Tag Archives: slaughter

False hopes and misunderstanding ‘welfare’

Posted on August 14, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

All the regulations that lay down ‘welfare’ requirements for animals being unnecessarily used by humans (and all uses fall into this category) are designed with a single purpose. So what is that purpose? All we need to do is use … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, welfare | Tagged advocacy, autonomy, awareness, CCTV, commercial assets, commodification, commodities, consumer demand, eggs, ethics, financial interests, harm, humane, killing, milk, regulations, resources, revenue, rights, sentience, slaughter, torment, Torture, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, welfare, wellbeing | 5 Comments

A vegan parable

Posted on August 3, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

If any one of us were to encounter someone who considered they were a nice person, but who liked to drown puppies and kittens, who had done this all their life and was clearly going to carry doing it for … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Uncategorized | Tagged advocacy, consumer demand, harm, human superiority, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims | 7 Comments

What will happen to the animals when the world goes vegan?

Posted on July 4, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

What will happen to all the animals if the world goes vegan? You do realise that they’ll become extinct? Will the planet be overrun with animals? Who will pay for looking after the animals if it becomes illegal to eat … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change | Tagged breeding, climate change, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, disease, ecology, economy, eggs, environmental destruction, extinction, genetic modification, health, insemination, milk, resources, sanctuary, selective breeding, sentience, slaughter, smoking, speciesism, vegan, veganism | 27 Comments

Dairy: thoughts on motherhood, cultural conditioning and hope

Posted on June 16, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

When we are not vegan and we hear the word ‘dairy’, what do we think of? We think of milk and cream, of yogurt and crème frais, of butter and cheeses, and of ice cream and chocolate. We think of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, dairy | Tagged abolition, advocacy, campaigns, cheese, commodification, Compassion, consumer demand, dairy, ethics, harm, health, humane, justice, love, milk, resources, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, vegan, veganism, victims, violence, websites, welfare | 7 Comments

This wonderful life

Posted on June 12, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

So often, I see claims that in causing our victims to exist by our contrivance and intervention, we are bestowing some gift on them that they would otherwise not have. When I hear this, I think of the 60-70 billions … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Sentience | Tagged commodification, consumer demand, cruelty, eggs, health, human superiority, milk, resources, Respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | Leave a comment

What’s the point? A personal reflection.

Posted on June 6, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘What’s the point of going vegan? One person can’t make any difference.’ Familiar words that attempt to justify continuing to cause devastating harm to those around us who are defenceless against our brute force and technology. It’s also an attempt … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Awakening to veganism | Tagged commodities, consumer demand, harm, individual, justice, personal, resources, responsibility, slaughter, truth, values, veganism, victims, violence | 4 Comments

Who are the REAL victims?

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

It a simple statement of fact that our victims are sentient, that they value their lives and that we have no need to use them because every use requires that their right to live unharmed is overruled in favour of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy | Tagged commodification, consumer demand, resources, sentience, slaughter, veganism, victims | 4 Comments

For Earth Day: thoughts about speciesism, biophilia and veganism

Posted on April 22, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today, I learned a new word. As someone fascinated by words, finding this one gave a name to a notion that has become more acute in my recent years as an advocate and blogger, and it prompted thoughts that I’d … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Speciesism | Tagged advocacy, awakening, biophilia, commodification, destruction, environment, ethics, harm, health, human superiority, justice, love, moral choices, resources, Respect, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, truth, tyranny, vegan, veganism, victims | 2 Comments

Open minds and playing mock the vegan

Posted on April 20, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Every day I read comment after comment from those who dismiss science in favour of support for industry advertising campaigns that play to and reinforce our confirmation bias. It dismays me to witness how many will willingly ridicule the recognition of … Continue reading →

Posted in Awakening to veganism | Tagged commodification, consumer demand, dairy, death, diet, eggs, human superiority, life, milk, resources, sentience, slaughter | 8 Comments

In memory of friends

Posted on April 7, 2017 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Many of us who share our homes and our lives with a cat, with a dog or with some other nonhuman companion(s) have had to face the experience of agreeing to euthanise them when veterinary medicine can no longer keep their pain … Continue reading →

Posted in Companion animals, Speciesism | Tagged cat, commodification, commodities, companions, consumer demand, dog, eggs, euthanasia, harm, humane, milk, pets, resources, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, victims, violence | 2 Comments