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Straight talking about ‘welfare regulations’
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
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Life is cheap when it’s not respected
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
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The importance of words: talking turkey
The bizarre idea of ‘pardoning’ turkeys 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 sentient … 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
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