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Tag Archives: silk worms
Ending life as we know it – humanity on the edge of the abyss
Every day I see posts using fanciful estimates about the number of individuals our species slaughters each year. There are even suggestions (often circulated by those seeking to claim credit – and frequently, donations) that slaughter numbers are falling. They … Continue reading
Posted in Global disasters, Statistics
Tagged 6th extinction, abyss, bees, climate, climate change, commodification, consumer demand, existence, global warming, habitat destruction, male chicks, marine destruction, planetary collapse, planetary destruction, silk worms, sixth extinction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, species extinction, Statistics, vegan, veganism, victims
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In a nutshell: the victims of vegetarianism
The ‘In a nutshell’ series will attempt to summarise key issues and concepts about which I have previously written at length. As a former vegetarian, I know from personal experience that a reluctance to eat ‘meat’ is the main motive … Continue reading
Posted in In a nutshell, Vegetarianism explained
Tagged ahimsa silk, baby steps, cheese, chickens, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, diet, feathers, fur, harm, honey, justice, leather, milk, nonviolence, sentience, silk, silk worms, slaughter, slink, speciesism, Torture, truth, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence, wool
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