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Yesterday saw the running of the 153rd Melbourne Cup. A day that was attended by approx 104,000 people, and possibly watched by over 6 million Australians. It was also the day that saw a horse killed, Verema – due to a broken leg, and two others injured, Black Panther and Green Moon. It was unfortunate in … Read more
After writing the recent piece The Truth About Cats And Dogs, more than a few comments were made saying that there was no difference between people who ‘rescue’ cats and dogs and those who manage animal ‘sanctuaries’. Is there really no difference or are those people who do have cats, dogs and birds trying to elevate … Read more
Tim Gier wrote an article recently titled, “A Proposed Experiment on the Appraisal of Good and Evil” where he proposed the following. Post a statement in various groups on Facebook, attributing that statement randomly to either of two well-known advocates, then measure the positive and negative responses to (or defences of/attacks on) both the statement … Read more
How many of us have stopped for a minute to consider the possibility that our actions, as animal activists, could possibly be making things worse for the animals? Having just asked that question, I can see virtually everyone who calls themselves an animal activist, putting their wagons in a circle, and getting ready to defend … Read more
Is the animal advocacy movement truly a social justice movement or one that people are using to further their own standing within society? When I first got into this movement all those years ago, it would have been hard to convince me that this wasn’t a social justice movement. Unfortunately, today I am not so … Read more
“As long as we’re drinking milk and consuming dairy products there’s going to be bobby calves. And again, if there’s a market out there for animals that can’t go back into the dairy herd, if they can be raised for another purpose, and we have that value adding – obviously the more valuable the animal, … Read more
The topic of veganism, animal advocacy/rights and pets is a very tricky one at best, and one that it would seem a majority of people do not want to think about let alone discuss. Regardless of what people will tell you, we view our pets differently to the way that we view those animals used … Read more