Animals are capable of feeling physical pain and mental distress. The Green Party believes that animals have the right to live free from suffering, animals must be legally protected from mistreatment by humans. We oppose all forms of factory farming … Continue reading
Speciesism: ‘A failure in attitude or practice, to accord any nonhuman being equal consideration and respect’ Joan Dunayer, Speciesism
Through symbolism based on killing animals, we encounter politically laden images of absorption, control, domain, and the necessity of violence. This message of male dominance is conveyed through meat eating – both in its symbolism and reality. Carol J. Adams, … Continue reading
Meat is a cultural construct made to seem natural and inevitable. By the time the argument from analogy has been made, the individual making such an argument has probably consumed animals since before the time she or he could talk. … Continue reading
The person who kills for fun is announcing that, could he get away with it, he’d kill you for fun. Your life may be of no consequence to anyone else but is invaluable to you because it’s the only one … Continue reading
Many years ago, I was in a Broadway show and I had to wear a fox fur around my shoulders. One day my hand touched one of the fox’s legs. It seemed to be in two pieces. Then it dawned … Continue reading
