Wtf is wrong with people?

Trigger warning for severe animal abuse. From the Arkansas Times (via Feministe) Jacob Burris, who has served as Aden's campaign manager since late October, arrived home with his family Sunday evening, and his four children discovered the gruesome scene as they exited the family vehicle to enter their home. The family pet, an adult, mixed-breed …

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Questions I’ve Been Asked About Animal Rights

Originally I planned on writing a different entry today, on Islam, but this has kept emerging ever since the last entry about the subject.You wouldn't object if I crushed a cockroach. This is hypocritical, and proves that you don't respect all living things equally as you claim.You probably wouldn’t torture the cockroach before you killed …

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Prevalent Perceptions on Animal Rights, and on Vegetarians & Vegans

I am not good with ultimatums. I once told myself, If anyone is anti-choice, I can't be friends with him/her. But then I met someone anti-choice, and dammit I had to like her. She was kind and sweet and fascinated with astronomy. (Also I am convinced that in the future she will change her mind.) …

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