Speciesist Ignorance: ‘Don’t tell me, you’ll spoil my dinner’.
EMNEE VAN DEN BRANDELER: Many animal ethicists have argued that speciesism is a form of discrimination — one that is made on the basis of species…
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STUDY: Naming farm animals reduces young children’s desire to eat them
SWPS UNIVERSITY: Giving a chicken, turkey or pig a name and pointing out its individual qualities may change children's attitudes towards animals.…
THEY WALK AMONG US: U.S. Army security briefing labeled animal activist group as potential terrorists
STEVE BEYNON: Army personnel in charge of security at the gates of Fort Liberty, North Carolina, received an anti-terroism briefing Wednesday,…
Voter Backlash and Animal Rights: A Political Conundrum
SPARSHA SAHA: The intersection of animal rights with political agendas has traditionally been a minefield for candidates in the U.S. political…
Frustrated With Humanity? You’re not alone, and that’s a good thing
BRIAN KATEMAN: As long as there are activists, there will be good-natured hand-wringing over their tactics and messaging. We were reminded of this…
Prejudice Across Species Lines: The link between the devaluation of humans and non-human animals
BASTIAN JAEGER: For decades, scientists, philosophers, and animal advocates have pointed out parallels between the derogation and exploitation of…
STUDY: Humans, not climate change, responsible for extinction of large mammals over last 50,000 years
SCIENCE DAILY: The debate has raged for decades: Was it humans or climate change that led to the extinction of many species of large mammals, birds,…
‘Human Animals’: Animalistic dehumanization requires a focus on human-animal relations
GORDON HODSON: In contemporary industrialized societies, where we routinely breed, confine, ignore, or exploit animals for our own purposes,…
TINY TITANTS: All ants can perform life saving operations like specialized human physicians
JACLIN KWAN: Ants in Florida perform life-saving surgery on their peers, scientists have discovered. They are only the second animal in the world…
‘Necrovores’: Rethinking our language on meat eating and why it matters
PALA NAJANA: Many meat eaters take pride in labelling themselves as “carnivores.” But they aren’t. Even those people who follow a “carnivore diet”…