Will pig-to-human transplants cause farmers to grow hearts? [John Robins is director of Ethical Promotions Ltd and Campaigns Consultant to Animal Concern, incorporating the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society, founded in 1876.] How much is a pig worth? A farmer in Fife producing free-range organically grown animals for the top end of the meat market might expect […]
“We are fine; the problem is with everyone else,” by Steve Hindi
The animal cause needs an oil change & new spark plugs When I first read the title of Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?, the most recent ANIMALS 24-7 guest column by United Poultry Concerns founder Karen Davis, I hoped it referenced the faults and failures of our side. Then I started […]
Does guilt have a place in animal rights activism?
by Karen Davis, Ph.D. Founder & president, United Poultry Concerns “Without guilt improvement is drastically diminished.” – Thomas Coates, Facebook comment, November 22, 2021 The fact that animals are suffering and dying for appetites that can be satisfied in many other ways makes some people, perhaps many, uncomfortable, though not necessarily because of guilt. People […]
Moral injury in animal advocates and nonhuman animals
and the commonality of being reduced to “lesser beings” by Karen Davis, PhD, president, United Poultry Concerns “Some people seemed unfazed when witnessing cruelty, but I could feel the pain of every living organism through my bones, as if it were my own.” ––Elin Gundersen, “Understanding the Power of Compassion,”. VEGAN VOICES: Essays by Inspiring […]
The Rottweilers in my life: that could have been me
by Beth Clifton Listening to our friend Ann Marie Rogers describe how two family Rottweilers on September 2, 2021 killed her mother, Sally Fredrica Rogers, 91, was among my most emotionally troubling hours in a lifetime as former police officer, animal control officer, and vet tech; animal rescuer; and now as ANIMALS 24-7 co-editor whose […]
Good is not good enough! by Ed Duvin
The importance of understanding the stages of a social movement Years ago when heading an ethics institute, I was asked to speak at a nonprofit leadership symposium. I raised the issue that unlike corporations that go to great lengths to outperform competitors or perish, nonprofits too often subordinate excellence to expediency. This may keep their […]
Do chickens mind seeing other chickens traumatized in their presence?
A perspective on chickens in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day, May 4/month of May by Karen Davis, Ph.D., president, United Poultry Concerns A fellow activist once asked me if I believed chickens don’t mind watching and hearing other chickens being killed in their presence. He asked because a farmer had told him they […]
The incredible, recent, global rise in the stranding of marine mammals
by Bill McGraw, Ph.D. Boquete, Panama During late September, 2020, Australia experienced the largest mass stranding of whales in the history of that country. Two weeks later, during early October 2020, the stranding of 7,000 cape fur seals on the coast of Namibia was identified as a major marine mammal stranding event. Disturbingly, this was […]
Talk can’t stop pigeon-shooting psychopaths, by Steve Hindi
Why is Showing Animals Respect & Kindness alone in fighting pigeon shoots? [Guest columnist Steve Hindi founded Showing Animals Respect & Kindness, https://sharkonline.org/, in 1992.] The cowardly psychopaths of the Philadelphia Gun Club, located in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, began their slaughter season on Friday the thirteenth of November 2020, shooting emaciated, dehydrated live pigeons tossed out […]
Can killing an animal be compensated for by the creation of a new animal?
by Karen Davis, PhD, president, United Poultry Concerns (with afterword by Merritt & Beth Clifton) There is a line of thought in moral philosophy that says “yes” to killing an animal, so long as the animal lived a pleasant life and the method used to kill the animal is humane – quick and painless. This […]
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