Human imperialism has everywhere enslaved, oppressed, murdered and mutilated the animal peoples

Vivisection, for all its horrors, is only one of the many ways in which the human tyrant exploits the animal creation. We have been at war with the other creatures of this earth ever since the first human hunter set forth with spear into the primeval forest. Human imperialism has everywhere enslaved, oppressed, murdered and …

Which permitted him to annihilate the bond of community between him and the animal kingdom

In the course of his development towards culture man acquired a dominating position over his fellow-creatures in the animal kingdom. Not content with this supremacy, however, he began to place a gulf between his nature and theirs. He denied the possession of reason to them, and to himself he attributed an immortal soul, and made …

A common criticism is that the time is not yet ripe for our reform

A common criticism is that the time is not yet ripe for our reform. Can time ever be ripe for any reform unless it is ripened by human determination? Did Wilberforce wait for the “ripening” of time before he commenced his fight against slavery? Did Edwin Chadwick, Lord Shaftesbury, and Charles Kingsley wait for such …