Tag Archives: exploitation

Egg use by humans – a look at whether it’s humane.

Posted on September 28, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today the first post I saw was about hens who had been used for eggs and it tore my heart out. I should have known better and not looked at the comments, but I did and guess what? There they … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs, Exceptions | Tagged agreement, backyard, communication, compassion, consensual, consent, consumer demand, contract, egg laying, egg-laying hens, eggs, exception, exceptional circumstances, exploitation, family, free range, freedom, hormone implants, humane exploitation, hyper-ovulation, market demand, pro-use, selective breeding, slaughter | 5 Comments

Victims in the shadows: octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes

Posted on July 9, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Octopus are soft-bodied, eight-limbed molluscs of the order Octopoda. The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish, and nautiloids. This blog was originally inspired by the many excellent articles I’ve read … Continue reading →

Posted in Aquatic individuals, Octopuses, squids and cuttlefishes, Victims in the shadows | Tagged cephalopod, consumer demand, consumers, cuttlefish, dream, exploitation, food animals, harvest, intelligence, intelligent, octopus, profit, respect, slaughter, sleep states, squid, vegan | 5 Comments

On taking things at face value – when ‘cute’ is a lie

Posted on December 16, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I’ve written short posts in the past about my extreme discomfort at seeing animal videos on social media being presented as ‘cute’ and ‘adorable’ or ‘funny’ and ‘hilarious’. They are clearly very popular, very widely shared, and the comments range … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Advocacy, Imagery | Tagged adorable, advertising, baby goats, baby monkey, circus, Cruelty, cute, cute monkey, cynical, exploitation, fainting goats, funny, mother, performance, performer, speciesism, staged, video, videos, viral, viral video, where is the mother | 5 Comments

Wool; it’s been pulled over our eyes for too long

Posted on April 27, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘ Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, And one for the dame, One for the little boy Who lives down the lane. Able to recite this before … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ, wool | Tagged alpaca, angora, cashmere, castration, crotching, crutching, docking, domestication, ear notching, ear tagging, exploitation, goats, history of domestication, industry, llama, mouflon, mulesing, myths, natural, profit, rabbits, selective breeding, shearing, sheep, sixth extinction, victims, waste, wool | 13 Comments

Users and losers – looking at ‘exploitation’

Posted on September 1, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Originally published 1 September 2015, updated 22 January 2019 The word ‘exploitation’ is frequently used in connection with our behaviour towards other animal species. Like many others, ‘exploitation’ is a word we seem to save specially for this circumstance, perhaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, Terminology | Tagged animal lovers, breast milk, brutal, brutality, Chickens and eggs, cow, dairy, exploitation, harm, health, hen, honesty, labour, loser, pig, sentience, sentient, sheep, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, user, vegan, violence, violent, words | 11 Comments