Author Archives: orcasandanimals

The tension of rights and wrongs: a critique of combining rights with welfare

Posted on September 7, 2015 by orcasandanimals

Welfare campaigns (for example those run by HSUS and CIWF) are not generally of particular interest for animal rights advocates. Welfare campaigns function to promote less bad treatment for animals, and that is essentially what they do. A rights perspective … Continue reading →

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Vegan cupcakes

Posted on August 24, 2015 by orcasandanimals

Much of the recent criticism around veganism has stemmed from the reduction of veganism to a diet, so it seems useful to reflect that the vegan diet and other vegan practices originate in the vegan philosophy; and that the philosophy … Continue reading →

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Animal Rights Zine and Info Display at VegfestUK London

Posted on August 18, 2015 by orcasandanimals

As announced earlier this year there will be an ‘Animal Rights Zine and Info’ display at the London Vegfest event on October 10th 11th.  The display itself will be situated in the area by the cinema entrance on level 3, and for … Continue reading →

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‘Veganism is easy!’ But where does privilege fit in?

Posted on August 3, 2015 by orcasandanimals

From time to time a discussion arises involving the idea that veganism is ‘easy’, and whilst it is fair to say that we are not going to advocate veganism as ‘difficult’, we cannot neglect that for many people veganism is … Continue reading →

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An animal rights view of flexitarianism.

Posted on July 25, 2015 by orcasandanimals

This is a short article that takes a critical look at flexitarianism from an animal rights perspective; examining the five points of flexitarian philosophy as described by the Flexitarian Bristol campaign.  The group itself aims to raise awareness of the … Continue reading →

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Veganism in a violent society.

Posted on July 20, 2015 by orcasandanimals

*This is a piece originally submitted to Project Intersect, ‘an anarcha-feminist zine focusing on ethical veganism, activism, & the collective struggle against capitalist patriarchy. . ‘  The title of the second zine in the series is ‘on violence’, and more … Continue reading →

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One world. Many lives. Our ‘choice’?

Posted on July 12, 2015 by orcasandanimals

The current Vegan Society slogan is ‘One world. Many lives. Our choice’, and whilst it can be said there is one world experienced through many lives, there appears to be a certain issue with the claim that veganism is ‘our … Continue reading →

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Summon The Vegan Police

Posted on July 10, 2015 by orcasandanimals

The Vegan Police typically refers to a group of people that go around ‘policing’ vegan practise. There is only one problem… it is not possible to police vegan practise. Instead it is very much up to the individual how they … Continue reading →

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The entanglements of welfare campaigns.

Posted on July 1, 2015 by orcasandanimals

A standard definition of veganism is that ‘the word “veganism” denotes a philosophy and way of living which seeks to exclude — as far as is possible and practical — all forms of exploitation of, and cruelty to, animals for … Continue reading →

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The phenomenon of ‘new welfarism’.

Posted on June 3, 2015 by orcasandanimals

It may seem consistent that vegans would promote vegan philosophy and practice. However, this is not always the case, and part of the reason could be that many of the large North American animal campaigning organisations adopted an approach that … Continue reading →

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