Posted in Animal Rights, tagged animal suffering, animals in science, famous quotes, vivisection on August 5, 2008 | 5 Comments »
“Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is ‘Because the animals are like us.’ Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: ‘Because the animals are not like us.’ Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.”
– Professor Charles R. Magel (1980)
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged animal suffering, pictures, Humane Society, pigs, Farmed Animals, livestock transport, Animal Welfare on July 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This weekend on my 6.5 hour drives to and from my parents’ farm in North Dakota, I saw several trucks transporting pigs to–I assume–slaughter. Every time I saw them, I’d look at them all crammed in there and wondered when they last had anything to eat or drink. I thought about how hot [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, Factory Farming, farm animal rescue, farm sanctuary, Farmed Animals, gestation crates, pictures, pictures of factory farms, pigs on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I looooove pigs. I love how curious and sweet they are, and how animated they can be. When I was at Farm Sanctuary earlier this year I had so much fun rubbing their bellies and listening to them grunt with satisfaction. That’s why when I see pictures of the poor piggies who [...]
Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, battery cages, chickens, cows, dairy, debeaking, egg industry, Factory Farming on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position.
~Christine Stevens
Simple as it is, “The Golden Rule” is basically how I try to live my life. In my personal relationships, [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged Animal Cruelty, Animal Protection Organizations, animal suffering, cows, dairy, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Humane Society on June 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Humane Society of the United States has unfortunately uncovered more abuse of dairy cows. This time the abuse occurred at an auction house in New Mexico. The following video shows some of the offenses, including kicking a weak cow in the head, sticking cows in the eyes with pokers, dragging them by [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, animal-derived products, Farmed Animals, Animal Protection Organizations, Animals Asia, Jill Robinson, bears on June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, that there is no story about the cruelty humans inflict upon non-human animals that could possibly shock you, you learn something new. Today, I learned about Chinese bear farms from Please Do Not Tap On the Glass, which is a great blog resource for anyone interested in [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, tagged Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, companion animals, dogs, get involved, Humane Society, puppy mills on June 19, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This past weekend my youngest sister adopted an 8 month old puppy from the local Humane Society. She is a French bulldog/pug mix (the dog, not my sister - har har!) and has been named Ellie May.
Ellie was rescued a couple weeks ago here in Minnesota: “They were in a barn in [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, tagged Animal Rights, animal suffering, animal testing, animals in science, ethics, pigs on June 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In the past few weeks, I’ve had a series of interviews with a medical device company. The open position is incredibly interesting and would be seriously challenging - both of which I find appealing. I like the idea of working in a professional capacity to improve the lives of others, and working to [...]
Posted in Animal Welfare, Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, tagged animal agriculture and the environment, animal suffering, cows, dairy, manure pits, Minnesota, pictures of factory farms on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I know I just wrote a post about being a joyful vegan, and while I really, really do plan to be as joyful as possible, when I hear that a dairy operation (it’s not a FARM, that’s for sure) in northern Minnesota caused local residents to evacuate their homes over the weekend due to unhealthy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal activism, Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, animals in science, chimpanzees, famous quotes, get involved, legislation, make a difference, pictures on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
~Charles R. Magel
Did you know that the United [...]
