#animal rights activism

[veganagenda]

in light of the recent stories coming out & being covered about animal rescuers being taking to court, consider this: if the animal agriculture industry isn't bad, why do they care so much whether a few sick/injured and, in their words, "unprofitable" animals are taken away from their farms? why are they so determined to press charges over this, to forcefully assert ownership of "property" over animals they recently admitted were worthless, and make the rescuers face jailtime and criminal records? why are they so unshakingly adamant that whatever footage these rescuers took of the insides of their farms remain unreleased, restricted and hidden from public view?

#hint: it's because like any other massive-scale tax-funded multi-billion industry. it's fucking evil #vegan #veganism #animal liberation #animal rights activism #environmentalism #environmental activism #animal rights #anarchism

[eco-friendly-ecology]

Animal rights vs animal welfare , aka why I struggle to identify as vegan

Not every animal rights issue puts the welfare of the animals first, which is seen most often in groups such as peta.

In animal welfare cases there is such a large difference between different types of animals and peoples opinions on how they should be treated, it makes me wish there were universal rules that could be applied to all animals and people could get in serious trouble for it (its not illegal to keep a dog locked indoors without walking it but that doesn't mean it's good for the dog)

Personally and in my own experience, zoos and aquariums that have high welfare standards do help people to connect with and understand wild species better and it gives people more incentive to help that animal if they are endangered and aren't typically cute, I've seen it and experienced it with vultures, no one really cares about the conservation of vultures until they see them in person.

I fully believe that it's possible to ride horses with the horses permission and for the horse to enjoy it, as long as it is done correctly. Every horse breed we have today is a domesticated or comes from the domesticated species, there is only one true wild horse species left in the world - the przewalski's horse, with only one record of a person being able to ride one. Your shetlands/clydesdales/warmbloods/icelandics were bred to be domestic, they bred to carry people and pull carts. Is there a significant amount of abuse in the equine industry ? Yes. Is the current equestrian standard putting the horses needs first ? No. Is the "normal" / industry standard way of backing a horse beneficial for them ? Nope. But that doesn't mean none of it is, yes riding two year old horses can cause significant health problems but not everyone starts their horses at that age, it's becoming more common for individuals to start training their horse for ridden work at 4 years old because they are more developed physically and mentally. They can learn more complex things and develop more confidence. Yes, some people try to speed up the training process with abusive and harsh methods, but not everyone does.

Not every human-animal interaction is good or bad, it depends heavily on the circumstances of the situation and how the interaction is handled

Everyone is capable of harming animals when they aren't informed of their care/behavioural cues. I see far too many "animal sanctuaries" interacting and caring for animals in neglectful/dangerous/sometimes abusive methods because they haven't researched the animal they're trying to look after

I dont believe it's possible for all pets to be fed a plant based diet, and I don't believe that all exotic pets are inherently bad. Like I said before research is needed so you can look after them properly and obtain them through responsible methods.

Some culls are necessary to sustain the current ecosystem in place in certain areas, because humans messed up and removed natural predators or let invasive species take over (yes I'm talking about deer and grey squirrels, yes I will die on this hill, no you can't change my mind on this one)

#vegan #ecology #ecosystems #animal welfare #animal rights #veganism #animal rights activism #animal wellbeing #animal welfare activism #animal welfare act

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from the New York Times:

As a matter of dollars and cents, the removal of two piglets from a sprawling farm in rural Utah was not a huge loss for its owner, Smithfield Foods, the world’s largest pork producer.

But several weeks after a group of animal rights activists posted a video online of their nighttime incursion into the Circle Four Farms in Beaver County, local and federal law enforcement officials began a multistate investigation. F.B.I. agents raided animal sanctuaries in Utah and Colorado, and at one of them, government veterinarians sliced off part of a piglet’s ear in their search for DNA evidence of the crime.

The authorities never recovered the stolen piglets, and the federal government declined to press charges. But prosecutors in Utah pursued felony burglary and theft charges against the activists, who faced prison sentences if convicted.

On Saturday, a jury acquitted two of the activists on the charges, a somewhat unexpected verdict in a part of rural Utah whose economy is largely tied to the fortunes of agricultural giants like Smithfield.

Wayne Hsiung, one of the defendants, said he was stunned by the verdict, given that the judge had not let the jury consider any testimony explaining why the activists had targeted the farm, filmed their incursion and then taken two sick piglets on their way out.

“This is a resounding message about accountability and transparency,” Mr. Hsiung, 41, said in an interview after the jury’s decision. “Every company that is mistreating its animals and expecting that government and local elected officials will just go along with them because they have them in their pockets will now realize that the public will hold them accountable, even in places like Southern Utah.”

“Instead of trying to put us in prison,” he added, “The better thing to do is just take care of your animals.”

Jim Monroe, a spokesman for Smithfield, expressed disappointment in the verdict, saying it would encourage other activists to trespass on farms and violate biosecurity policies aimed at preventing the spread of disease.

#animal rights #animal rights activism

[nerdykeith]

When it comes to vegan activism, obviously first and foremost it’s about the animals. But there are a lot of really bad anti-vegan arguments, fallacies if you will.

One of the worst I have come across is this idea of “humane slaughter”. This is not something that can truly be a thing. It would be the equivalent of a wanted criminal kidnapping another human being, pampering them and basically treating them like royalty while within their captivity. Then murdering them once they have fulfilled their usefulness. The said hypothetical criminal may even call it a humane murder. But no matter how many pretty terms we use, it doesn’t alter the reality of the brutality.

There is no such thing as humane slaughter, no more than one can humanely murder a human. We should have equal compassion for human beings and other animals

#veganism #humane slaughter #humanely slaughtered #animal welfare #animal rights #animal rights activism #for the animals #go vegan #be vegan #consider veganism #vegan

[sheepskinnedgoat]

I know this is a very painful and difficult pill for a lot of you to swallow, but PETA is not actually a good representation of Animal Rights Activism or Veganism as movements. A handful of wealthy, obnoxious white people should never be the poster child for any movement. Y'all can make that distinction for every other social justice movement, but because this one asks you to be critical of animal consumption and you don't care about animals, you attack it. Saying you like animals and actually valuing them as living beings are two very different concepts. Consider not knee-jerking every time these concepts get brought up. Do you knee-jerk every single time plastic gets brought up despite still using it? No! You acknowledge the problem, do your best and move on. But it's more fun to fantasize about mystical militant vegans. It's more fun to mock activists being murdered while offering solace to pigs. It's more fun to prop up a billion dollar industry that's paid to lie to you so you'll spend more money. No, I know not everyone can eat plant based, trust me I know this personally and intimately. That doesn't mean you can't support a cause and try your best to do better. Be better. And if this activism isn't for you? Do what y'all normally do when feeling overwhelmed by something beyond you. Look away. Look away from Black and Indigenous communities. Look away from the Amazon. Look away from the poisoning of people in poverty. Just look away and eat your burger and let people do their work. And shut the hell up.

#vegan #veganism #plant based #animal rights #animal rights activism

[oediex]

Dedicated to all the vegans who tirelessly speak out for non-human animals whose voices have systematically been repressed, and, by making it their mission to end our speciesism, are ushering in a world it's worth belonging to.

Dedication to Clare Mann, Vystopia: the anguish of being vegan in a non-vegan world (2018) (my emphasis)

#vegan #veganism #animal rights #animal rights activism #vystopia #clare mann #psychology #being vegan in a non-vegan world #i will be sharing more as I read on #reading

[briansfancies]

You’re the extremist if you oppose owning people, not me. Sorry, not sorry.

#Vegan #Veganism #NILF #No Injustice Lasts Forever #Slavery #Abolition #Abolishing slavery #Racist #Activism #Plant-based #Plant based #Shanika #Animal rights #Animal rights activism #Animals #Farm animals. #Animal Slavery #Alex O'Connor #Cosmic Skeptic #Cosmic Septic #Ex-vegans #Parody #Satire

[cowfemz]

Did my animal sanctuary volunteer orientation today ! I have never volunteered before so I was so nervous .

#vegan #veganism #pro vegan #anti vegan #vegan for the animals #ethical vegan #animal sanctuary #volunteering #animal rights activism #animal rights activist

[maroononthemoon]

"ARA stands for animal rights activists and that is *wild caricature not actually based in reality*"

"Think PETA *an organization that cares more about money than anything else and most actual activists do not support, and even then you have to parrot literal meat industry propaganda to make them sound more unequivocally evil than they already are* that's what the typical ARA believes"

I am so sick of seeing these posts reblogged by otherwise intelligent people who advocate critical thinking and social justice in every context except apparently animals.

This is what climate deniers and the oil industry did to environmental activists. Do you realize that? Spread lies to paint the movement as unhinged and ridiculous and dangerous. Create a boogeyman to make the industry look better than it is and make everyone else who at least acknowledges the harms of the industry feel better about not doing anything about it because 'at least you're not like those crazy activists' right?

You don't have to be a vegan. You don't have to be an activist. But please for the love of fuck, stop swallowing and spreading bullshit. Stop going out of your way to undermine a movement you can't be assed to actually learn about.

#i am... so tired #this shit is exhausting #veganism #carnism #shit carnists say #animal rights #animal rights activism #if you dont know anything about it and dont care to: fine whatever #if you hate peta: cool me too #if you met one deranged activist or one mean vegan: sorry you had that experience i guess #but please stop making shit up #stop coloring the entire movement with that brush #stop spreading misinformation #stop doing the work of a billion dollar industry for them #its not a good look #long post #vent post

[nioice]

I've been doing animal rights street activism (we put up some tables with petitions, info brochures, stickers, and buttons in the main shopping street of our capital and just chill there and talk to pedestrians if they come check us out, maybe hand out some flyers) almost every week for over a year now and it's so funny. People come to you and utter a half-articulated thought and you can guess which argument you've already heard 20 times they're going to make. Funny, but sad that it's a sign that they have no one in their private life who can answer these questions. I wish it was more natural and easy for us to get in contact with different belief bubbles

#The arguments are the same but I do my best to not treat everyone the same but get a feel for who they are and what the values that drive #them to the question are #activism #veganism #street activism #vegan activism #animal rights #animal rights activism

[bloominflowers]

funny dungeon dwellers

#this anime is so good #instant neuron activation right after watching the first episode #dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #laios touden #senshi #chilchuk tims #marcille donato

[daisylovesrumble]

Urge These Resorts to Stop Offering Cruel Dolphin Experiences! | PETA

Hawks Cay Resort in Florida and The Kahala Hotel & Resort and Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii are supporting the abuse of intelligent dolphins by partnering with notorious Dolphin Quest or Dolphin Connection. These companies cruelly confine dolphins to tiny lagoons so they can offer tourists “swim with dolphins” experiences for profit.

#animal welfare #animal rights #ocean life #dolphin #florida #activist #activism #peta #take action

[eco-friendly-ecology]

My struggles with the label vegan :

I don't eat meat, I don't purchase any animal products brand new in supermarkets and I avoid cosmetic products tested on animals. However I will butcher my own roadkill occasionally, and I will buy secondhand leather and vintage furs, I also buy ethically sourced animal bones/taxidermy/pelts/feathers etc from people I personally know or from people they trust.

I own horses, I ride my horses, I spend most of my time working to pay for my horses. I have spent 2 years building trust with my rescue racehorse who was abused severely once he came off the track, I have done everything at his pace and I listen to him when he says no, he used to be terrified of saddles and bridles due to the previous abuse. With painstakingly slow desensitisation training he can now wear a light saddle and bitless bridle without any signs of fear. He wouldn't let me stroke him when I first got him but now he seeks out affection and is confident/has positive reactions when I ride him (mostly bareback). Including tack I don't weigh more than 15% of his bodyweight, and i don't use spurs or whips (i would be dead if i tried to hold a whip on him). I ride him out on hacks as a form of enrichment and to boost his confidence when dealing with new things, I will school him in both flatwork and jumps on occasion to keep him occupied and to help build up more of his muscles and keep him in shape. Yes, I could lunge him or handwalk him to do the same thing but I can't run as fast as he can, working him on a lungeline will cause him to focus more on one side (the inside) than the other and not use all of his body correctly, and it's near impossible to assess a horses canter when you're the one leading them in a straight line and there's very rarely anyone to help me. Does this mean I'm 'exploiting an animal for my own benefit' ?

It is possible to farm animals with high welfare standards, it is possible to have meat/dairy/fur/wool farms that treat their animals with the kindness they deserve. Sometimes it's not the farmers abusing the animals, sometimes it's the actual slaughterhouses and abattoirs that are cruel and cause unnecessary suffering. I am not against farming/farmers, I am against the industrialisation of agriculture, I'm just not in a position to be able to support the farms I want to because they are more expensive and harder to trace.

