Tag Archives: words

Eggs – careless talk costs lives

Posted on November 23, 2020 by There's an Elephant in the Room

‘Time to quit eating eggs unless you’ve toured your local farm and actually see how the chickens live and lay eggs and are they ever abused in any way.’ This was a comment on a post that was shared on … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Users and losers – looking at ‘exploitation’

Posted on September 1, 2015 by There's an Elephant in the Room

Originally published 1 September 2015, updated 22 January 2019 The word ‘exploitation’ is frequently used in connection with our behaviour towards other animal species. Like many others, ‘exploitation’ is a word we seem to save specially for this circumstance, perhaps … Continue reading →

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