Making the crucial distinction between animal welfare and animal rights
Understanding the important difference between the terms ‘animal rights’ and ‘animal welfare’.
Category: Ethical
The Cruelty Behind Wool
What’s wrong with wool you ask? “Well on the surface, it appears that wool is a benign product because, at least theoretically it can be obtained without harming the sheep. However upon a closer...
The Truth About Silk
Silk is a protein fibre, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. Today, China and Japan are the two main producers, together accounting for more than 50% of global production each year....
What’s Wrong with Leather?
Are you a vegan? Vegetarian? If so then I expect that you already have your views on why leather is ‘bad’. It is a by-product, sometimes referred to as a co-product, of the animal...
Fur Cruelty
Fur coats and fur consumer products are found all around the world. Animals that are trapped or farmed for these products range from minks, foxes, chinchillas, lynxes and raccoons to dogs, cats, rabbits and...
Ethical Reasons to go Vegan
Have you ever been onto a social media site and been horrified by a story of animal abuse a fellow ‘outraged’ friend has shared? Would you be outraged if you saw someone walk up...