“Many people like eating #meat, but most are reluctant to harm things that have minds. […] This dissonance motivates people to deny minds to animals. […] Animals considered appropriate for human consumption are ascribed diminished mental capacities. […] Meat eaters are motivated to deny minds to food animals when they are reminded of the link between meat and #AnimalSuffering.”

Just imagine you were used since childhood to eating (puppies of) farmed dogs, cats, dolphins and monkeys. Animals crammed into dark little places, maimed and overfed for the minimum number of days necessary for their meat to be economically viable. Imagine that everyone around you had done so for as long as you can remember. And imagine people kept cute shrimp, hens, goats and sheep as pets, giving them names, taking them to the vet, buying food and toys for them, etc.

Can you see the issue now? Are you willing to break out of that cognitive dissonance?

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0146167211424291

#veganism

Original toot date: 17 January, 2023

Hi everyone. I have just started a PETITION to end the use of FIREWORKS in Brimbank. I have been in communication with council but it seems they are no longer responding.
Can I please ask you all to SIGN the petition and perhaps even SHARE it with family and friends?
It would be so helpful and hopefully we can end the harm coming to the animals in this area who are traumatised ALL throughout December and again in January. The petition will give me the support I need to show council I am not a lone voice in the community. Thank you for your support.

https://www.change.org/brimbankfireworks

#animalwelfare #animalsafety #AnimalCruelty #animalsuffering #fireworks #PTSD #sensory #sensorydisorder #environment #protecttheenvironment #nofireworks #banfireworks

Why we need to be honest with children about the brutality of nature | New Scientist
Hash tag list:
#Nature
#Herbivorous
#Predator
#Attenborough
#EarthsEcologicalEngine
#FoodChains
#AnimalSuffering
#PestControl
#AnimalWelfare
#Slaughter
#Labs
#ScientificResearch
#Pets
#GameKeepers
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834342-600-why-we-need-to-be-honest-with-children-about-the-brutality-of-nature/

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sLcgxIGTFRs&feature=share #china Chinese are #psychopaths #animalSuffering #peta #inhumane

"Want to truly have empathy for animals? Stop owning pets"
by Troy Vettese

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/04/want-to-truly-have-empathy-for-animals-stop-owning-pets

In my defence: Sheba and I are both vegan, she comes from a local government pound, we spend on average three hours every day on walks, and I've worked from home since she came to live with me. I don't consider myself as her owner, rather as her guardian.

Unfortunately, what the author of this article describes is true for far too many companion animals.

#VeganPets #CompanionAnimals #compassion #animals #AnimalSuffering

This may be hard to read and the video contained in it may be hard to watch, but it is important to watch if you want to be fully conscious of your own choices of what you choose to eat. #factoryfarming #ethics #animalsuffering
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/opinion/meat-pork-animal-farm.html?smid=url-share

@paulpeace
Yep, tax animal agriculture out of existence. As much as I like the idea, there is a risk we'd end up with more animal suffering, at least in the short- and medium-term.

A meat tax has little consumer support, so most likely a tax would foremost or only be applied to the flesh of those animals that contribute most to global warming, ruminants. And consumers might just switch to eating more chickens, pigs and fishes.

It's explained here in more detail:
https://c2b5df1e-0ba2-4201-9fb6-87e92e6ad2c0.usrfiles.com/ugd/c2b5df_ecf0945e31054a62b33da5fd0816a86f.pdf

#AnimalAgriculture #MeatTax #AnimalSuffering #AnimalProtection #environment

Yep, tax animal agriculture out of existence. As much as I like the idea, there is a risk we'd end up with more animal suffering, at least in the short- and medium-term.

A meat tax has little consumer support, so most likely a tax would foremost or only be applied to the flesh of those animals that contribute most to global warming, ruminants. And consumers might just switch to eating more chickens, pigs and fishes.

It's explained here in more detail:
https://c2b5df1e-0ba2-4201-9fb6-87e92e6ad2c0.usrfiles.com/ugd/c2b5df_ecf0945e31054a62b33da5fd0816a86f.pdf

#AnimalAgriculture #MeatTax #AnimalSuffering #AnimalProtection #environment

Hi everyone. I have just started a PETITION to end the use of FIREWORKS in Brimbank. I have been in communication with council but it seems they are no longer responding.
Can I please ask you all to SIGN the petition and perhaps even SHARE it with family and friends?
It would be so helpful and hopefully we can end the harm coming to the animals in this area who are traumatised ALL throughout December and again in January. The petition will give me the support I need to show council I am not a lone voice in the community. Thank you for your support.

https://www.change.org/brimbankfireworks

#animalwelfare #animalsafety #AnimalCruelty #animalsuffering #fireworks #PTSD #sensory #sensorydisorder #environment #protecttheenvironment #nofireworks #banfireworks

@TheBicycleConspiracy #animalrights #veganism #animaldeath #wildlife #WildAnimalWelfare #animalSuffering #roadkill #PedestrianSafety #AnimalSafety #FuckCars

@roentare @kentparkstreet

"nice" seems an inappropriate adjective in this context, doesn't it?

#bushfires #grief #humanity #AnimalSuffering

In a world of Musks, Trumps, and Putins, be Jaxon....

#Kindness #Love #AnimalEthics #AnimalSuffering #Vegan #Veganism #AnimalRights

#sadmemes #climatechance #earthstike #saveearth #sealevels #globalwarming #animalsuffering #lifeonearth #2030