What kind of an evil being could allow innocent animals to be torn apart by predators? Could allow animal abuse? Could allow suffering, pain, and fear to be felt by innocent creatures? Could demand animals to be killed and burned for His pleasure? Could permit babies to die from disease, starvation, and injuries? Could have…
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By Paul Gravett Via Red Black Green The second badger cull is now 14 days old. Not content with the fiasco that occurred in Somerset and Gloucestershire last year and the widespread opposition to it, the government initiated round two on 8 September and wants to continue each year…
Capitalism has done a remarkable job of convincing Americans that “capitalism” is synonymous with “freedom” and the “American Way of Life.” Socialism has been demonized since the end of World War II. Capitalism has been promoted for almost 150 years. Despite the injustices of capitalism, it’s pernicious control of government, it’s infectious effects on public…
Grow or die. Such is the requirement of any movement. No less with Animal Rights. We need a constant influx of new troops to replace those that pass, those that tire, those that become discouraged, those who break under the weight of the horrors we fight. And that is just to hold our ground. To…
Probably the most mentally and spiritually debilitating task a person can perform is the filming and exposure of cruelty to animals. The souls who witness and record animal abuses in factory farms, feedlots, and slaughterhouses of Big Agriculture (often in violation of ag-gag laws which make it a crime to be a whistleblower) are among…
Animal Rights cannot be achieved under capitalism. True, major strides are being made in awareness of animals as sentient beings, and many people are coming to embrace ethical treatment of animals. But none of that is Animal Rights. Only when we prohibit ownership, exploitation, and murder of animals will Animal Rights be realized. And that…
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Voltaire, and most leaders of the Enlightenment would be considered atheists in today’s world. In fact, they were Deists. They acknowledged a god who set the world in motion, such as an Intelligent Designer, but eschewed the idea of a personal god, or one that was involved with the…
I am vegan. I am also an Animal Rights advocate. But being vegan has nothing to do with Animal Rights. Just as refraining from cannibalism and owning slaves has nothing to do with human rights. I don’t know of a single Republican cannibal or slave owner, but most Republicans are not human rights supporters. Same…
Animals should not be owned for the same reasons people should not be owned. People are not property. Neither are animals. Banning the ownership of animals would eliminate 99% of the horrors humans inflict upon animals. If animals were not owned, they could not be enslaved or exploited. The Animal Holocaust is the direct result…
There are those in the animal movement who call themselves “abolitionists,” as if that somehow punctuates their opposition to the consumption of animals. They are so taken with their own self importance that they consider any course of action beyond being vegan as somehow betraying the animals and the animal movement. They oppose campaigns to…
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