Category Archives: Single Issue Campaigns

Petitions and single issues – where’s the harm? – FAQ

Posted on March 10, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I was recently asked the following very well articulated question by a friend who is a committed activist and vegan advocate; I understand why we don’t want to put effort into single-issue causes, especially those that are so blatantly speciesist … Continue reading →

Posted in FAQ, Single Issue Campaigns, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, antispeciesism, betrayal, campaigner, campaigns, counter productive, death penalty, euthanasia, execution, harm, Harm reduction, innocent, otherisation, petitions, promoting harm, regulation, regulatory reform, rights, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, speciesist, veganism, welfare, xenophobia, xenophobic | 9 Comments

A thought about what ‘better’ means

Posted on January 6, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

All of us are sentient individuals, the majority of whom have never been confined, never been tortured, never been mutilated deliberately and without anaesthesia, never been forcibly impregnated, never had our babies taken from us, never been hooked up to milk … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns | Tagged abolition, commodification, human superiority, moral choices, moral judgment, petitions, resources, sentience, slaughter, Torture, vegan, victims, violence | 6 Comments

Single issues and me

Posted on August 3, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There is much written about single issues and petitions. The two go hand in hand. It’s a hot topic and I’m not going to wade into the debate. If you read this and feel moved to seek to justify your … Continue reading →

Posted in Abolition vs Welfare, Single Issue Campaigns | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, ethics, harm, human superiority, milk, moral choices, nonviolence, petitions, resources, respect, sentience, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfarism | 9 Comments

One problem, one solution

Posted on February 5, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

One problem or many? It is not surprising that there is so much confusion in the ‘animal rights’ movement. It is all too easy to be misled into thinking that there are lots of different problems, and a range of different … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Single Issue Campaigns, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, baby steps, extremism, moral choices, Single Issue Campaigns, speciesism, veganism | 8 Comments

My thoughts on petitions and single issues

Posted on August 3, 2014 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I started today reading yet another article claiming that those who oppose all animal use are against alleviating suffering now in favour of promoting what some contemptuously label ‘abolitionist theory’. This of course could not be further from the truth. Once … Continue reading →

Posted in Single Issue Campaigns | Tagged abolition, petitions, Single Issue Campaigns, vegan, veganism, welfarism | 9 Comments