Tag Archives: non-vegan

Thoughts on avoidable harm and being veganish

Posted on September 13, 2022 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I can’t count how often I’ve seen declarations from people who claim to be vegan despite indulging in some form of avoidable use of members of other animal species. However before I go any further I must stress the word … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Celebrity culture | Tagged avoidable, celebrities, celebrity, Cruelty, dog, ethics, fur, harm, non-vegan, nonveganism, veganish | 6 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

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

Halloween – a spooky tale

Posted on October 28, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Here comes Halloween again, with putrefying corpses, clanking chains and the tormented screams of the damned. Adults and children alike, scream and giggle with spooky delight, their nervous shivers of horror heightened by icy frissons of fear and chilly unease … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Festivals | Tagged blood, bloodbath, body parts, breast milk, chains, Chickens and eggs, chill, damned, death, despair, every day, excitement, fear, flesh, gore, Halloween, Hell, Horror, injustice, meat, mortuary aisle, non-vegan, putrefaction, screams, slaughter, slaughterhouse, spooky, supermarket, terror, thrill, torment, vegan | 1 Comment

Feet of Clay – no need for heroes

Posted on September 17, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Feet of clay: a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person Without any effort at all, I can think of a number of high-profile persons who are hero worshipped for their claims to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Celebrity culture, Speciesism | Tagged animal rights, apologist, breast milk, campaigner, can't all be perfect, celebrities, celebrity, harm, heroes, high-profile, Human rights, individual, non-vegan, pedestal, speciesism, vegan, veganism, zealot | 5 Comments