Tag Archives: slaughter

Looking at language: Cull

Posted on September 13, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Cull. We see the word applied increasingly to the mass killing of numerous species; to deer and to foxes and to seals, to pigeons, crows and even swans. The word is in the news at the moment, being applied to … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Terminology | Tagged animal agriculture, badgers, cull, environmental destruction, habitat destruction, nonveganism, profit, slaughter | 4 Comments

Thoughts on the price of folly

Posted on September 12, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Planet Earth is experiencing an escalation of extreme weather events. This escalation will continue for as long as we fail so utterly to grasp that one of the main causes – if not the main cause – is our own … Continue reading →

Posted in Global disasters, Sentience | Tagged anger, animal agriculture, climate crisis, climate disaster, death, death row, disaster, disease, disgust, ecological disaster, fire, flood, Flooding, folly, images, sentience, slaughter | 1 Comment

Victims in the shadows: emus

Posted on August 16, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

This series of short blogs hopes to shine a spotlight onto ways that humans exploit other creatures for financial gain, ways about which the majority of consumers are unaware. This is not intended to shock; it’s intended to illustrate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Victims in the shadows | Tagged butcher, consumer demand, consumers, emu, emu oil, emus, feathers, flay, flesh, leather, oil, oppression, plucking, prejudice, shoppers, slaughter, slaughterhouse, speciesism | 6 Comments

Chicken executions at night

Posted on August 11, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Today I did a taxi run in the early hours of the morning, passing the slaughterhouse at about 03.45 as the pre-dawn glinted on wet black roads, and again at 07.00 in the rain-drenched grey light of day. Approaching the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, consumer demand | Tagged agony, animal lovers, blood, chicken, chickens, consumer, consumer demand, consumers, infants, miasma, processing plant, shoppers, slaughter, slaughterhouse, stench, terror | 4 Comments

A brief thought about words: euthanasia

Posted on May 31, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A recent comment sought to amend my terminology when I described the killing of Emma the shih tzu as ‘slaughter’. The terms ‘put to sleep’ and euthanasia’ were not only preferred, but my use of the word ‘slaughter’ was condemned. … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Terminology | Tagged burial, death, Emma, euphemism, euthanasia, execution, killing, kindness, language, put to sleep, shih tzu, slaughter, speciesism, Terminology, veganism, words | Leave a comment

Being property – what it means

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

There’s a story that’s causing outrage in the media at the moment, about a healthy dog named Emma who was slaughtered and cremated so that her ashes could be buried along with her deceased owner. The comments were predictably scathing, … Continue reading →

Posted in Nonhuman family members, property status | Tagged animal rights, betrayal, burial, consumers, Cruelty, dog, Emma, funeral, healthy, indoctrination, law, laws, legal, legislation, Nonhuman family members, outrage, pets, possession, possessions, property, property status, shih tzu, slaughter, speciesism, vegan, veganism, welfare | 1 Comment

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 | 22 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 | 4 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 | 4 Comments