The following is an excerpt from Thanking The Monkey: Rethinking The Way We Treat Animals by Karen Dawn What would you do if your neighbor kept her puppy permanently caged, never letting him out to exercise or relieve himself? And what if that cage was a narrow crate and the puppy was chained by the [...]
Because I’m female, my body and breast feel for a cow and her life of unrest. Because I’m female, I’m filled with disdain at using sisters for financial gain. Because I’m female, I’m upset at how insemination is forced on a cow. Because I’m female, it’s awful to see cows impregnated artificially. Because I’m female, [...]
Photo: Cheese Promotion website by the U.S. Government’s Dairy Management, Inc. In the United States, the dairy industry is intertwined with the federal government in a peculiar relationship. Milk producers and processors pay a portion of their sales revenues into a fund. The Secretary of Agriculture appoints the thirty-six-member Diary Board and the twenty-member Fluid [...]
As many workers take this holiday Monday to relax, spend time with family, and enjoy the final days of summer, most spare no thought for those enslaved to human masters on farms around this country — those who get no holiday. Historically, animals have made up the foundation of a nation’s work force. They pulled [...]
The following is from Mary Martin’s blog: Animal Person. I’m not one of those people who thinks family is composed of only humans or humans who are biologically related. That’s one of the reasons adopting wasn’t a stretch for me at all mentally. The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry [...]
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau explains the inherent exploitation of the female reproductive system in the dairy and egg industries. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet