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It is that time of year again... 

North Americans are not going to let us forget "9/11", that's for sure. I have just experienced another day in Europe where "9/11" was a major news item and the subject of TV documentaries. We hear, again, that all the names have been read out in New York and this is supposed to be big news for us. After all, these were white, middle-class, deaths, and these are the ones that count, it is implied.



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Transcript of Dr. Jerry Vlasak's Live ARZone Chat

10 September 2011

6pm US Eastern Time

11pm UK…

Dan Mathews ARZone Interview

Dan Mathews began his career with PeTA as a receptionist and soon rose through the ranks by devising stunts to increase public awareness of issues regarding other animals. He is responsible for launching PETA’s…

Why don't you react for your local dolphinarium instead of spending time clicking ''Likes'' in Facebook alone?

Hello everyone, I would like to tell you about the blog against the first ever dolphinarium in Greece.

The dolphinarium business opened in June 2010, and so did the blog too :)

Here it is www.freegreekdolphins.blogspot.com (Dolphins are all from Black Sea Russia though cause

it is prohibited to keep dolphins from Greek waters in captivity......)

Anna

Some people, such as David Sztybel and representatives of the National Animal Interest Alliance, argue that there are several versions on animal welfarism. In this blog, I tend to talk about two types, which I have called traditional (or conventional or orthodox)…

In the eyes of the animal, looking back at me, I see the stark vitality, the raw reality. Confronted with this immediacy of innocence, this essence of being, I recoil, and frightened by the reflection of my own insignificance, I strike out against her, struggling to save my self through separation and subjugation.

I am lost,…

Transcript of Rob Jackson’s Live ARZone Guest Chat

27 August 2011

6pm US Eastern Time

11pm UK Time…

Many if not most animal advocates will be familiar with this graphic

This graphic is (graphically) ticking off the deaths of other animal by the second. Chickens die at the rate of 287 per second; pigs at almost 4 per second; and cows at more than 1 per second.

As shocking as these numbers seem, they are only the tip of the…

Hey my fellow vegans~! Some of the recent discussions here and elsewhere (in part) have been inspiration for a project that would give a face to vegans and veganism.

And I'd LOVE to have you- and your face(s) - aboard!

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“I don’t base my advocacy messages on what i at heart believe.I base them on what methods and messages – based on the research, and my own experience to some extent – will create the most behavior change and thus help the most animals.” ~ Nick Cooney

When I first heard that Sea Shepherd’s…

A recent New York Times oped was brought to my attention by a long standing friend and colleague. She situated it within the context of the debate surrounding the …

Transcript of Nick Cooney’s Live ARZone Guest Chat

20 August 2011

6pm US Eastern Time

11pm UK Time…

When I was in Cartersville, Georgia, I met a man who was of the most despicable sort. I asked him if he had seen The Cove movie and his reply was, “Yes and it was stupid.” He hated those of us who love animals and said that our focus should be on helping…

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Something struck me after hearing this first part of the interview. This may seem like an attempt at a "gotcha", and I am playing devil's advocate a bit, but I thought I would put it out as something to discuss.

In the animal shelter world in…

Whether you’re a vegan, vegetarian, animal-rights activist, or combination thereof, you got there because you asked questions. You questioned yourself about why you loved some animals and ate others, and you questioned others about why humankind uses animals for clothing, for medical testing, or for entertainment. Questioning the status quo is exactly why many of us are the people we are today—and we should never let that quality go, especially questioning those who would hold a place of…

This is an interesting article. It's too long to post the whole thing here, so I'll just excerpt a couple of bits, but I encourage everyone to read the whole thing.

This part talks about the change in how people identify themselves in 2009-2010 compared to in 2005-2006.

Bon Appétit Management Co., which services Penn's dining facilities, has noticed an upswing in the number of students who say that they are vegetarian or vegan, said Terri Brownlee, the regional…

In a recent post, Paul Hansen has presented several objections to the account of speciesism I present in my paper “What Is Speciesism?” (which can be found in the Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 23 (3), 243-266 and …