WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE: Respecting animal sentience and rejecting human elitism
WITH EXTREME PREJUDICE: Respecting animal sentience and rejecting human elitism
MARC BEKOFF: Science clearly shows that numerous nonhuman animals (animals) are sentient, feeling beings who care about their own well-being and quality of life along with that of their family and friends. For decades we’ve known that numerous animals’ inner lives are complex, rich, and deep, and a new anthology called Animals as Experiencing Entities: Theories and Historical Narratives edited by Drs. Michael J. Glover and Les Mitchell makes the inarguable case that it’s high time to use what we know on their behalf and allow them to live safely and to flourish in a shared world. I couldn’t agree […]
From Compassion to Consumption: Veterinary Ethics and Veganism
From Compassion to Consumption: Veterinary Ethics and Veganism
ETHICAL GLOBE: Given their oath to ensure the health and welfare of all animals, veterinary professionals have a moral responsibility to reject animal exploitation and cruelty by adopting a vegan lifestyle. The article also highlights changes within veterinary education and features examples of vegan vets and organisations advocating for plant-based lifestyles in the profession… If a veterinary professional rejects animal exploitation, suffering and cruelty for those animals in their care and in general, surely this must apply to all species? But most veterinary professionals who care for cats, dogs and other animal companions will happily eat pigs, cows, and chickens, […]
FREEDOM ROAD: How far should we carry the logic of the animal rights movement?
FREEDOM ROAD: How far should we carry the logic of the animal rights movement?
KALEFA SANNEH: There is a name for the cruel, and correspondingly clandestine, process by which many animals become meat: “factory farming,” a term that is usually wielded as an insult, especially since the publication, in 1975, of “Animal Liberation,” an incendiary book by the philosopher Peter Singer. “In general, we are ignorant of the abuse of living creatures that lies behind the food we eat,” Singer wrote, and he wanted to destroy both this ignorance and the industry behind the abuse. He halfway succeeded. “Animal Liberation” helped bring new militancy to a cause formerly associated with decorous humane societies and […]
