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Tag Archives: hunting
Splitting hairs about speciesism
A post that I shared earlier described how a young deer named Pala, cared for on a sanctuary, had been shot and killed by a neighbour who was hunting. In the same way that I am not empowered to excuse … Continue reading
Posted in consumer demand, Harm reduction, Speciesism
Tagged antispeciesism, bacon, beef, betting, burger, deer, entertainment, flesh, hunter, hunting, own, owning, property, property status, silk, skins, speciesism, steak, steer, venison, wool
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Property – what it means to be ‘owned’
I’ve written about ‘property’ before but it’s a topic that bears repeating. Maybe I’ll stumble across new ways of expressing the monstrous abomination that owning other individuals represents. As the crushing impacts of widespread climate-collapse increase in frequency, along with … Continue reading
Posted in FAQ, property status
Tagged animal rights, climate catastrophe, climate crisis, climate disaster, exotic meat, foie gras, hunting, kangaroos, koala, legal, livestock, macerator, owned, property, property status, shark fin, speciesism, standard practice, trophy hunting, veal, welfare, welfare standards, zoonotic
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Defining veganism in light and shadow
I have always stood by an assertion that veganism was perfectly adequately defined by Donald Watson and his contemporaries when they first developed the philosophy and the words to describe it: The vegan believes that if we are to be … Continue reading
Posted in Victims in the shadows, What is ...?
Tagged cloud, country life, deer, fishing, game, grouse, hunting, light, nonveganism, partridge, pheasants, salmon, shadow, shooting, sport, targets, trout, veganism
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