I will forever put animal welfare above animal rights. You can't have animal rights that are beneficial for all animals without having a strong foundation of animal welfare legislation that is specialised to each species. (I am aware of the five freedoms but there's too many loopholes in them for me)

I own rescue snakes, geckos and frogs. They need to eat other animals to have a healthy life, so I have a section of my freezer dedicated to frozen rats/mice/quails and I have boxes of live cockroaches/crickets/mealworms.

I would rather kill an animal than force them to go through painful surgeries and treatments that reduce their quality of life.

I don't support most honey brands, because of the impact domestic bees have on wild populations (spreading diseases, purposefully putting hives in ecologically fragile locations such as lowland heathland etc)

Deforestation isn't inherently bad, it depends on the location and the type of forest. Huge man-made monoculture forests should be removed, and yes it will look like a post-apocalypse for a while but you soon see a variety of native plants sprouting (especially in areas where it used to have a dense canopy)

I will never call farmers evil and I will never advocate for the abolishment of all animal farms in the uk. I will advocate for more transparency in slaughterhouses, for easier tracing for the consumer so we know exactly where the animal products came from (not just a red tractor certified farm), for putting the animals welfare first, for paying farmers fairly, for more economic help for farmers to encourage sustainable and ecologically friendly methods (cover crops, woodland pastures, hedges>fences)

It is not beneficial to encourage human-wildlife interactions but understanding human impacts on wildlife is essential. Having foxes and badgers come to your back door isn't cute, it's an accident waiting to happen. Releasing 'rescued' invasive species ,like grey squirrels and mink, doesn't make you a wildlife warrior, it means you're uneducated and don't understand basic ecosystems.

(There's alot more but I needed this off my chest rn, so will be making a part 2)

#rant #vegan #animal rights #animal welfare #veganism #animal rights activism #animal welfare act #animal welfare activism #animal wellbeing #crueltyfree #foxes #fox #badger #badgers #uk #uk economy #grey squirrel #invasive species #american mink #wildlife #farming #farm #farmer #dairy industry #meat industry #fur industry #fur farming

[turtleblogatlast]

I am once again reiterating that Leo could and should be a figure skater because what are ice skates if not twin blades? What is dual blade swordsmanship if not a dance-like performance? Using the skates as blades themselves could let Leo make portals be his ice rink no? I rest my case. ⛸️

#rottmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt headcanons #rise leo #would also like to add that he loves glam rock and unicorns! and what’s something glam rock unicorns and figure skating share #that’s right ✨glitter baby✨ #(his glam rock look unironically fits right in with figure skater attire ngl) #I also mentioned his incredible ability to hold a pose before which helps him here #plus his fighting style in general can easilyyy incorporate figure skating elements #I am this 👌 close to animating a quick gif to show what I mean by those ice skate portals #and I do specify figure skating over hockey because 1) hockey is CASEY’S thing 😤 and 2) hockey just. doesn’t fit Leo? not enough ✨pizzazz✨ #episode where the A-plot is Casey Sr showing her love for hockey and ending up playing a life or death game against yokai #she brings Raph in for help (since I like Casey & Raph friendship) and he gets the rest of the fam to help fill out the team #Casey Jr is especially excited but he’s never actually played hockey before #Leo tries to join and immediately accidentally makes a portal with his skates when he tries twirling to show off #the gang wins the match and the ep ends with Leo finally making it back completely beat up from accidental portals #the gang: wow we won! haha let’s go get hot chocolate it’s cold in here #leo: *desperately twirling over an active volcano* THIS IS THE OPPOSITE PLACE TO BE RIGHT NOW #actually to extrapolate on this more I really adore the idea of the boys’ abilities needing to be retrained as they grow #because their powers have the opportunity to grow #Mikey just randomly floating off and needing to be tethered down until he gets the hang of it lol #and stuff like that

[stefaniamodel]

#stefania ferrario #vegan #blonde #animal rights #animal activism #lingerie protest

[vegan-butch]

Calling veganism a white and privileged thing is crucial for carnists to continue to exploit animals bc it maintains the human/animal hierarchy while pretending to be radical. This, however, ignores the black, indigenous, disabled, queer, feminist, and similarly informed critiques and understandings of animal agriculture and specisism.

It is not hard to find oppressed vegans talking about why animal rights and animal liberation is important to them. If you're still calling veganism white or ableist or whatever, you're being purposefully ignorant.

#.txt #vegan #veganism #animal rights #animal activism #Anyways read the spirit of soul food