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Cartoon: “Unite for Animals”
The animal-exploitation industries and their political representatives place their hope in keeping the animal-protection community divided against itself. Such division … More
Mythology and Fantasy Literature: A Role in Activism
In seeking to abolish the property status of other animals, animal rights activists are pursuing a hitherto unattained goal: no human culture, at least to the author’s knowledge, has ever achieved animal emancipation and personhood. In short, modern abolitionists can rely upon no roadmap drawn by “someone who’s been there.” But analogy and vicarious experience can help serve at least some of the functions of a roadmap. The present article begins to explore fantasy and mythology and the types of teachings one might take from fictional worlds and tales.
How Much Is Life Worth?
Animals represent the best example of life having a real, factual value. Every time we walk by the meats section of any grocery store, we see a price tag on the body of an individual, an individual who endured a horrendous life, a life very few of us can even stand observing. The price tag in the market includes taxes, profits for the store, distributors, etc. If such a price has been inflated to add the profits of so many, what is the bottom-line value of their life?
The Criminalization of Animal Rights Activism
Is supporting animal rights terrorism? Is nonviolent activism terrorism? According to some interpretations of the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), they are.
Survival of the Fittest or Beyond
In our world now, what is needed most of all is for humans to coexist with all forms of life, especially human animals and non-human animals. Working together instead of against each other would allow the planet to rebuild and become healthier than it has been in years.
The Deer Who Was
A white-tailed buck temporarily took up residence in Harlem in mid-December, to the delight of his human neighbors. The buck ultimately died in custody, reportedly due to stress.
Abolition Day 2016: U.S.’s Vegan, Abolitionist Political Party Publishes Final Draft of Abolition Amendment; Will Grant Legal Personhood, Rights to Other Animals
Abolition Amendment The Humane Party, a political party in the United States, has published the final, full draft of the … More
Abolition Amendment: Abolitionist, Vegan Political Party Publishes Fifth Draft of Animal Rights Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Summary: The Humane Party has published the fifth full draft of the Abolition Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United … More
Abolition Amendment: Abolitionist, Vegan Political Party Publishes Fourth Draft of Animal Rights Amendment to U.S. Constitution
Summary: The Humane Party has published the fourth full draft of the Abolition Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United … More
“Violence Is Not Entertainment” Act: Proposed U.S. Law to Withdraw Copyright and Trademark Protection for Animal Abuse; Abolish Property Status of Animal-Abuse Content
The “Violence is Not Entertainment” Act The Humane Party has today published initial parameters of the “Violence Is Not Entertainment” … More
Animal Rights Reaches New Heights: The Humane Party Publishes First Draft of the Abolition Amendment, 30-Day Public Comment Period Begins
The Humane Party today published the first full draft of the Abolition Amendment, a proposed amendment to the United States … More
USA’s First Animal Rights Political Party Registers First 40 Voters
The Humane Party—which is the nation’s first and currently only political party committed to animal rights—began registering voters yesterday in … More
Excerpt: The “Perfect-Voting-Record” Fallacy
Since the perfect-voting-record (or “PVR”) fallacy is becoming almost ubiquitous, the following excerpt from an article that first appeared on … More
Editorial: Concerned Carnivore Questions Activists
________________ Reader Dear Humane Herald, What [animal rights activists] are doing is worthy of praise; I am often disturbed by … More
Earth Day 2011: America’s “Greenest” Political Party Turns Two Years Old
The only political party in the U.S.A. committed to taking on the nation’s #1 polluter—meat, fur, and the other killing-based … More
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