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Category Archives: In a nutshell
In a nutshell: why all egg use is inhumane
All links checked and updated 16/02/2023 The problems faced by all egg-laying hens are not caused by their environment, but by the very bodies that have been created by humans. Their bodies are the result of years of selective breeding … Continue reading
Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Chickens and eggs, In a nutshell
Tagged backyard, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, free range, harm, health, hens, humane, prisons, resources, sanctuary, sentience, slaughter, vegan, victims
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In a nutshell – a plant based diet and health
Links checked 27/10/2022 Veganism is the word given to living in a way that reflects our opposition to the violence inherent in all of the uses to which our species subjects individuals of all other species, promoting justice for all … Continue reading
Posted in Health and plant based eating, In a nutshell
Tagged commodification, diet, health, nonviolence, plant-based, resources, sentience, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence
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In a nutshell: the victims of vegetarianism
The ‘In a nutshell’ series will attempt to summarise key issues and concepts about which I have previously written at length. As a former vegetarian, I know from personal experience that a reluctance to eat ‘meat’ is the main motive … Continue reading
Posted in In a nutshell, Vegetarianism explained
Tagged ahimsa silk, baby steps, cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, diet, feathers, fur, harm, honey, justice, leather, milk, nonviolence, sentience, silk, silk worms, slaughter, slink, speciesism, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence, wool
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In a nutshell: the truth about dairy
The ‘In a nutshell’ series will attempt to summarise key issues and concepts about which I have previously written at length. Dairy is the word describing the substances derived from the milk of nonhuman animals. It covers cheese, yogurt, ice cream, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal rights, cheese, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, health, milk, resources, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, yogurt
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