephant in the Room promotes veganism and never anything less. There are dozens – if not hundreds – of posts and essays linked to the page that seek to clarify this point but they all boil down to one … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Harm reduction, Speciesism, Uncategorized | Tagged advocacy, baby steps, bullying, harm, human superiority, justice, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, victims, violence | 4 Comments

What we ask for, what we get ….

Posted on October 23, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

… and what on earth has this to do with vegan advocacy? The subject of ‘what we ask for’ versus ‘what we get’ is one that every single one of us is familiar with. Casting my mind back to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction | Tagged advocacy, baby steps, commodification, compromise, encouragement, harm, Harm reduction, health, moral choices, nonviolence, promoting harm, resources, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 5 Comments

A thought on ‘less use’

Posted on May 24, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When we talk to others about ‘less’ animal use, we are encouraging them to think of nonhuman animals as a quantity that can be reduced, in the same we that we think of using less oil or less sugar. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction | Tagged commodification, consumer demand, harm, resources, sentience, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 11 Comments