SINCERITY OF CONVICTION: Defining ethical veganism; The case of Owen v. Willow Tower
JEANETTE ROWLEY: Owen v. Willow Tower involves a vegan whose employment contract was terminated following Ms Owen refusing a Covid vaccine on the…
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FIRE IN THE BELLY: Is practicing Ethical Veganism a human right? Canadian firefighter still waiting for hearing
MICHELE MANDEL: Adam Knauff is badly needed; he should be in the bush fighting the wildfires raging throughout Ontario and much of the country this…
Animal Liberation Later: Most consumers of meat know that animals matter, but they choose to act as if this isn’t the case
MATT JOHNSON: One of the strange pathologies of our time is our eagerness to condemn previous generations for failing to observe contemporary…
THE VEGAN STIGMA: Why vegans may be considered a marginalized population
KATHERINE COMPITUS: Vegan psychology focuses on the specific psychological needs and stressors of people who identify as vegan, including the…
DO NOT DISTURB: Exploring the barriers to animal activism and the potential of ‘quiet’ activism
BRYANT RESEARCH: Defining animal activism can be difficult. Broadly, animal activists believe animals deserve to live happy, cruelty-free lives.…
THROUGH THE EYES OF: New investigative technique transforms ‘food’ animals into investigators
DONNY MOSS: An animal rights organization in Israel has announced a groundbreaking investigative technique to help activists around the world expose…
‘Bring the Animals In’: Why don’t politicians talk about meat? The political psychology of human-animal relations in elections
SPARSHA SAHA: As the main driver of natural habitat loss worldwide and the largest anthropogenic land use type, the production of animal-based foods…
Veganism: Collective political movement or individualistic ethical consumerism?
JEREMY GILBERT: Veganism (or, at least, consumption of “plant based” foods) has exploded in the last few years. But what is the relationship between…
Abolition or Nothing?: ‘Single Issue’ versus ‘Big Picture’ animal campaigns, what would a chicken say?
KAREN DAVIS: In Brooklyn, New York on a fall day looking at a stack of crates on the sidewalk filled with live chickens. Sickened by this sight, do…
PROOF NOT IN THE PUDDING: Eating a vegan diet is not the same as a philosophical belief, tribunal rules
THE TELEGRAPH: Tracy Owen, a care home worker, claimed that she should be exempt from having the Covid vaccine as it had been tested on animals and…
THE SMELL TEST: Vegan landlord says prospective tenants will be banned from cooking meat in their home
CHARISA BOSSINAKIS: A vegan landlord has banned prospective tenants from cooking meat in their apartment building. While landlords have been…
MOTIVES OF THE HEART: Exploring dietary lapses among ethical and health vegans
REKHA SHARMA: Previous research suggests that some self-identified veg*ns continue to eat non-veg*n foods on occasion due to a variety of factors.…
National Animal Rights Day (June 4, 2023): Commemorate the billions of animals who die every year by human hands
NARD: This Sunday, June 4, 2023 over 300 cities worldwide will observe the National Animal Rights Day. National Animal Rights Day is a Memorial…
FLEXIBLE VEGANISM: ‘Animal Liberation Now’, nothing to crow about
KAREN DAVIS: While Peter Singer's new book is said to include updates on the advancing technological assaults on farmed animals and recent cognitive…
CUI BONO?: New report shoots down myths used by ‘Big Ag’ to make billions
CIWF: A new report debunks the myths perpetuated to keep the global factory farming industry alive, and the few multi-national corporations making…
The Supreme Court’s ruling on Prop 12 is a win against factory farming. But the pigs’ lives will still suck.
JUSTIN MARCEAU: The US Supreme Court rarely has occasion to hear an animal law case. Laws having to do with animal treatment are primarily matters…
Peter Singer: ‘There’s no reason to say humans have more worth or moral status than animals’
ZOE CORBYN: Australian philosopher Peter Singer’s book Animal Liberation, published in 1975, exposed the realities of life for animals in factory…
STUDY: Bystanders’ reactions to animal abuse in relation to psychopathy, empathy with people and empathy with nature
ANA M. MARTIN: Social and academic interest in animal abuse has recently increased thanks to greater awareness of the importance of biodiversity in…