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Category Archives: Imagery
Let’s talk about mutilation
A recent post on Facebook was illustrated by the image below which is the work of the highly acclaimed animal rights artist and advocate, Jo Frederiks. The text read; ‘The distinctions we make between the species that we love as … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Imagery, Mutilation, Nonhuman family members, Terminology
Tagged animal testing, artificial insemination, beak trimming, branding, castration, de-beaking, de-horning, de-snooding, de-spurring, de-toeing, disbudding, dubbing, ear notching, ear tagging, it doesn't hurt, it's for their own good, mulesing, nose ringing, pinioning, tail docking, teat removal, tongue reshaping, tooth clipping, udder flaming, vivisection
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On taking things at face value – when ‘cute’ is a lie
I’ve written short posts in the past about my extreme discomfort at seeing animal videos on social media being presented as ‘cute’ and ‘adorable’ or ‘funny’ and ‘hilarious’. They are clearly very popular, very widely shared, and the comments range … Continue reading
Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Imagery
Tagged adorable, advertising, baby goats, baby monkey, circus, Cruelty, cute, cute monkey, cynical, exploitation, fainting goats, funny, mother, performance, performer, speciesism, staged, video, videos, viral, viral video, where is the mother
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Join the dots – Who rescues our victims from US?
Recently I saw a number of articles, images and videos that I found deeply moving. • A dairy cow with severe head trauma had been thrown into a dumpster to die. She was standing, face bloodied, hunched in agony, looking … Continue reading
Posted in consumer demand, Imagery
Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, death, harm, health, milk, rescue, resources, slaughter, truth, vegan
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EVERY picture tells a story
A common criticism of the images I show on the majority of my blog and social media posts, is that the individuals portrayed are seldom ‘obviously’ suffering. I’m often told we need to show individuals who are clearly hurt, distressed … Continue reading
Posted in Imagery, Speciesism
Tagged advocacy, awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, emotion, ethics, extremism, harm, human superiority, humane, Imagery, justice, milk, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
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There's an Elephant in the Room blog 