Tag Archives: wool

Splitting hairs about speciesism

Posted on October 5, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

A post that I shared earlier described how a young deer named Pala, cared for on a sanctuary, had been shot and killed by a neighbour who was hunting. In the same way that I am not empowered to excuse … Continue reading →

Posted in consumer demand, Harm reduction, Speciesism | Tagged antispeciesism, bacon, beef, betting, burger, deer, entertainment, flesh, hunter, hunting, own, owning, property, property status, silk, skins, speciesism, steak, steer, venison, wool | 7 Comments

December Days

Posted on December 10, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The festive consumer extravaganza is in full swing here in Scotland. Wandering aimlessly in a supermarket, I see a myriad seasonal items depicting animals; curly-coated lambs, fluffy bunnies, pink piglets, yellow chicks and doe-eyed, long-legged deer delightfully adorning pyjamas, duvet … Continue reading →

Posted in Festivals, Uncategorized | Tagged bells, breast feeding, breast milk, cashmere, Christmas, consumer, consumer demand, festive, glisten, glitter, jingle bells, leather, milk, sheepskin, tinsel, wool | 7 Comments

About the words we use: ‘waste’

Posted on November 19, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The concept of ownership of members of nonhuman species and every single one of the uses we make of them, stems from the ugly prejudice known as speciesism, a prejudice with which almost every one of us is indoctrinated from … Continue reading →

Posted in Speciesism, Terminology | Tagged breast milk, Chickens and eggs, consumer demand, corpse, dog, food, leather, nonvegan items, ownership, respect, respectful, speciesism, waste, wasteful, wool | 6 Comments

Wool; it’s been pulled over our eyes for too long

Posted on April 27, 2019 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘ Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! One for the master, And one for the dame, One for the little boy Who lives down the lane. Able to recite this before … Continue reading →

Posted in Addressing resistance to change, FAQ, wool | Tagged alpaca, angora, cashmere, castration, crotching, crutching, docking, domestication, ear notching, ear tagging, exploitation, goats, history of domestication, industry, llama, mouflon, mulesing, myths, natural, profit, rabbits, selective breeding, shearing, sheep, sixth extinction, victims, waste, wool | 13 Comments

Thoughts about ‘waste’

Posted on August 12, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

The notion of ‘waste’ as it pertains to substances derived from nonhuman lives and bodies is frequently a subject of heated debate. I see the topic mentioned most often in relation to substances for consumption, but the practice of ‘waste prevention’ is also … Continue reading →

Posted in Advocacy, Speciesism | Tagged awakening, Chickens and eggs, commodification, consumer demand, dairy, feathers, harm, milk, resources, respect, roadkill, sentience, slaughter, speciesism, supply and demand, vegan, veganism, violence, waste, wool | 10 Comments

In a nutshell: the victims of vegetarianism

Posted on July 10, 2016 by There's an Elephant in the Room

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 | 23 Comments