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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 […]
Dear Colleagues: I never fail to be amazed when I hear people—including well-known promoters of animal welfare—claim quite remarkably that animals do not have an interest in continued life; they just have an interest in not suffering. They do not care that we use them; they care only about how we use them. As long […]
Dear Colleagues: Two recent articles from Gourmet Magazine show us the clear direction in which the “happy meat” movement (see, e.g., 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8) being promoted by virtually all of the large animal welfare organizations is taking us.
Dear Colleagues: Professor Gary Steiner alerted me to an interesting video from the Onion News Network. It involves a “news” story about a young gymnast who is “euthanized” by her parents after she suffers a minor, but career-affecting, injury. By applying the language that we hear when injured race horses are “put down” in a […]
Dear Colleagues: Today’s New York Times had an editorial by Nicholas D. Kristof. The editorial was an ode to animal welfare and of the supposed progressive ethical development that welfare reform bespeaks. Forgive me for not sharing Mr. Kristof’s enthusiasm. Rather than make a point-by-point reply, I will limit myself to three general comments. First, […]
Martin Balluch, an Austrian animal advocate and president of the Association Against Animal Factories in Austria, is circulating an essay that he wrote and that he characterized to me as opening a “very new approach” to the rights/welfare debate. Balluch’s essay is long and, at places, convoluted, but the basic thesis is really quite simple. […]
Recently, there was a debate on the excellent and always lively Vegan Freak Forums between what may generally characterized as “postmodern feminists” and “radical feminists.” Postmodern feminists acknowledge that a woman’s choice to commodify herself sexually may represent an act of empowerment and cannot be assessed in any definitively negative way. These feminists are often […]
A Media Release (October 25, 2007) from Animal Rights International (ARI) President Peter Singer announced that ARI has placed billboard-style ads on New York buses for a month. These ads apparently show how battery eggs are produced. In the Release, Singer explains how terrible battery cages are. Singer states: “‘Battery cages are being phased out […]
Exposición de diapositivas | Español PDF | Español El profesor Francione ha desarrollado una teoría sobre los derechos de los animales que se fundamenta, únicamente, en la capacidad para sentir (“sentience”) de los no humanos y que requiere la abolición, y no la mera regulación, de la explotación animal. La teoría del profesor Francione, presentada […]
Slideshow | Português PDF | Português O professor Francione desenvolveu uma teoria de direitos animais calcada somente na senciência dos não-humanos, e que requer a abolição, em vez da mera regulamentação, da exploração animal. A teoria do professor Francione, que está detalhada no livro Introduction to Animal Rights: Your Child or the Dog? (Temple University […]
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