THE WELFARE BADGE: Is ‘The Vegan Society’ the plant-rich society?
The Vegan Society exists to promote the rights of other animals and to demand they are respected, and to support initiatives that align with such a…
DIVIDE & CONQUER: How the idea of human superiority over nature was invented
Humans are animals. This statement, although true, is unsettling for many people. Such discomfort reveals a deep ambivalence about how we see…
‘The Medium Is the Message’: Thoughts on the mass rescue of beagles from Ridglan Farms
'The medium is the message', as the great Marshall McLuhan put it. The forms that communication takes matter even more than the content it carries…
‘I Care’: Why vegan rights are the next frontier for animal advocacy
To protect vegans from discrimination, lawyers often have to fit ethical veganism into existing legal categories such as ‘creed’ or ‘freedom of…
Veganthropology: Defending vegan ethics against structural speciesism
Where 'anthropology' often operates within an implicit anthropocentric horizon, 'Veganthropology' proposes another point of departure: antispeciesism…
Animal rights activists released from jail after beagle open rescue break-in
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office said 50 to 60 protesters illegally entered the Ridglan Farms facility, leading to 27 arrests. The last five people…
DOG DAY AFTERNOON: Animal rights activists storm dog breeding facility to rescue beagles
A massive surge of animal activists descended upon Ridglan Farms in Wisconsin, the nation’s second-largest beagle breeding and research facility, and…
The unjust power dynamics of ‘pet ownership’: Should all animals control their own lives?
'Pet ownership' is surging, with the number of pet cats and dogs outstripping the number of human children in some countries. Yet we rarely ask…
Wayne Hsiung: A simple guide to rescuing animals who are victims of criminal abuse
There are a large number of criminal offenses that could be charged in an animal rescue scenario — burglary, theft, criminal damage, conspiracy — but…
STUDY: Vegans develop complex skills to navigate an omnivorous society
Foregoing meat and other animal products purely for ethical reasons can cause tension between vegans and their friends, families, partners, businesses…