Tag Archives: slaughter

Heading in the direction of being vegan

Posted on August 13, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘…or if we can’t be vegan we can at least head in that direction.’ I’ve seen so many variations on that theme as a comeback to the call to be vegan that appears in almost every piece I write. Today … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, cheese, commodification, compassion, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, eggs, ethics, harm, health, justice, slaughter, vegetarianism, violence, welfare | 2 Comments

Not ‘chicken’. Chickens. Individuals.

Posted on July 29, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The word ‘chicken’ has come to represent a cooking ingredient. Despite – or perhaps because of – a world where information has never been easier to discover, those with vested interest in making money from using animals, and the powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Advocacy | Tagged advertising, chicken, chickens, commodities, consumer demand, freedom, harm, humane, infants, life, mortuary, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, truth, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | Leave a comment

Thinking about things other people do

Posted on July 13, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When confronted with information about what is done to members of other species at the hands of our own species, have you ever caught yourself saying, ‘at least things like that don’t happen here’? I know that in the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, consumer demand, welfare | Tagged breast milk, consumer demand, dairy, eggs, milk, myths, others, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | 2 Comments

‘Surely taking milk and eggs doesn’t kill?’ – FAQ

Posted on July 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

There are many who persist in the notion that taking milk and eggs from other individuals does not result in their deaths. It’s an assertion that’s frequently seen on social media and it simply could not be more incorrect. In … Continue reading →

Posted in dairy, eggs, FAQ | Tagged breast milk, chickens, commodification, dairy, death, eggs, harm, lactation, milk, sentience, slaughter, truth, vegan, victims, violence | 5 Comments

Chickens and eggs – what about the males?

Posted on June 1, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

I find my thoughts returning frequently to chickens; these wonderful, gentle, friendly little birds whose species bears the brunt (in terms of sheer numbers) of our own species’ arrogant delusions of entitlement and staggering ignorance about necessity. I’ve written many … Continue reading →

Posted in eggs, What is the problem with using eggs | Tagged advocacy, chickens, commodification, consumer demand, culling, dairy, egg-laying hens, eggs, ethics, harm, health, humane, justice, macerating, moral choices, resources, respect, rights, sentience, slaughter, Statistics, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, well-being | 8 Comments

Thought for a spring day

Posted on May 17, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Returning home from an errand to Edinburgh at 6 am, I am haunted by images of so many chicken death trucks. Even now when I close my eyes, I see them still. Like a viscous wave, I feel the cloying … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism | Tagged chickens, commodification, consumer demand, resources, sentience, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 3 Comments

Making up labels to hide behind

Posted on April 26, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Here’s someone with a lovely face. His name was Rannoch. In this photo he was watching the track to the house, waiting to catch sight of me. He would wait there all day, if that’s what it took. Some might … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Companion animals, Speciesism | Tagged bred for eating, bred for fur, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, eggs, harm, milk, moral choices, respect, rights, slaughter, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | 3 Comments

The way it’s always been and if we stop they’ll become extinct

Posted on April 9, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘ Humans have been using other animals since the beginning of time.’ ‘It’s always been this way.’ ‘If we stop farming them they’ll become extinct.’ The idea that ‘nothing can change from the way it’s always been done’, is commonly … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ | Tagged backyard, battery, chickens, consumer demand, Cruelty, domestication, eggs, environment, extinct, extinction, factory, free range, genetic modification, harm, hens, humane, justice, sanctuary, selective breeding, slaughter, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 5 Comments

Translations of common expressions: ‘Grass-fed lamb, half price!’

Posted on April 5, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

This was a promotion by a supermarket, heard recently in a TV ad break. With a great deal encapsulated in very few words, it’s a cynical bit of mind-bending although there was a time I wouldn’t have realised; that’s the art … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Happy' exploitation, Awakening to veganism, consumer demand, Harm reduction, welfare | Tagged breast feeding, chickens, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, decency, eggs, grass-fed, harm, humane, milk, resources, rights, sentience, slaughter, victims, violence | 1 Comment

Living in a land of make-believe

Posted on March 30, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today I find myself reminiscing, mentally retracing paths of the clouded past, trying to find the point at which I lost the warm feeling of kinship with all other species of animal that so many of us experience in childhood. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, Companion animals | Tagged awakening, bloodbath, breast milk, brutality, cats, chickens, commodification, companions, consumer demand, Cruelty, dairy, dogs, eggs, fantasy, harm, health, humane, imagination, love, make-believe, milk, oppression, resources, respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, veganism, victims, violence, welfare | 6 Comments