Tag Archives: commodities

Not ‘chicken’. Chickens. Individuals.

Posted on July 29, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | Leave a comment

Hens and puppy mills – an analogy

Posted on May 8, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Not a day goes by that I fail to see someone contradicting a post that explains – often at some length – that there is no such thing as a humane egg. As soon as there’s a post about eggs, … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, eggs | Tagged abolition, advocacy, backyard, chickens, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, dogs, egg-laying hens, eggs, ethics, harm, health, hens, humane, motherhood, puppy farms, puppy mills, reproduction, resources, rights, selective breeding, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims | 14 Comments

False hopes and misunderstanding ‘welfare’

Posted on August 14, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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, commercial assets, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, eggs, ethics, financial interests, harm, humane, killing, milk, regulations, resources, revenue, rights, sentience, slaughter, torment, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, wellbeing | 12 Comments

What’s the point? A personal reflection.

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

‘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 | 4 Comments

In memory of friends

Posted on April 7, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Many of us who share our homes and our lives with a cat, with a dog or with some other nonhuman companion(s) have had to face the experience of agreeing to euthanise them when veterinary medicine can no longer keep their pain … Continue reading →

Posted in Companion animals, Speciesism | Tagged cat, commodification, commodities, companions, consumer demand, dog, eggs, euthanasia, harm, humane, milk, pets, resources, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 3 Comments

Speciesism – changing the dialogue

Posted on September 27, 2014 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 2 Comments