‘Dogs Are People Too’: New film asks the question: Do dogs deserve legal personhood rights?
‘Dogs Are People Too’: New film asks the question: Do dogs deserve legal personhood rights?
JAMIE L. LAREAU: A new documentary film addresses the idea of giving dogs “non-human personhood” under the law. It asks the provocative question: Should dogs be viewed as humans, not as mere property? If so, where does the idea of “non-human personhood” end? The documentary, called “Dogs are People Too: A Four-Legged Civil Rights Movement,” takes a hard look at some cases in Detroit and metro Detroit in which police officers killed family dogs. It then examines the important place dogs occupy in society and asks what rights humans should give them. It is sponsored by two animal law groups. […]
Vegans & Anarchists: Comparison of personality traits of two anti-oppression groups
Vegans & Anarchists: Comparison of personality traits of two anti-oppression groups
SOPHIE DESJARDINS: Veganism and anarchism are burgeoning worldwide, yet very few studies have examined the psychological characteristics of people belonging to these two anti-oppression groups… According to a study by North et al., vegans tend to embrace the definition proposed by the Vegan Society: “veganism is a way of living which seeks to exclude, as far as is possible and practicable, all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for food, clothing or any other purpose.” Vegans therefore refrain from eating meat, dairy products, eggs, and honey, wearing leather or wool, using cosmetics or hygiene products tested on animals, […]
‘Superior’ Cruelty: Horrific secret video of Denver’s slaughterhouse released ahead of ban referendum
‘Superior’ Cruelty: Horrific secret video of Denver’s slaughterhouse released ahead of ban referendum
NATASHA LENNARD: Superior Farms processes between 15 and 20 percent of lambs killed for meat in the U.S. each year. Its vast Denver slaughterhouse, located for decades in the Globeville neighborhood — one of the poorest areas in the city, with over 90 percent Latino residents — advertises sustainable, locally sourced, halal-certified meat production and an employee-owned business model. Now, though, animal rights advocates are trying to upend that carefully constructed image by releasing new disturbing footage, obtained surreptitiously on the slaughterhouse floor. The investigators behind the exposé hope it will aid efforts to pass a ballot measure in next […]
