Madness
The Ethics of What We Eat
Animal Factories
An Unnatural Order
Misothery: Contempt for Animals and Nature, Its Origins, Purposes, and Repercussions
Abstract and Keywords Our worldview is made of animals. Our views of animals determine how we see nature—the living world, as well as our part in it. Pre-agricultural peoples were intrigued by animals, their behaviors, and powers. In these totemic societies, animals were seen as First Beings, ancestors, and there was a sense of kinship […]
Speaking of Animals
Every October at Hale’s 5-H Ranch and Drive Thru Animal Park [perhaps since renamed the 5-H Animal Auction in Jackson, MO] just north of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, the Hale family conducts the largest animal auction of its kind in the world. For four days, the Hale brothers auction off tropical birds, water buffalo, miniature horses, […]
Agribusiness attempts to respond to animal rights movement
An important meeting of animal rights advocates and animal agribusiness people was held September 10, 1981, in Des Moines, Iowa. Arranged by the Livestock Conservation Institute ostensibly “to define the issues,” the meeting brought out representatives from the veterinary and animal sciences communities, farm bureaus, animal commodity groups, and agricultural support industries to listen to […]
The 1981 American Pork Congress: Pushing Pig Flesh
Kansas City, Missouri: city of fur traffic, cattle drives, stockyards, slaughterhouses, and steakhouses, a metropolis built from the backs, blood, and bones of animals—not exactly Miami Beach for an animal activist. In March of this year, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) held its annual meeting and trade show in Kansas City. NPPC, composed of […]
Animal Welfare / Rights / Liberation: What’s the Difference?
Like a great ship at sea, the animal protection movement is going through another change in the weather. Strong, favorably directed gusts of new ideas are kicking up controversies, problems, and confusion. To try to keep on course, we should grapple with these as they arise. There is some confusion, for example, over the meaning […]
New technologies make factory farming more palatable; that’s not good enough (Forbes)
Innovation and technology are doing big things for animal welfare and the health of the planet. Meatless burgers from companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are now mainstream in a way few could have imagined 20 or 30 years ago. Fermentation is being used to make dairy products without using cows.