Ever since I published a blog post about how eating animals that someone else has slaughtered for you is like hiring a hit-man, I have gotten a lot of traffic from people who have done searches on “hit-man” and “hiring a hit-man”…. You’ll notice that it’s still my top post if you look in the [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Somewhat Amusing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged internet searches, slaughterhouses on September 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Schopenhauer on Compassion & Morality
Posted in Animal Rights, tagged Animal Rights, compassion, famous quotes, morality on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The assumption that animals are without rights and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.
~Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher, 1788-1860
It’s Almost VegWeek–Get Excited!
Posted in Animal Rights, Veganism, tagged animal advocacy, Animal Protection Organizations, Compassionate Action for Animals, events, Jim Mason, vegan food, Veganism, vegetarian on September 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A week from today, Tuesday September 30th, marks the kick-off of VegWeek here in the Twin Cities. If you live here or nearby, you definitely have to come check out some of the great events that Compassionate Action for Animals has lined up:
Tuesday, 9/30 @ 7pm: Jim Mason, author and attorney, will give a presentation [...]
Heartbreaking Cruelty at Iowa Pig Farm
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, do something!, farm sanctuary, Farmed Animals, make a difference, PETA, pictures, pigs on September 18, 2008 | 8 Comments »
It feels like every time I turn around there’s a new story about animal cruelty surfacing, and each one seems more and more gruesome than the last. The latest undercover investigation done by PETA on a pig farm in Iowa (a Hormel supplier) is no different. Descriptions of the cruelty inflicted on the poor pigs [...]
Lucy Speaks
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal advocacy, Animal Cruelty, animal intelligence, Animal Protection Organizations, animal suffering, Australia, Farmed Animals, pigs on September 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Animals Australia has made waves across the globe with its latest radio ads called “Lucy Speaks”. The ads feature the voice of a 3 year old girl, “Lucy”, speaking for “Lucy the pig” about the horrific conditions on Australian hog farms, which are incredibly similar to those in the US. The ads end [...]
MeMe
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged about me, farm sanctuary on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A fellow blogger over at Experiments in Living tagged me for a MeMe. Here it is!
1. What I was doing 10 years ago:
Ten years ago at this time I was starting my first year of college. Yikes!
2. What 5 things are on on my to-do list for today (in no particular order):
Take my dog to [...]
Hiring a Hit-man
Posted in Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged Animal Protection Organizations, animal rights conference, Farmed Animals, Humane Society, meat, paul shapiro on September 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
During the Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference in June (yes, I’m a little slow on some of my posts!), a lot of the things the speakers said really stuck with me. One of those things came from Paul Shapiro, the Senior Director of the Factory Farming Campaign at the Humane Society of the United States. To [...]
“Skinny Bitches” on Dairy
Posted in Veganism, tagged book reviews, cows, dairy, health, Veganism on September 5, 2008 | 15 Comments »
I’m finally getting around to reading Skinny Bitch, the New York Times Best Seller about losing weight on a healthy vegan diet. I just started it, but skipped ahead to read the chapter on dairy called The Dairy Disaster because I was curious what they would say. Here’s an excerpt:
When a woman [...]
Vegan Woman on America’s Next Top Model
Posted in Animal Rights, Veganism, tagged meat, Veganism, vegans in entertainment on September 4, 2008 | 20 Comments »
So, I guess it’s time I confessed something: I have watched almost every cycle (that’s model speak for “season”) of America’s Next Top Model. It’s mindless and ridiculous, and I can’t get enough of it. There, I said it. Well, it looks like all that hard work has paid off because now I get to [...]
Sarah Palin: A Disaster For Animals
Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, tagged Animal Rights, fur, hunting, politics, trophy hunting, wildlife on September 2, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Our political leaders have a profound effect on how animals are treated in this country. They enact – or fail to enact, in many cases – laws regarding the treatment of wildlife, companion animals, and “food” animals. The U.S. is regrettably behind the times when it comes to many of these [...]
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