Animal Exploitation: What’s the real problem? Not advertising, not subsidies, and not ‘factory farms’
Animal Exploitation: What’s the real problem? Not advertising, not subsidies, and not ‘factory farms’
Animal exploitation isn’t a problem mainly created by “meat, dairy, and egg industries’ propaganda”. Which propaganda tells humans to breed and use cats and dogs as so-called “pets”, not different from “livestock”? Which propaganda tells humans to ride horses? There was no “industry propaganda” in ancient Egypt that promoted enslaving and using camels for transport, no ads that promoted hunting in medieval Europe, or government subsidies for dog sledding in Canada. What does all this tell us? It highlights the fact that animal exploitation has a deep historical record caused by a type of mentality, the very degrading notion in […]
‘VegMediaWatch’: New group combats anti-vegan bias in the mainstream media
‘VegMediaWatch’: New group combats anti-vegan bias in the mainstream media
Through respectful, fact-based social media posts, VegMediaWatch holds journalists and news outlets accountable for publishing biased stories that misrepresent plant-based foods and veganism. In addition to exposing anti-vegan propaganda, VegMediaWatch celebrates and amplifies stories in the mainstream media that fairly and accurately portray plant-based foods and veganism. THEIR TURN: A watchdog group, VegMediaWatch, has launched to combat the growing wave of anti-vegan propaganda in the mainstream media. The initiative aims to hold journalists and news outlets accountable for publishing biased stories that misrepresent veganism and plant-based foods. Each year, the meat and dairy industries spend millions of dollars on public […]
‘Captive Ambassadors’: The hidden lives of zoo animals
‘Captive Ambassadors’: The hidden lives of zoo animals
The book ‘Captive Ambassadors’ exposes the hidden lived realities for animals in zoos. It challenges the notion of zoo animals as “ambassadors” for their species and argues for a shift in human-animal relations that honors these animals as unique individuals with intrinsic value, transcending the confines of their captive roles. Human-animal encounters are advertised by zoos as educational opportunities; however, they rarely lead to meaningful action to better the welfare of animal individuals. The few animals who are individualized (mainly charismatic mammals) have biographies fabricated to present captive animals as willing conservation ambassadors and saviors of their species. Meanwhile, the […]
