December 2011 – Quotes on Slavery

"Human Zoos"

Over four centuries from the first voyages of discovery, European societies developed an appetite for exhibiting exotic human “specimens” shipped back …

Adoption and fostering is an important part of animal rights activism

Someone told me today that some “animal rights people” think it’s a bad idea to adopt or foster homeless animals because it reinforces the notion that …

I urge all advocates

I urge all advocates for animal rights, all vegans and anyone who cares about nonviolence, justice, morality and respect, and who wants to see an end to …

I hate to kill

I hate to kill. I know that must sound like an odd confession coming from an avid deer hunter, a guy who, like thousands of others in my home state of …

Justice and respect for all living beings is the ideal focus

Justice and respect for all living beings is the ideal focus. Regardless of how various factions approach the problem, if we stand steady with a message …

Stand Tall—Be Vegan!

If YOU stand for Justice—Stand Tall—Be …

The only logical way to end the exploitation of nonhumans

I’m 60 years of age and became a vegan less than a year ago, rather late in life unfortunately. I immediately embraced abolitionism as it seems the only …

I might never have gotten out

I’m actually glad that I was a vegan when less was known and it was easier to fail. If I’d figured out how to be a healthy vegan indefinitely, I might …

Speciesism is as abhorrent and inconsistent as any other prejudice

We need to begin showing people that speciesism is as abhorrent and inconsistent as any other prejudice, and that any rational person already holds the …

THE WORLD IS VEGAN! If you want it.

In 1969, at the height of the Vietnam War, John Lennon and Yoko Ono had a billboard placed in Times Square. It read: “WAR IS OVER! If you want it …