IN OTHER WORDS: The conceptual lens of anthropocentrism
LOUIS GOUGH: Language is the primary tool through which we express ourselves – our emotions, our thoughts, our interpretations of reality. Yet the…
Zülal Kalkandelen: The journey to becoming a vegan animal liberation activist and challenges in Turkey
ROLAND AZAR: The Middle East Vegan Society had the pleasure to interview Turkish journalist, columnist, author, and vegan animal liberation…
Philip McCulloch-Downs: Revealing the truth; one brushstroke at a time
SARX: Animal rights artist, Philip McCulloch-Downs, explains the message behind his powerful and provocative artwork.
Q: What is an animal rights…
STUNNED: Vegan activist’s nine-hour ordeal hidden inside pig slaughterhouse
MICHAEL DAHLSTROM: Watching animals killed inside an abattoir for hours would seem like torture to most Australians, but that’s exactly what one…
‘Animal Rising’: Animal Rebellion moves away from Extinction Rebellion, group plans to disrupt UK’s premier horse race event
POLLY FOREMAN: Animal Rebellion has officially relaunched with a new name in a “firm” step away from the Extinction Rebellion umbrella. The group is…
‘Go, and Sin No More’: Veganism, perfectionism, and moral scrupulosity
SAM WOOLFE: The Vegan Society defines veganism as “a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude—as far as is possible and practicable—all…
PET SOUNDS: The case against ‘pet ownership’
KENNY TORRELLA: The internet is awash in this feel-good content starring some of the 250 million animals — nearly one for every person — who…
ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING: Pigeons can solve a task that would stump humans
ED WASSERMAN: Bread–butter. Bird–fly. Hot–cold. Sky–blue. These are just a few of the countless deep-seated associations we’ve all acquired in our…
‘THOU SHALT NOT KILL’: Is veganism a religion? It isn’t a diet, and it’s more than a philosophy
MACKEN MURPHY: In a definitional sense, the generalized accusation (that veganism is a religion) is wrong — there is no reasonable definition of the…
Bonobos and Chimps: What our closest relatives tell us about humans
JOSE YONG: Humans are an interesting mixture of altruism and competition. We work together well at times and at others we will fight to get our own…