Tag Archives: slaughter

Ending life as we know it – humanity on the edge of the abyss

Posted on March 30, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 4 Comments

With friends like these …

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

During this month of the media year when veganism is widely misrepresented as a dietary fad and a menu choice that we can ‘try out for size’, there are several articles and interviews circulating where celebrities are given air time, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrity culture | Tagged animal rights, animal use, celebrities, celebrity, extreme, extremism, husbandry, misinformation, plant-based, plant-based eating, raising awareness, slaughter, slaughtering, Statistics, Tom Regan, vegan, veganism, vegetarianism, violence | 2 Comments

Wishful thinking meets wilful misinformation; a deadly combination

Posted on January 17, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Our future as a species is on the brink of disaster with climate and planetary collapse looking increasingly likely in the foreseeable future. The science that confirms this is rapidly shifting from a widely ignored trickle to a torrent sounding … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, Global disasters | Tagged animal agriculture, anti-science, catastrophe, consumer, consumer demand, death, destruction, disease, environmental destruction, health, killing, marine destruction, misinformation, necessary, non-vegan, premature death, science, slaughter, slaughterhouse, species extinction, vegan, victims, wishful thinking | 3 Comments

Looking at language: livestock

Posted on January 5, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Defined by the dictionary as ‘farm animals regarded as an asset’, the word ‘livestock’ is an obscene truth hidden in plain sight. While we may allow ourselves to be soothed by the ‘caring’ rhetoric of the victim sellers, the word … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Terminology | Tagged business asset, climate change, commerce, commodity, consumer, consumer demand, habits, language, livestock, media, money, profit, reproductive, slaughter, slaughterhouse, violation | 3 Comments

New Year 2019, and I’m hoping for a miracle

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

I usually do a blog at this time of year – it’s an apt time to reflect on the changes that have taken place and a chance to evaluate the slow but steady progress that we’re making towards a vegan … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Global disasters | Tagged 6th extinction, abyss, agriculture, animal rights, animal use, business continuity, catastrophe, climate, climate change, consumer demand, crisis, disaster planning, extinction, extreme weather, farming, global warming, gore, human superiority, human supremacy, miracle, New Year, peril, plant-based, plant-based eating, regulations, slaughter, supply and demand, vegan, veganism, weather | 3 Comments

Compassion and kindness; not what we need to ask for

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

The words ‘kindness’ and ‘compassion’ 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. Let … Continue reading →

Posted in Terminology | Tagged advocacy, animal rights, breast milk, bred for eggs, cheese, commodification, compassion, compassionate, consumer demand, dairy, eggs, honest, kind, kindness, milk, other people, property, property status, resources, responsibility, rights, sentience, sincere, slaughter, stop, subjective, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 5 Comments

On trusting experts

Posted on November 16, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When we are new to the world, parents and carers feed and clothe us. Most of us have little idea what we are eating, drinking, wearing or using. As children we lack even the ability to grasp the brutality of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism, consumer demand | Tagged breast milk, consumer demand, dairy, egg-laying hens, eggs, expert, gore, harm, health, hens, humane, justice, milk, money, slaughter, slaughterhouse, trust, truth, vegan, veganism, violence, welfare | 2 Comments

Halloween – a spooky tale

Posted on October 28, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Here comes Halloween again, with putrefying corpses, clanking chains and the tormented screams of the damned. Adults and children alike, scream and giggle with spooky delight, their nervous shivers of horror heightened by icy frissons of fear and chilly unease … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Festivals | Tagged blood, bloodbath, body parts, breast milk, chains, chill, damned, death, despair, eggs, every day, excitement, fear, flesh, gore, Halloween, Hell, Horror, injustice, meat, mortuary aisle, non-vegan, putrefaction, screams, slaughter, slaughterhouse, spooky, supermarket, terror, thrill, torment, vegan | 1 Comment

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 the latest hurricane 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Global disasters | 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 | 1 Comment

Staying true – more thoughts on ‘reducing suffering’

Posted on August 31, 2018 by There's an Elephant in the Room

More and more often I see comments from those who for some reason identify themselves as vegans, comments in which they are approving the most astonishing levels of violence and brutality to the defenceless individuals that veganism is sworn to … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Harm reduction | Tagged death, extremism, extremist, foetal bovine serum, harm, honest, less use, pragmatism, realistic, reducing, reduction, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism, suffering, true, truth, unequivocal, unpopular | 2 Comments