#ANIMAL RIGHTS

[vegantinatalist]

its literal insanity. like 80 to 90 percent of african, hispanic, asian, and native american people are lactose intolerant, yet the schools in america barely provide anything else to drink. i think like only half of schools provide juice and 46 percent provide bottled water. schools are just owned by the animal ag industry and no one thinks its weird.

I think out of all animal products, milk is one of the weirdest to try and defend.

Like… milk? The food that makes roughly half of the world population shit themselves? The one that we, a species perfectly capable of producing milk, steal from a different mammal? The one that requires someone steal a calf away from their mother, which can cause both cattle to experience depression? The one that often involves the forceful impregnation of a cow? The one that’s linked to a myriad of health concerns?

That one? That’s the hill you want to die on?

[i-am-aprl]

For 153 days, we’ve seen Palestinians taking care of not only fellow humans by sharing food with each other, helping save people from under the rubble, carrying random bloody strangers to hospitals, and lending a helping hand at any given, but we’ve also seen them, constantly, taking care of animals during the genocide.

[shiverandqueeef]

[jesse-pinko]

As someone who works w animals “animals are not mindless automatons, they actually do have feelings and individuality and are capable of feeling acute physical and emotional pain and of forming deep attachments with other animals and people” and “animals are not human infants and have a limited capacity to communicate with humans so you have to familiarize yourself with their boundaries bc if they feel threatened or overstimulated they will fall back on their basic instincts and if you fuck around you are going to find out” are statements that can and should coexist

[devoted1989]

Image with kind permission from Joan Chan - Go Comics.

[wanderingcritter]

I think we need to normalize using "people" as a species neutral word.

Like idk in my brain the word people just doesn't automatically = human. To me it's just a way to signify intelligence and individuality, and to emphasize the need for respect towards another creature, not specific to any one species.

Dogs can be people, mice can be people, dragons can be people, humans can be people, birds can be people, elves can be people, robots can be people, and so on.

It's also (in my opinion) just much easier than always saying "beings" or "individuals" when referring to varying assortments of creatures.

[sayruq]

[kcyars99]

[animentality]

[daisylovesrumble]

Urge These Resorts to Stop Offering Cruel Dolphin Experiences! | PETA

Hawks Cay Resort in Florida and The Kahala Hotel & Resort and Hilton Waikoloa Village in Hawaii are supporting the abuse of intelligent dolphins by partnering with notorious Dolphin Quest or Dolphin Connection. These companies cruelly confine dolphins to tiny lagoons so they can offer tourists “swim with dolphins” experiences for profit.

[stefaniaferrario]

[sugas6thtooth]

Congo: People care more about animals than their fellow humans & "Eco"-warriors.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON CONGO!!!

[princess-of-thebes-1995]

fuck you, israel and American Israeli supporters

[diana-andraste]

Train the dog, don't shoot the dog.

Picture c. 1910 from an archive of Midwest found photography

[discrotter]

Dogs need a lot more attention than the 9-5 system allows, which makes dogs anxious. If we instead worked 4 hours a day, dogs would get the time and attention they deserve, and as a nice bonus, humans would be happier with more spare time too in general.

So if you actually love dogs, you have to hate capitalism as well.