Why did God make animals? By: Keith Allison If you are a “dairy” cow, God made you so humans could confine you in spaces where you barely have room to turn around for your entire life, pump you with hormones so you grow and mature faster, fill you with antibiotics so these conditions won’t make …
Tag Archive: animal rights
Jan 21
Is Our “Love” Of Animals Actually Responsible For Immense Amounts Of Suffering?
Over the past couple of years, as I’ve gotten more involved in veganism and discovered just how problematic our relationship with the rest of the animal kingdom really is, I’ve had to seriously rethink what it means to be an “animal lover.” I’ve met so many people who claim to “love” animals, but they all …
Jan 20
Iowa City Woman Plans To Brand Herself In The Name Of Animal Rights
When Emily Moran Barwick creates a piece of art, she said it’s an attempt to get people to think more deeply about a certain subject. When the 28-year-old Iowa City resident took a job as a stripper in 2010 and gave her earnings to other artists, the idea was to get people to think about …
Jan 19
Holocaust Survivor Fights To Save Slaughterhouse Animals
Horror means different things to different people. Alex Hershaft was a child in the Warsaw ghetto. He was just a little boy when his father and other family members were rounded up by the Nazis to be killed. He saw beatings, shootings, starvation and the anguish of families being separated. He survived. But, he still …
Jan 19
Sexism And The Animal Rights Movement
A Personal Story Written By: Corey L. Wrenn In November I was victimized by the administrator of “The Bloody Dairy Industry” who made repeated references to my gender to discredit my critique of his posting photographs of sexualized women on his Facebook Page in the name of vegan outreach. I was referred to as “This woman” …
Jan 02
Make It Possible: Imagine A World Without Factory Farming
As Animals Australia embarks on our most ambitious campaign ever, we’re thrilled to join forces with some of the nation’s most loved and respected identities to help Make it Possible. Celebrities from the music, entertainment and sporting fields have shown their compassion and support for animals confined to factory farms. Just like everyday Australians across …
Dec 24
PETA: Doing More Harm Then Good?
If there is one single organization that mainstream Americans love to hate, it’s PETA, or People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. PETA hits the headlines daily with shock-and-awe antics designed to horrify people into veganism. From their requests for breastmilk ice cream to their more recent method of dressing up as klansmen , PETA will stop …
Dec 18
Philip Wollen: Practicing Ahimsa And Walking The Kindness Footprint
Discover how you can change the world today. Watch all 5 parts as one movie; Join documentary maker Azam Siddiqui, Philip Wollen (Order of Australia recipient) and his wife Trix Wollen as they venture through India, looking at the projects of Kindness House and importantly, learn what YOU can do to improve our world. Bookmark …
Dec 16
Update On Bill And Lou: Lou Euthanized And Bill Gets A Reprieve
When Green Mountain College, a small liberal arts college in Vermont, decided to slaughter a beloved pair of oxen to serve in the school’s dining hall, the angry response was heard around the world. At age eleven, Bill and Lou were too old to continue pulling the yoke ; when Lou sustained a recurring injury to his right rear …
Dec 13
Is Vegan Superstar Gary Yourofsky An Animal Savior Or A Mad Militant?
The circus did it. What Gary Yourofsky saw when the circus came to town set him on the path of an animal rights activist. Twenty years ago, his stepfather was a volunteer clown in the Shrine Circus, which raised funds for children injured in fires. When it visited Yourofsky’s hometown of Detroit, his stepfather invited …











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