Animal Rights, Moral Motivation, and the Experience of Wonder
STEVE COOKE: An important reason why progress towards justice for nonhuman animals has been slow concerns how animals are constructed in our…
The ‘Franken Salmon’ is dead in the water, but other GM animals thrive
MARTHA ROSENBERG: AquaBounty Technologies, the company that produced the genetic modified (GM) AquAdvantage salmon “Frankenfish,” has shut down,…
‘Zoothanasia’: Killing healthy animals and feeding pets to zoo residents raise serious ethical questions
MARC BEKOFF: Two recent examples of zoos in the news raise serious questions about the troubling nature of human-animal relationships. A few days…
CO-OPTATION: Purge or embrace? The tension that can make or break a movement
WAYNE HSIUNG: Movements are driven by two competing forces: the drive to embrace defectors, and the drive to purge co-opters. The first force seeks…
SICK PSYCOPATHS: A Danish zoo is seeking ‘unwanted pets’ to feed to its predators
ANNABELLE TIMSIT: A zoo in Denmark has put out a call for people to donate unwanted pets and animals — including chickens, rabbits and guinea pigs —…
Peace Begins Where Countries End: No borders. No armies. No blood.
ROLAND AZAR: We were born into borders we never consented to. Lines carved by conquest, guarded by fear, and worshipped like gods. Yet the sky…
FUR-EVER CRUEL: How animal activism and ‘faux fur’ took down one of the cruelest industries
KENNY TORRELLA: In just one decade, a longtime fashion mainstay has been relegated to the sidelines of both haute couture runways and bargain…
A Moral Misfire: The insect deaths argument against veganism
ROLAND AZAR: There’s a familiar critique that often poses as ethical concern when confronting the vegan message: “Veganism is hypocritical — you…
DEGENERATE SPECTATOR: Mocking compassion is the real problem, veganism isn’t
ALEX GAUTHIER: The Spectator published a piece by Katie Glass ridiculing Billie Eilish’s decision to make her O2 Arena concerts fully plant-based.…
Simply ‘Surplus’: German zoo faces backlash after killing 12 healthy baboons
ASSOCIATED PRESS: A zoo in the German city of Nuremberg said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns…