Tag Archives: animal rights

The Armadillo Grants Spiritual Preservation (#poem)

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

As I messed around with a compound bow and arrow, Getting the hang of aiming the dang thing, An armadillo walked into the path. Releasing The bow, I flushed with regret, shame, and panic. Armadillos don’t hurt anyone. They shuffle … Continue reading →

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Bob War (a humane farming manifesto)

Posted on May 21, 2018 by

I was an adult before I realized that barbed wire is not called Bob War, because that was how my grandfather pronounced it, and he happened to be the person who mentioned it to me most often, as he was … Continue reading →

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Review: John Gluck’s Voracious Science and Vulnerable Animals

Posted on November 14, 2016 by

The entire medical research enterprise is built on a foundation of intense and immense animal suffering. Most of the effective treatments we have now were previously tested on non-human animals before they were ever used on humans. On the other … Continue reading →

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Montaigne: We’re all animals

Posted on November 4, 2013 by

I have a bad habit of speculating about what animals, usually my dog or someone else’s pet, are thinking. This leads people close to me to accuse me of anthropomorphism. They say I assume animals experience the world in the … Continue reading →

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The ethics of eating talking plants

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

In a blog post on The Atlantic Wire, Sara Morrison writes, “Just when moral vegetarians thought their meal of choice wasn’t sentient, it turns out that plants can totally talk to each other. Even weirder, they communicate through underground fungi. … Continue reading →

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