July 2015
David Benatar - Vegan Ethics Debate
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David Benatar - Vegan Ethics Debate
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Herd Rescues Fallen Baby Elephant on Busy Ro…
Herd Rescues Fallen Baby Elephant
Originally posted on Marc Bekoff's Animal Emotions Blog
Every now and again I see a video that makes me smile and realize, once again, that numerous nonhuman ani…
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Herd Rescues Fallen Baby Elephant on Busy Ro…
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June 2015
Interview with vegan philosopher David Benatar about why it's better never to have been born
Better Never to Have Been Born: An Interview with David Benatar…
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Interview with vegan philosopher David Benatar about why it's better never to have been born
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On Advocacy Media Preferences
On Advocacy Media Preferences
Absent any comprehensive studies on what media are most effective for persuading people to go and stay vegan, we are left with searching for reasons why one medium o…
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On Advocacy Media Preferences
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Peter Singer: On Racism, Animal Rights and H…
Peter Singer: On Racism, Animal Rights and Human Rights
By GEORGE YANCY and PETER SINGER This is the 12th in a series of interviews with philosophers on race that George Yancy is conducting for The…
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Peter Singer: On Racism, Animal Rights and H…
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April 2015
Transcript of Nick Cooney's Live ARZone Guest Chat
Transcript of Nick Cooney’s Live ARZone Guest Chat…
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Transcript of Nick Cooney's Live ARZone Guest Chat
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March 2015
The Problems with Dog Breed Specific Legislation
BSL stands for Breed Specific Legislation, which is a term that is commonly used to define specific laws that have been created to put certain restrictions on particular dog breeds and the…
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The Problems with Dog Breed Specific Legislation
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The Gary Yourofsky Abolitionist-Online Inter…
This interview is the controversial interview conducted by Claudette Vaughan of The Abolitionist-Online website, which has since been closed. Gary made some very controversial comments in this interv…
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The Gary Yourofsky Abolitionist-Online Inter…
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Embrace and Encourage: Lessons from Three De…
Matt Ball has been an advocate for other animals for more than thirty years. In this speech, written for the 2015 San Diego VegFest, Matt offers advice to other advocates based on the lesson he's lea…
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Embrace and Encourage: Lessons from Three De…
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Green Energy Not So Clean but Deadly
I am writing about an article which is rather lengthy, including its link about how the solar energy and wind turbine projects are causing massive deaths to our wildlife indicating that true environm…
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Green Energy Not So Clean but Deadly
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Can Pets Be Vegan? | What's REALLY in Pet Fo…
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Can Pets Be Vegan? | What's REALLY in Pet Fo…
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February 2015
Dogs Just Wanna Have Fun: Birds, Fish and Re…
A recent issue of the journal Current Biology is devoted to the biology of fun. In a post on his Psychology Today blog, former Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Marc Bekoff Ph.D discusse…
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Dogs Just Wanna Have Fun: Birds, Fish and Re…
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Beyond Carnism and toward Rational, Authenti…
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Beyond Carnism and toward Rational, Authenti…
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Animals in France: What Really Happened abou…
Animals in France: What Really Happened about Sentience?
Written by Marc Bekoff Ph.D
Animals in France have new but very limited status but it's better than nothing
Many people recently learn…
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Animals in France: What Really Happened abou…
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January 2015
A Quarter of the World’s Marine Species in D…
New research from the University of Sheffield has shown that the world's oceans and those individuals who live in the oceans are in big trouble. Figures from this study show that one in every four se…
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A Quarter of the World’s Marine Species in D…
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Pragmatist or Absolutist? ~ Matt Ball
Pragmatist or Absolutist?
Written by Matt Ball
Welfare and Liberation
Originally published in 2000
Does working for or supporting welfare measures harm the longer-term goal of bringing about lib…
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Pragmatist or Absolutist? ~ Matt Ball
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ARZone Podcast 85: Kim Socha - Animal Libera…
Episode 85 features advocate, educator, and author Kim Socha.
Kim Socha, who holds a PhD in English Literature and Criticism, is an English professor working in the US. A grassroots animal liberation…
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ARZone Podcast 85: Kim Socha - Animal Libera…
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Fun for some, and also raising money for ani…
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Fun for some, and also raising money for ani…
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Science Weighs In At Last ~ Norm Phelps
There has long been debate about the effects of so called "welfare" reforms on the actual lives of other animals, and on the ways in which humans relate to other animals. Here's a study (the only one…
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Science Weighs In At Last ~ Norm Phelps
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Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
We've all lost a kind and caring friend, Norm Phelps. Paul Shapiro shares the news of Norm's passing, and some of his thoughts on Norm's life and work:
It's wit…
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Norm Phelps 1939-2014 Rest in Peace
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December 2014
Turning Points in Compassion
Turning Points in Compassion
After nearly four years in the making, the eagerly awaited new book, Turning Points in Compassion is now available! This inspirational collection of personal stories,…
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Turning Points in Compassion
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