Archive for the category “Animals”

Property and Cruelty

“When you treat living beings as things–as commodities–cruelty is not only inevitable, it is inseparable.”

- Eric Prescott

Simple Answer

“Mark Bittman answered my prayers by writing an article exposing how the meat industry contributes to global warming, world hunger and other issues plaguing our world. But there is indeed a simple answer to these problems: Go vegan.”

- Elaine Sloan

(here is the article her letter references)

Tradition and Values

“It’s difficult to get people to turn their backs on “traditions” and “rites of passage” that have existed for a long time, but I’ve got to hope that people will eventually see compassion as a tradition worth being remembered for.”

- Taste BetterĀ 

Humane Meat Is An Oxymoron

“[...]what’s inherently humane about killing a sentient being when you don’t need to[? ...] Slaughter isn’t compassionate or kind.”

- Mary Martin, Ph.D, Animal Person