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Straight talking about ‘welfare regulations’

Posted on July 24, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

It’s common to read on social media that because the writer of a comment claims to support ‘better welfare regulations’, they assert that whether or not they are vegan, they are doing something to help our victims that those of … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Terminology, welfare | Tagged animal rights, autonomy, better, code of practice, consumer, consumer confidence, consumer demand, experience, experiences, feelings, gassing, guidelines, inanimate objects, maceration, regulation, regulations, regulatory reform, right, rights, thumping, veganism, welfare, welfare organisations, welfare standards, well-being, wellbeing | 3 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, Cruelty, dairy, defenceless, eggs, entertainment, escape, feathers, helpless, helplessness, innocent, justice, meat, non-vegan, raccoon, right, shark, sports, three chickens, two piglets, unthreatening, vegan, veganism, wrong, zoos | 3 Comments

The importance of words

Posted on November 29, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The bizarre idea of ‘pardoning’ a turkey at the festival known as Thanksgiving has popped into my head several times in recent days. Even disregarding the cultural gap arising from my Scottish heritage, it’s such a strange concept, to cause a … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals | Tagged conscience, Cruelty, decency, ego, harm, honest, honesty, human superiority, humble, humility, justice, pardon, pardoning, respect, right, sincere, sincerity, slaughterhouse, thanksgiving, truth, turkey, turkeys, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, violent, wrong | 1 Comment

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Straight talking about ‘welfare regulations’

Life is cheap when it’s not respected

The importance of words

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