WE’LL BE BACK: More than 2,000 animal rights activists needed to rescue all beagles from Ridglan Farm
WE’LL BE BACK: More than 2,000 animal rights activists needed to rescue all beagles from Ridglan Farm
The first beagle rescue on March 15 showed the power of open rescue. Millions of people were inspired when 100 people walked into Ridglan Farms, carrying white flowers and displaying peace signs, and walked out with 22 desperate beagles. Now, to save the remaining 2,000 beagles, including the puppies illegally seized by the police, we need 2,000 more. If we can mobilize 2,000 rescuers, they can’t arrest and jail us all. We’ll carry every last one of the dogs out of Ridglan into loving homes. THE SIMPLE HEART: We need 2,000 people to take action at Ridglan Farms (Dane County, Wisconsin) […]
THE WELFARE BADGE: Is ‘The Vegan Society’ the plant-rich society?
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 goal (which can include promoting plant based foods in different settings or subsidies in food production). However, it appears The Vegan Society prefers to align with nonprofits to unite and promote veg or less meat, with none of them aligned to rejecting animal use. Undermining veganism and positioning people so they can be nudged this way or that from speciesism. KEVIN WATKINSON: The Vegan Society recently co-signed a document centred on promoting veg or […]
DIVIDE & CONQUER: How the idea of human superiority over nature was invented
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 ourselves — a part of nature, yet somehow different from the rest of it. Only in the past few millennia — under the influence of classical philosophy, Christian theology and Enlightenment-era rationalism — did humans come to see themselves as distinct, set apart by reason, language and the possession of a soul. This separation was not accidental: human exceptionalism and the belief that we could transcend our bodily limits helped to ease anxieties about our mortality, and legitimize […]
