Tag Archives: feathers

About a goose

Posted on September 28, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Having recently come across the concept of ‘International Rabbit Day’ which is apparently on 26 September, I was idly investigating which other species of humanity’s victims had ‘days’ and came across ‘Happy Goose Day’ on 29 September. This puzzled me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, Victims in the shadows | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, feathers, foie gras, geese, goose, goose eggs, goose hunting, Happy Goose Day, slaughter, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims | Leave a comment

Thinking of ducks

Posted on February 28, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Ducks. As a child I used to love visiting duckponds. It was a Sunday treat and few children of my generation in my part of the world haven’t been enchanted by ‘going to feed the ducks’, clutching a bag of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Statistics, Victims in the shadows | Tagged Chickens and eggs, cooking, down, duck, duckpond, ducks, feathers, foie gras, hunting, shooting, slaughter, speciesism, sport, vegan, zoonotic, zoonotic disease | 4 Comments

Victims in the shadows: emus

Posted on August 16, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

This series of short blogs hopes to shine a spotlight onto ways that humans exploit other creatures for financial gain, ways about which the majority of consumers are unaware. This is not intended to shock; it’s intended to illustrate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Victims in the shadows | Tagged butcher, consumer demand, consumers, emu, emu oil, emus, feathers, flay, flesh, leather, oil, oppression, plucking, prejudice, shoppers, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism | 8 Comments

Life is cheap when it’s not respected

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

Every day we see media reports of human actions that seriously beggar belief. Last week I read about extreme violence being inflicted on motherless calves in a victim ‘farming’ establishment of the breast milk trade (aka ‘dairy‘); I read about … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Cruelty | Tagged breast milk, calves, Chickens and eggs, Cruelty, dairy, defenceless, entertainment, escape, feathers, helpless, helplessness, innocent, justice, meat, non-vegan, raccoon, right, shark, sports, three chickens, two piglets, unthreatening, vegan, veganism, wrong, zoos | 4 Comments

Thoughts on the gift that is life

Posted on October 15, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Life itself is considered by many – if not most – humans to be the greatest gift there is, referred to as such by poets and writers throughout history. Even those of us who have no religious beliefs, consider that being alive … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged advocacy, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, death, decency, ethics, feathers, harm, health, human superiority, life, milk, pets, resources, rights, sentience, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, violence | 3 Comments

Thoughts about ‘waste’

Posted on August 12, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The notion of ‘waste’ as it pertains to substances derived from nonhuman lives and bodies is frequently a subject of heated debate. I see the topic mentioned most often in relation to substances for consumption, but the practice of ‘waste prevention’ is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Speciesism | Tagged awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, feathers, harm, milk, resources, respect, roadkill, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, supply and demand, vegan, veganism, violence, waste, wool | 10 Comments

In a nutshell: the victims of vegetarianism

Posted on July 10, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The ‘In a nutshell’ series will attempt to summarise key issues and concepts about which I have previously written at length. As a former vegetarian, I know from personal experience that a reluctance to eat ‘meat’ is the main motive … Continue reading →

Posted in In a nutshell, Vegetarianism explained | Tagged ahimsa silk, baby steps, cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, diet, feathers, fur, harm, honey, justice, leather, milk, nonviolence, sentience, silk, silk worms, slaughter, slink, speciesism, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence, wool | 23 Comments

Vegetarianism – a step in the wrong direction for me

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

On Facebook it is always astonishing to me to witness how heatedly debates arise between long-term vegetarians and those who advocate veganism. Vegetarianism is frequently proclaimed as a ‘step in the right direction’ and staunchly defended by so many who obviously are both sincere … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, Vegetarianism explained | Tagged Chickens and eggs, commodification, dairy, diet, feathers, leather, silk, speciesism, transition, veganism, vegetarianism, vivisection | 6 Comments