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Animal rights
Crackpots through the ages
An Open Message to the Drama Queens who are Attacking Fellow Animal Activists & Trying to Get Us to Fight Each Other: pic.twitter.com/Ta8mdVvffO
— Squirrel Avenger (@Storm_Waves) November 2, 2014
Eating meat…
“The meat industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars lying to the public … but no amount of false propaganda can sanitize meat. The facts are absolutely clear: Eating meat is bad for human health, catastrophic for the environment, and a living nightmare for animals.”
~ Chrissie Hynde, The Pretenders
Not a factory…
The world is not a factory and animals are not products for our use
~Arthur Schopenhauer
Cruelty, despair and – hope?
Sometimes when I read about the cruelty against animals in certain countries, where it’s even more common than in others, I’m horrified and saddened. I get so angry at these cruel thoughtless people. I wish there was something to be done about all this horror. Then again, I sometimes remember that there are a few people who spend their lives trying to save innocent animals in those particular countries and I’m filled with admiration for them. How can they survive doing what they do, knowing that it will never be enough, but they still find the strength to save the ones they can save? These people are worthy of our deepest respect and admiration.
Infographic: Ending cosmetics testing on animals
I usually don’t share links here, but I’ll make an exception in this case. Click here, to see the infographic.
Dead heart…
“Anyone who has no feelings for animals has a dead heart.”
– Raegan Butcher, Rusty String Quartet
Tell Bristol-Myers Squibb to Stop Testing on Animals!
Click here to sign the petition. Tell Bristol-Myers Squibb to Stop Testing on Animals!
Spreading the word
Inspired by this article on Vegan.com, I have been working on becoming more active in supporting animal rights, human rights, veganism and the environment on as many sites as possible. After I read the article, I have also joined new social networks, just so I can spread my opinions wider.
In the past, I have to confess that I haven’t really felt at home on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. For instance, I think this is the third or fourth time I’ve joined MySpace, then deleted my account.
I have my favorite places on the web, where I feel I belong, where I enjoy hanging out, keeping in touch with my friends and so on. To some extent, I think I’ve become better at using my old favorites better, to get the word out.
After reading the article above, and this one, I have realized that I don’t have to “like” Facebook and Twitter or any of the other social networks, but I can still use them to get my message out.
If you are passionate about animals, veganism or any other cause, or for that matter anything else (in my case, for instance writing, books, languages, history) you can start too. You can use social networks to get your message out, whatever it is. That’s what those social networks are good for, in my opinion.
I won’t try to put the arguments in favor of this way of spreading the word, when others have done it so much better. If you’re interested, read the two articles I mention above.
Then, if you want to do what I have, start sharing URL:s to petitions, free donation sites and more. The more you share, the more people can get informed about important issues and causes.
And while you’re advocating your cause, you might find links to other interesting sites, funny images, food porn, quizzes etc. So I guess I don’t have as much against Twitter and so on, as I thought I did. Or maybe they’ve just grown on me.