#animal exploitation

[veganfairylights]

So we should let endangered animals go extinct as some have recovered well what in zoos? Should we let the ones born there die in the wild as they can’t properly function outside?

The majority of animals in zoos are not endangered. They are simply there because humans want to look at them. Nothing more, nothing less.

Also, if zoos truly had the animals' best interests at heart, they wouldn't allow visitors. They'd build bigger enclosures. They'd focus on keeping the animals wild and not letting them get used to humans, ever.

There are thousands of wildlife sanctuaries that actually focus on saving endangered species without submitting them to unnecessary, stressful human contact.

@acti-veg has a post going more into detail.

And to answer your last question: if an animal cannot survive in the wild, that doesn't mean that a zoo is its best option. Yes, it may need human help to survive, but it doesn't need spectators. It doesn't need a tiny enclosure. It needs as much freedom as it can get with as little human intervention as possible, and that is something that zoos are never going to provide, because at the end of the day, they're using animals as entertainment and for profit. And that will always be unethical.

[radicalli57]

Different topic; Misogyny extended to other female animals.

Artificial insemination and forcefully breeding female animals is sexually exploiting an animal.

I work within the equine industry as a positive reinforcement trainer, and the treatment mares get is absolutely horrific. Almost everyone who owns a mare will breed them, and majority of the time the mare has no say. It is such common practice to tie a mare up so that she cannot move and force a stallion on her. Left to her own choice a mare is capable of killing a stallion if he refuses to leave her alone, she cannot even try to escape or deter him in the position she is forced in.

This is the reality for so many female animals in captivity, and the reasoning is always a misogynistic one which removes the female’s autonomy in her reproduction.

Mares and many other female animals in the wild pick the male, it is their choice whether they choose to breed or not, humans (majority males, I rarely see females preform these practices) take this choice away from them.

There are unfortunately a lot of women who engage in these practices with animals, and the disconnect they have to their fellow female animals is disturbing.

[peasbekind]

[vegandude73]

[from-bugs-to-birds]

FB2B Animal Fact

Slow Loris

The Slow Loris is the only venomous primate! They produce venom in their armpits and will lick the secretions to deliver a venomous bite.

Conservation Status: Vulnerable or Endangered and exploited in the illegal pet trade.

If you find an injured animal, contact a rehabber. Do not try to do it yourself. Click here to find a rehabber near you.

[thoughtlessarse]

Winner of the Humanity vs Nature category: Breeding Machine by Amy Jones - Elderly Indochinese tigress on a tiger farm, Thailand, 2023. An elderly Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) rests her fragile body against the concrete wall of her enclosure on a tiger farm in northern Thailand. For over 20 years, she was trapped inside this cage and used as a breeding machine, producing cubs for industries ranging from tiger tourism to the illegal trade in tiger skins, teeth, bones, claws, and meat - Photograph: Amy Jones

Click source for more 2025 Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation Environmental Photography award

[morethansalad]

Gentle reminder that veganism is not a diet.

Veganism is not a lifestyle either.

Veganism is a social justice movement with the goal of liberating animals from our speciesist cultural practices which have incorrectly come to believe that exploiting animals is necessary for survival and even a civilized notion. Being vegan includes doing all that is possible in your power to practically avoid supporting industries and practices which deprive animals of a complete & happy life.

It's not new. It's not a fad. It is radical in this day and age, but simply in the same way that labor laws (eg. for children, slaves, sweatshop workers, slaughterhouse workers, etc) were and still are. Exploitation is exploitation.

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[bricksandmutualaid]

I know most people think it's ridiculous but honestly milk and the various alternatives to it are a clear sign of capitalism and exploitation. Not many people think about or care about the widespread exploitation of cattle to harvest milk for everyday use, even then people dismiss alternatives to this industrial scale exploitation for a wide variety of reasons often fed by capitalist propaganda and misunderstanding. It really shows the capitalist realism that grips most people, to them they can't understand or really conceive of a system that doesn't entail widespread exploitation of other living beings and they look down on others who can see and try to achieve systems that don't involve it. Just my random thoughts.

