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Has the world-wide vegan revolution started — in Israel?

January 20, 2021 By Merritt Clifton

The Vegan Revolution. Saving Our World, Revitalizing Judaism by Richard Schwartz Lantern Publishing & Media, 2020. Reviewed by Keith Akers Any other book titled The Vegan Revolution,  if one didn’t look at the subtitle,  would not necessarily seem to have anything to do especially with Judaism or Israel.  But from page 1 forward,  Richard Schwartz […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food security, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Keith Akers, Richard H. Schwartz

 “Cleansing the temple was an act of animal liberation” says Bible scholar

December 21, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

The Lost Religion of Jesus: Simple Living & Nonviolence In Early Christianity by Keith Akers Lantern Books  (128 2nd Place,  Garden Suite Brooklyn, NY 11231),  2001.  260 pages,  paperback.  $20.00. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Denver vegetarian advocate Keith Akers, perhaps best known for compiling A Vegetarian Sourcebook (1983), earned his B.A. in philosophy in 1970 at […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Book & film reviews, Buddhism, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Hinduism, Humane history, Islam, Judaism, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: al-Ghazali, Keith Akers, Merritt Clifton, Pope Francis

Geoffrey Deckers & Marion Bienes brought animal rights to the Netherlands

December 3, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Holocaust survivor Bienes inspired organization builder Deckers Award founded in Deckers’ name––see Comments,  below. Geoffrey Deckers,  51,  co-founder of the Dutch animal advocacy organization Een Dier Een Vriend [An Animal, A Friend],   died suddenly on June 29,  2020. Deckers suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on November 20,  2017,  but appeared to have made a full recovery. As […]

Filed Under: Chimps & other primates, Culture & Animals, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Germany, Global, Horses & Farmed Animals, Humane history, Judaism, Lab animals, Netherlands, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, Science, Switzerland, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Geoffrey Deckers, Marion Bienes, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, Shirley McGreal

Poland moves to ban fur farms & kosher/halal meat exports––why?

September 14, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

Proposed law may be more about Catholic nationalist politics,  anti-Semitism,  and COVID-19 than about concern for animals             WARSAW, Poland––Is a new omnibus animal protection law recently proposed in Poland really all about animals,  driven in part by concern that mink farming may be a reservoir for the pandemic COVID-19 coronavirus? Or is the proposed […]

Filed Under: Cattle & dairy, Chickens, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Bottom, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Poultry, Religion & philosophy Tagged With: Ben Cohen, Bogna Wiltowska, Herve Bercovier, Jarosław Kaczyński, Lech Kaczyński, Merritt Clifton, Slawomir Sierakowski, Witold Waszczykowski, Yardena Schwartz

Shimon Shuchat, 22, & Dick Goddard, 89, had animal advocacy in common

August 8, 2020 By Merritt Clifton

New York City activist & Cleveland weather forecaster were each legends in their spheres             NEW YORK CITY,  CLEVELAND––One of the youngest prominent animal advocates in the Northeastern U.S.,  Shimon Shuchat,  22,  and one of the oldest,  Dick Goddard,  89,  died a week apart,  on July 28 and August 2,  2020,  in New York City […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Judaism, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA Tagged With: Alex Hershaft, Bernard Unti, Donny Moss, Karen Davis, Matthew McGowen, Mei Zheng, Nadia Schilling, Rina Deych, Vincent Di Santo

Vegan Man hopes Florida jury will have it his way in case against Burger King

November 20, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Can expect to be grilled in cross-examination MIAMI,  Florida––Vegan Man on November 18,  2019 served notice on the Miami-based Burger King fast food chain in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida that he hopes to meet twelve Florida men––and Florida women––in a jury box soon,  with a judge presiding. Seeking class […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Asian religions, Beliefs, Buddhism, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, USA, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Abdi Latif Dahir, Chris Finazzo, Harish Bharti, Jack Norris, Joseph Connelly, Kim Bellware, Matt Ball, Merritt Clifton, Phillip Williams

Will feral pigs eat Hong Kong before Hong Kong eats the pigs?

May 19, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Feral pigs may be poached as African swine fever & trade war cut off pig imports              HONG KONG––A three-way collision among African swine fever,  feral pigs,  and the global pork industry,  U.S. interests included,  may be only days away in Hong Kong. Whatever the outcome,  pigs––both factory-farmed and living free––are already the big net […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Beliefs, China, Culture & Animals, Disease, Feature Home Bottom, Feral animals, Food, Food & agriculture, Food security, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pigs, Religion & philosophy, Slaughter, Urban wildlife, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Alice Su, Karthi Martelli, Merritt Clifton, Paolo Martelli, Roni Wong, Tam Garland

Are kosher & halal slaughter bans anti-Semitic & Islamophobic?

January 14, 2019 By Merritt Clifton

Animal advocacy, religious teaching, & cultural insecurity collide in Belgium             BRUSSELS,  Belgium––Is Belgium moving rapidly to ban slaughter without pre-stunning out of concern for animals? Or are prohibitions of the traditional kosher and halal slaughter methods rooted in latent anti-Semitism and Islamophobia? Slaughter without pre-stunning becomes illegal Whatever the political truth is,  legal reality […]

Filed Under: Animal rights & welfare, Beliefs, Cattle & dairy, Culture & Animals, Europe, European Union, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, Islam, Judaism, Laws & standards, Meat issues, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Vegetarians & vegans, Vegetarians & vegans, Welfare Tagged With: Ann De Greef, Barbara Kay, Ben Weyts, Henry Spira, Merritt Clifton, Richard Schwartz

The Thanksgiving Turkey as Ritual Scapegoat

November 17, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

in the Carnivalesque Tradition by Karen Davis, PhD, President of United Poultry Concerns Human radical abuse of “food” animals cannot be explained by economic efficiency alone. It is also an outgrowth of attitudes humans have had toward nonhuman animals through the ages,  rooted in our resentment at being animals,  which we project onto them. In his […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Christianity, Culture & Animals, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Horses & Farmed Animals, Judaism, Meat issues, Opinion, Opinions & Letters, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Turkeys, USA, Vegetarians & vegans Tagged With: Jim Mason, Karen Davis, Mikhail Bakhtin

Live animal markets in New York City: a cut-throat business at best

August 22, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

Customs change with waves of immigration             NEW YORK CITY,  N.Y.––Escaping the Iranian Revolution with her parents at age 6,  artist Sara Rahbar as an adult has produced an internationally recognized portfolio on themes often involving human and animal suffering. Yet Rahbar found herself wholly unprepared for the misery she met close to hand on […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animism & Santeria, Asia/Pacific, Cattle & dairy, Chickens, China, Culture & Animals, Ducks & geese, Eggs, Feature Home Bottom, Food, Food & agriculture, Food & agriculture, Global, Hooved stock, Horses & Farmed Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, Islam, Judaism, Laws & politics, Laws & standards, Live markets, Live transport, Meat issues, Pacific rim, Pollution, Poultry, Religion & philosophy, Sheep & goats, Slaughter, Slaughter, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Turkeys, USA, Welfare Tagged With: Alex Felsinger, Andrew Zollman, Anne Barnard, Christian Zhang, Clarence Birdeye, Heather Greenhouse, Lore Croghan, Patty Lee, Tom Embury-Dennis

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