On AlterNet: animals

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "animals"

3 Ways Laws Are Stacked to Favor Fracking Companies -- And How We Can Change That

Peter Montague, AlterNet. January 19, 2012.

The U.S. legal system is strongly biased in favor of economic growth, even if it harms human health and the environment.

If Corporations Have Rights Like People, Shouldn't Animals?

Sue Russell, Miller-McCune.com. December 22, 2011.

In a nation where corporations are people and others want fetuses to be, a core of philosophers and attorneys are trying develop laws to declare animals “legal persons.”

How Much Do Americans Really Know About Democracy? Turns Out We Could Learn a Few Things From Nature

Ellen LaConte, AlterNet. October 10, 2011.

Democracy is not something we have but something we do, together; how we organize ourselves and relate to and behave with each other. And it's not unique to humans.

Do Some Circus and Zoo Animals Dream of Freedom and Revenge Against Their Masters? One Author Says Yes

Thaddeus Russell, Reason. May 26, 2011.

Translating the revolutionary consciousness of voiceless animals is no more silly than doing the same for human beings.

Animals Have Emotional Lives, Too

Marc Bekoff, YES! Magazine. March 29, 2011.

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience.

Whistleblower Reveals That Humane Slaughter of Animals Is Essential to Food Safety But Horrific Conditions Persist

Greg Kaufmann, The Nation. March 12, 2010.

The verdict is still out on whether the USDA has the will to make the changes necessary for a safe and humane food system.

Quitting Meat Is a Process -- Almost Impossible to Do All at Once

Jonathan Safran Foer, AlterNet. November 11, 2009.

When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not. It's a strange formulation, and it's distracting.

Will We Still Eat Meat, Drink Milk, and Fry Eggs in 2109?

Kathy Freston, AlterNet. June 8, 2009.

The world will be a much better place in 100 years if we rethink the way we eat.

One Bite at a Time: A Beginner's Guide to Vegetarianism

Kathy Freston, Huffington Post. March 2, 2007.

How to become vegetarian -- and help save the environment -- in six easy steps.