Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
I wrote a letter to the Washington Post in response to Wednesday’s article, A Dish That Gets a Fuzzy Reception. That letter, which they called Those Rabbits: Friend or Food?, was published today, FYI.
From the article:
Chef Stefano Frigerio braces himself when he puts rabbit on the menu at Mio. It’s only […]

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Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Property status
Humans have long dominated animals, including wild (or “free-living”) animals, treating them as if they were our property since well before our laws formally defined them as such. Over time, our sense of entitlement to use animals as things for our benefit became firmly embedded in our culture. Indeed, it […]

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“I’m Vegan” documentary profiles
I wanted to update everyone on the fundraising progress for I’m Vegan, the video project I first announced back in April. My total funding goal for the project is $25,000, $3,000 of which I received at the beginning of the year as a private donation. I set up […]

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Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Introduction
As with the term “rights,” there is a great deal of confusion about the term “animal rights.” Much of this confusion has been caused not just by the media and the industries that exploit nonhuman animals, but also by activists and animal advocacy groups using the term to loosely describe any […]

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Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Though this widely-reported news is nearly two weeks old now, I haven’t yet written about the Spanish parliamentary resolution to grant great apes the right to life and freedom. This is due in part to my posting schedule, but mainly I wanted to see how this all shook out. Then last […]

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Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Gary L. Francione just posted a self-produced vegan education pamphlet at his blog, The Abolitionist Approach. It’s a double-sided document, so it will be easy to reproduce and distribute. A lot of people have been clamoring for a resource like this, and now you finally have it, from the very person […]

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