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Tag Archives: commodities
The property status of animals
Today I’ve been sharing posts and images about the aftermath of hurricane Florence in Carolina; sharing the stark aerial photographs of what have become flooded tombs for millions of defenceless individuals whose lives and bodies were being ‘farmed’ to satisfy … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Global disasters, property status
Tagged animal rights, climate change, commercial assets, commodities, compassionate, consumer demand, drown, drowned, drowning, extreme weather, Flooding, Horror, humane, hurricane, legislation, love, planetary destruction, profit, property, property status, resources, rights, slaughter, slaughterhouse, victims
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Not ‘chicken’. Chickens. Individuals.
The word ‘chicken’ has come to represent a cooking ingredient. Despite – or perhaps because of – a world where information has never been easier to discover, those with vested interest in making money from using animals, and the powerful … Continue reading
Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Advocacy
Tagged advertising, chicken, chickens, commodities, consumer demand, freedom, harm, humane, infants, life, mortuary, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, truth, veganism, victims, violence, welfare
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False hopes and misunderstanding ‘welfare’
All the regulations that lay down ‘welfare’ requirements for animals being unnecessarily used by humans (and all uses fall into this category) are designed with a single purpose. So what is that purpose? All we need to do is use … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, welfare
Tagged advocacy, autonomy, awareness, CCTV, Chickens and eggs, commercial assets, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, ethics, financial interests, harm, humane, killing, milk, regulations, resources, revenue, rights, sentience, slaughter, torment, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, wellbeing
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What’s the point? A personal reflection.
‘What’s the point of going vegan? One person can’t make any difference.’ Familiar words that attempt to justify continuing to cause devastating harm to those around us who are defenceless against our brute force and technology. It’s also an attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism
Tagged commodities, consumer demand, harm, individual, justice, personal, resources, responsibility, slaughter, truth, values, veganism, victims, violence
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In memory of friends
Many of us who share our homes and our lives with a cat, with a dog or with some other nonhuman family member(s) have had to face the experience of agreeing to euthanise them when veterinary medicine can no longer … Continue reading
Posted in Eulogies, Nonhuman family members, Speciesism
Tagged cat, Chickens and eggs, commodification, commodities, companions, consumer demand, dog, euthanasia, family, harm, humane, milk, Nonhuman family members, pets, resources, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, violence
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Speciesism – changing the dialogue
Scandals and horror We have all seen the frequent and sensationalist press releases about the contamination of various substances derived from the bodies of nonhumans. Examples range from the devastating results of routine antibiotic use and the impact that subsequent resistance … Continue reading
Posted in Speciesism
Tagged commodities, corpses, diseased, disgust, ethics, moral choices, pus, resources, revulsion, scandals, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, vulnerable
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