Animal Rights

“Many people have the impression that there is significant scientific disagreement about global climate change. It’s time to lay that misapprehension to rest. There is a scientific consensus on the fact that Earth’s climate is heating up and human activities are part of the reason. We need to stop repeating nonsense about the uncertainty of global warming and start talking seriously about the right approach to address it.”
~ Naomi Oreskes, 2004-12-26


	Seal Hunt	The Canadian commercial seal hunt is a barbaric bloodlust ritual where baby seals are beaten to death with spiked clubs and also skinned alive, all for no economic benefit. Its motive is simple sadism. 2008-04-30

	Cetacean Intelligence	Cetaceans (Whales and dolphins) are intelligent. I give mostly personal experiences as evidence. This issue is particularly important because members of the Makah Indian band in Washington state have revived the ancient religious rites of whale sacrifice. The Makah along with most people are convinced that whales are just big cows and so it is perfectly OK to kill them. 2008-05-03

	Free Range Eggs	The case for buying free range eggs in preference to “factory” eggs. 2008-04-30

	Animal Slaves	Modern day animals are treated with much the same disdain slaves were in past. We will have an awakening to that suffering. 2008-04-30

	Whale Torture	The US Navy is using low frequency sounds millions of times louder than considered safe for human divers. These are tormenting whales driving them to suicide. 2008-04-30

	Protest Japanese Whale Hunting	Japan kills 90 whales a year in the name of “research”, and sells the carcasses as food. The Japanese Mitsubishi Electric plans a salt plant that will send gray whales into extinction. 2008-04-30

	Protest Makah Whale Hunting	Members of the Makah Indian band in Washington state want to revive the ancient religious rites of whale sacrifice, only now using high power boats and high power weapons. The point of the exercise is not money or food, but to “improve their self esteem”. Why not revive the rites of human sacrifice while you are at it? 2008-05-03

	John Lilly	obituary of John Cunningham Lilly, M.D. dolphin researcher and lots more. 2008-05-03

	Whale Sacrifice Banned	Sanity has prevailed and the Makah gray whale hunt in the USA has been banned. 2008-04-30

	Dolphin Slaughter	The Japanese are about to slaughter 17,000 dolphins. We stopped the Makah’s lunacy. Surely we can also wake up the Japanese to the stupidity and cruelty of what they are doing. 2008-04-30

	Plant-Based Diet	There are three main reasons for switching to a plant-based (not necessarily strictly vegan) diet: Better for your health. Reduces cruelty to animals. Better for the planet. For details check out these sites: Earthsave BC, Earthsave International and meatstinks.com. You don’t have to become a rabid vegetarian to generate the benefits, just start treating meat as a condiment rather than the foundation of your diet. Give peas a chance!

	Feedback	Read feedback from readers of the animal rights section. If you don’t want your message and my reply publicly posted, please let me know. 2008-04-30

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