You bring up a solid point about how capitalist realism limits people’s ability to imagine alternative systems. The normalization of large-scale animal exploitation is a great example of this—most people don’t even question it because it’s been ingrained as a necessity. Even when plant-based or lab-grown alternatives exist, they’re often dismissed as ‘unnatural’ or ‘elitist,’ despite industrial dairy being one of the most artificial and resource-intensive industries around.

It’s wild how deeply these structures shape our perception of what’s ‘normal’ and ‘possible.’ If we break free from capitalist logic, we can start thinking about truly ethical and sustainable systems—not just for food but for everything. What kind of alternatives do you think would be viable on a community-based, non-exploitative scale?

[gentle-isnt-kind]

Me, and every other vegan on this site: maybe exploiting animals... is bad? And we don't need to?

Tumblrinas: we've been exploiting animals hundreds of years, and nothing bad has come of it *sweeps all the bad that has come of it under the rug* so we're not going to change. Also, you saying that is [insert some virtue signalling thing here]

Animal exploiting farmers: umm, actually [insert animal product here] is good for you

Tumblrinas: see?? It's so so good for us! And why would they lie just because they make money off us buying these products??? Vegans are weird.

Do y'all see how you sound?

[vi-chan-things]

I hate myself. I'm one of those people who are completely against the exploitation of animals. I'm against dolphinariums and the exploitation of animals in circuses (I can still accept dogs as a maximum). But even so, I still buy money for this fucking aquarium just to see them

And I just look at it and I'm both amazed and crying. I love orcas so much. Yes, they are fierce predators. But they are beautiful. Adorable creatures.

I hope that if I don't die a natural death, a killer whale will eat me, so I can make amends.

[slowandsweet]

"Tens of billions of land animals slaughtered every year; hundreds of millions every day; thousands in the time it takes to read this sentence. The number grows by billions more every year, into multiples that feel as abysmal as they are mind-numbing.

On top of 80 billion, how can we comprehend another 5, 10, 20 billion more? How can it get worse? And while we can count suffering in the aggregate, these animals experience it as individuals, each one containing an infinite depth of conscious experience. Our human world is built atop a parallel universe of their misery, an inferno from which most of us prefer to look away.

Since I made the choice to leave meat behind for ethical reasons more than a decade ago, the factory farm system has only gotten bigger and bigger. That’s one reason why I’ve spent the last several years reporting on meat’s impacts on animals, climate, politics, and culture. In this piece, I wanted to take a step back and think through the depth of the challenge facing the movement against animal exploitation" (By Marina Bolotnikova). Read the full article here.

Image by Chantal Kaufman

[veganfairylights]

Why do people get mad when they ask vegans for advice and then don't get the answer they want?

"Is honey vegan?"

"No, it isn't."

"But [long tirade]."

Shouldn't you get more upset at the pervasiveness of animal exploitation? Shouldn't you get angry at the system itself and not the person trying to do something about it?

[bedtimesweets]

This video is Chumley approved!

“You are not done yet”

[vegandude73]

[from-bugs-to-birds]

Pangolin

CONSERVATION STATUS: Endangered or Critically Endangered

There are 9 species of pangolin spanning across Africa and Asia. Their scales make them unique as the only mammal to have them covering their entire body!

These scales, however, are what make these animals so valuable. Pangolin scales are sought after for use in Traditional Medicine, as well as their meat that is considered a delicacy. Scales sell for thousands of dollars per kg.

It should be no surprise now that they are the most trafficked mammal only second to humans.

If you find an injured animal, contact a rehabber. Do not try to do it yourself. Click here to find a rehabber near you.

Please add on any organization to donate to pangolin conservation! I don't currently have enough knowledge on orgs to recommend.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

ok YES it was my circus but i firmly deny the accusation those are my monkeys.