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Professor Tom Regan: A Case for Animal Rights Speech

Posted on December 12, 2021 by There's an Elephant in the Room

  Here, with what is still seen as one of the greatest animal rights speeches of all time, is  Professor Tom Regan  (1938 – 2017) who opened the debate “Does the Animal Kingdom Need a Bill of Rights” at the … Continue reading →

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Festive thoughts, six years on

Posted on December 19, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Only a few more days to go and festive shops are reaching fever pitch. Freezers in the mortuary aisles are piled high, while stacks of roasting trays and tins are on special offer in prominent displays. Smiling, laughing gatherings in … Continue reading →

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A thought for December

Posted on December 1, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The festive season is a time that we traditionally associate with love and joy and peace and giving. We do not talk of the unspeakable harm we cause to vulnerable individuals, of needlessly and forcibly taking every single thing from … Continue reading →

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