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Should You Be Eating Fish?
Many people equate eating fish with doing something good for their health. But is it really? Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa discusses this largely misunderstood topic. […]
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Why So Much “Joy” in Killing an Animal?
We are one of the few species that intentionally causes systemic violence to members of our own species, and to also take “pleasure” in unnecessarily killing other animals too. But is there any important difference between hunting versus just eating animal foods? […]
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Albert Einstein’s Thoughts on Eating Animals
Last week was Albert Einstein’s birthday. When he turned 74, while attending a fundraising luncheon in his honor, he was offered roast beef, which he declined saying, “This is for lions”. […]
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Bullfighting is Wrong, But Are We Inflicting Needless Violence Against Animals Too?
Terrified and hopeless, this bull has been repeatedly wounded. Although less obvious, eating animal foods involves equally needless cruelty imposed on innocent animals. Yet it’s something we used to support three times a day, with every meal. […]
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Rodeos – Tradition is Not a Justification for Cruelty
The 2018 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo officially started today. The continued popularity of this event makes us wonder when, as a society, we will start to demonstrate basic decency to stop treating animals as “objects” for our most trivial purposes. […]
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Show Your Love for the Planet by Going Vegan
The United Nations has determined that animal agriculture is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all of the transportation sector combined, and that animal agriculture is the leading driver of deforestation around the world. […]
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United Kingdom Selling Pig Semen To China
How many times have you heard someone say, “If we stopped eating animals, they would take over the world!”? […]
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Some Thoughts on Using Animals
The words “oppressing” and “enslaving” are sometimes used to describe our society’s use of animals. These are certainly loaded words, with many people believing that our use of animals is perfectly “natural” or part of some “circle of life”. […]
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Cape Town to Run Out of Water in 3 Months – Are Our Diets to Blame?
Cape Town, South Africa, is set to be the first major city in the developed world to run out of water. […]
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The Last Straw – Seattle Bans Plastic Straws and Utensils
Every day, over a BILLION single use plastic straws are used and discarded. Unbelievable, isn’t it? Can you even visualize this scale of mindless waste? […]