#animalsinsociety

Chow! I took this image with a camera phone and zooooomed in. Despite the quality of the shot, THIS CHOW IS ADORABLE!!!

Lawyer Steven Wise was first introduced to the ideas of animal rights and animal personhood by reading philosophy books. He soon realized, however, that philosophers and lawyers mean different things when

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus have announced that by 2018 they will no longer feature elephants in their shows. This comes after many lawsuits, fines, and cities that have banned circuses

Remember the cow in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe? A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns

Chickens like to spend time in the sunshine, spread their wings, dust bathe, spend time with their families and find safe places to hide their eggs.

The appeal to nature, also known as the naturalistic fallacy, is a logical fallacy in which what is natural is assumed to be good. For instance, natural environments are often assumed to be better than

“I am a cow. “I am a cow in a lovely pasture, a green expanse ringed by distant barns. “In front of me is another cow— Karutz explains that this is a mirror image of my avatar, put there because, given

As a young child, I loved cats and dogs but ate pigs and cows. I didn't know that's what I was doing. I stopped wanting to eat animal flesh when I was a kid and I first found out that meat was the bodies

Philosopher David Pearce wants to see a world where all sentient beings are well cared for. With the rapidly advancing technology in computing and nanotechnology, he sees the possibility for a world where

Pets v. farm animals

"It warn't the grounding —that didn't keep [the steamboat's arrival] back but a little. We blowed out a cylinder-head." "Good gracious! Anybody hurt?" "No'm. Killed a [slave]."