Tag Archives: environmental destruction

Slaughter numbers jump by 2.2 billion

Posted on February 10, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Despite the euphoria caused by the proliferation of plant based dietary options in shops and restaurants, the statistics don’t bear out the wishful thinking about veganism taking over the world any time soon. In fact, given the accelerating climate catastrophe … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Global disasters, Statistics | Tagged 2018, climate catastrophe, diet, environmental destruction, increase, plant based diet, Statistics, vegan | 27 Comments

Looking at language: Cull

Posted on September 13, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Cull. We see the word applied increasingly to the mass killing of numerous species; to deer and to foxes and to seals, to pigeons, crows and even swans. The word is in the news at the moment, being applied to … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Terminology | Tagged animal agriculture, badgers, cull, environmental destruction, habitat destruction, nonveganism, profit, slaughter | 6 Comments

‘Transparency in advertising’ – bring it on

Posted on August 9, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

As expected the animal use industries are mounting an increasingly bizarre pushback against the labelling of substances for which they long ago co-opted names. There are frequent media outcries about who has the right to use words like ‘milk’, ‘sausage’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged advertising, breast milk, burger, climate, climate change, climate crisis, climate emergency, dairy, diet, environment, environmental destruction, extreme weather, guidelines, health, healthy, marketing, milk, nutrition, plant based diet, plant-based, plant-based eating, plants, sausage, supermarket, sustainability, transparency, transparency in advertising, truth in advertising, vegan, veganism, weather | 7 Comments

Straight talking about ‘factory farming’

Posted on July 11, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There seems to be some sort of blind spot in our collective consciousness about the term ‘factory farming’ and all the various types of *CAFO in which our numerous species of victims are incarcerated. For a start, the creating of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, factory farming, FAQ, Global disasters, Terminology | Tagged animal agriculture, animal rights, CAFO, ecological disaster, environmental destruction, ethical, factory, factory farming, family farm, farming, feed conversion ratio, health, humane, locally raised, organic farm, planetary collapse, planetary destruction, welfare | 9 Comments

Wishful thinking meets wilful misinformation; a deadly combination

Posted on January 17, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Our future as a species is on the brink of disaster with climate and planetary collapse looking increasingly likely in the foreseeable future. The science that confirms this is rapidly shifting from a widely ignored trickle to a torrent sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged animal agriculture, anti-science, catastrophe, consumer, consumer demand, death, destruction, disease, environmental destruction, health, killing, marine destruction, misinformation, necessary, non-vegan, premature death, science, slaughter, slaughterhouse, species extinction, vegan, victims, wishful thinking | 5 Comments

Twelve years. Twelve.

Posted on October 23, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

With the latest reputable science predicting a maximum of 12 years before climate change becomes completely unstoppable no matter what we do, there is literally no time left to mince words. The use of sentient individuals for ‘meat’ (their dead … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged climate, climate change, crisis, environmental destruction, farming, planetary collapse, planetary destruction, victims | 8 Comments

What will happen to the animals when the world goes vegan?

Posted on July 4, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

What will happen to all the animals if the world goes vegan? You do realise that they’ll become extinct? Will the planet be overrun with animals? Who will pay for looking after the animals if it becomes illegal to eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ | Tagged breeding, Chickens and eggs, climate change, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, disease, ecology, economy, environmental destruction, extinction, genetic modification, health, insemination, milk, resources, sanctuary, selective breeding, sentience, slaughter, smoking, speciesism, vegan, veganism | 33 Comments