Tag Archives: property

Splitting hairs about speciesism

Posted on October 5, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 7 Comments

Property – what it means to be ‘owned’

Posted on February 25, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 7 Comments

‘It’s time to re-evaluate our relationship with animals’ by Lesli Bisgould

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

This is the first time I’ve shared a transcript as a blog, but this very special talk deserves to reach as wide an audience as possible. In this lecture, Ms Bisgould explains in compelling and rivetting detail, why legislation does … Continue reading →

Posted in property status, Transcript, welfare | Tagged animal rights, Cruelty, fundamental interests, kinship, laws, legal, legal person, legally justifiable, legislation, Lesli Bisgould, morally justifiable, necessary, necessary suffering, person, property, property status, regulations, respect, suffering, unnecessary suffering | 13 Comments

Being property – what it means

Posted on May 26, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There’s a story that’s causing outrage in the media at the moment, about a healthy dog named Emma who was slaughtered and cremated so that her ashes could be buried along with her deceased owner. The comments were predictably scathing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonhuman family members, property status | Tagged animal rights, betrayal, burial, consumers, Cruelty, dog, Emma, funeral, healthy, indoctrination, law, laws, legal, legislation, Nonhuman family members, outrage, pets, possession, possessions, property, property status, shih tzu, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, welfare | 2 Comments

Speciesism and the welfare of property

Posted on February 15, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Sometimes we are told that someone ‘loves’ ‘their’ animals, or that they ‘treat them well’, but the claim that is always shouted from the rooftops is the one about ‘high welfare standards’. These claims may come from people in a … Continue reading →

Posted in property status, welfare | Tagged autonomy, business asset, commerce, commercial assets, companions, consent, feelings, guidelines, individual, property, regulations, rescue, respect, sanctuary, sentience, sentient, speciesism, welfare, welfare standards, well-being, wellbeing | 16 Comments

Compassion, kindness and love; not what we need to ask for

Posted on November 25, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The words ‘kindness’, ‘compassion’, and ‘love’ are not what we should be asking for when advocating for the rights of our victims. I can almost hear the gasps of indignation and keyboards warming up already, but please bear with me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, bred for eggs, cheese, Chickens and eggs, commodification, compassion, compassionate, consumer demand, dairy, honest, kind, kindness, milk, other people, property, property status, recognition of their rights, resources, respect, responsibility, rights, sentience, sincere, slaughter, stop, subjective, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 9 Comments

The property status of animals

Posted on September 19, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today I’ve been sharing posts and images about the aftermath of hurricane Florence in Carolina; sharing the stark aerial photographs of what have become flooded tombs for millions of defenceless individuals whose lives and bodies were being ‘farmed’ to satisfy … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Global disasters, property status | Tagged animal rights, climate change, commercial assets, commodities, compassionate, consumer demand, drown, drowned, drowning, extreme weather, Flooding, Horror, humane, hurricane, legislation, love, planetary destruction, profit, property, property status, resources, rights, slaughter, slaughterhouse, victims | 3 Comments

On the giving of names and trophy hunting

Posted on July 29, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today, yet again, social media resounds with vilification of an individual who quite unashamedly killed a fellow sentient individual named Cecil. There was a time when I could never even have imagined the howls of indignation and outrage, the cursing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged Cecil, commodification, consumer demand, human superiority, individuals, lion, Marius, moral choices, moral high ground, nameless, names, nonviolence, property, property status, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, Torture, trophy hunting, veganism, violence | 7 Comments