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There are some who claim that the ideology that supports animal exploitation is “invisible.” The basic idea is that animal exploitation is something that we are conditioned or caused to engage in because of some hidden or “invisible” ideology or psychological process that needs to be exposed. Variations of this position have been around for […]
A number of writers have claimed that we need to support other than an abolitionist approach because that approach has been marginalized politically and has been unsuccessful. For example, in their book, Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights, Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka observe: A central task for the movement is to figure out […]
Columbia University Press posted an article on the call in Slate.com by Professor James McWilliams for all animal advocates to support the welfare-reform efforts of The Humane Society of the United States. On the following day, the Press printed my reply to Professor McWilliams. After I read Professor McWilliams’ Slate essay, I thought it would […]
James McWilliams, professor of history at Texas State University and author of Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly, had a provocative essay, Vegan Feud on Slate.com. The subtitle of his essay: “Animal rights activists would accomplish a lot more if they stopped attacking the Humane Society.” McWilliams […]
Certain secularists such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens, often referred to as “New Atheists,” are the latest to tell us that we should look to rationality and science to figure out what to think about important moral issues. These New Atheists generally reject the notion that there can be independent […]
In 2007, Peter Singer, as part of a campaign to promote cage-free eggs, praised the Europeans for supposedly phasing out battery cages: “Battery cages are being phased out in Europe – why are we lagging behind?” As I noted at the time, Singer’s connecting the European effort with cage-free egg farming was misleading: [A]lthough the […]
Dear Colleagues: Sometimes one does not know where to begin. This is one such time. The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has apparently filed a class action suit against Perdue Farms: The Humane Society of the United States announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against the nation’s third-largest poultry producer, Perdue […]
Dear Colleagues: I posted an essay about the remarks of Viva! as reported in The Sunday Mail (a U.K. paper), concerning the sale in the U.K. of meat from animals slaughtered in the halal method. A “Reply from Viva!” was posted on Opposing Views, where my essay was reprinted: Reply from Viva! Gary, you may […]
Dear Colleagues: It was reported yesterday that the American figure skater, Johnny Weir, has decided not to add white fox to the left shoulder of his free skate costume after he received “‘hate mail and death threats’ from animal rights activists.” Some animal advocates are calling Weir’s decision a “victory.” I find this puzzling. First, […]
Dear Colleagues: In Spring 2009, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman announced that: All day long, he eats a vegan diet. But after about 6 p.m., anything goes. And then, in July 2009, Bittman announced that in training for the New York City Marathon, he was advised that he needed more animal protein so […]
Number of animals killed in the world by the meat, dairy and egg industries, since you opened this webpage. This does not include the billions of fish and other aquatic animals killed annually.
Based on 2007 statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Global Livestock Production and Health Atlas.
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