THE BLAME GAME: Are misanthropic vegans ruining the animal rights movement?
The existence of misanthropic vegans is not an argument against animal rights. Veganism isn’t about us. It isn’t a social club or a personality…
Cold, Cold Hearts: How I.C.E. is disrupting the human–animal bond
When immigration enforcement enters a community, the damage never stops at legal boundaries. One of the immediate consequences occurs when people are…
‘Handle With Care’: The fragility of vegan critics, and what you can do about it
The fragility of the vegan critic is not to be understated. A strange phenomenon that takes place when people argue with vegans - it appears many…
POLITICAL ANIMALS: ‘Apolitical’ veganism is a political choice, and a costly one
It is not surprising that Veganism is often dismissed as 'just a diet' rather than understood as a political movement. If animal rights activists want…
‘Holy Cow’: New research shows cows can also use tools
This study calls attention to the fact that thinking of animals such as cows as dumb is robbing science of learning about the evolution of their rich…
‘Shackled and Bled-Out’: Animal rights protesters startle London shoppers pretending to slit woman’s throat
Two female activists, nude but for a beige bodysuit, were hung upside down with shackles around their ankles to simulate the way that many chickens…
Dane4Dogs: Ridglan Farm’s lawsuit against animal rights activists is dismissed
A Wisconsin Dane County judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by embattled beagle breeder Ridglan Farms against an advocacy group that accused it of abusing…
MIND SHIFT: Veganuary isn’t ‘veganism’, and why this matters
Veganuary is advocacy primarily aimed at non-vegans. It is the most impactful form of ‘boycott’ in supporting and encouraging the withdrawal of…
FEELINGS: It’s time to celebrate animal sentience and stop squabbling
Being sentient means having the ability to feel. A large body of scientific evidence stemming from studies of diverse species clearly shows that many…
JOIN US: ‘If the government won’t rescue the Ridglan Dogs, we will’, says Wayne Hsiung
In 2017, six people made a choice. They walked into Ridglan Farms, even as alarms went off and security trucks came roaring up the driveway, and took…