animal welfare

That Sad Viral Story of a Goat Shows Ethical Void of the Meat Industry

by Gabriel Rosenberg and Jan Dutkiewicz

Cedar the goat has a name. Millions of other farm animals don't, and industry spends a lot of money to keep it that way, while obscuring the ideological work that goes into convincing Americans that animals are only meat. 

The Elephant Who Could Be a Person

by Jill Lepore

A petition challenging the keeping of Happy, an Asian Elephant, by the Bronx Zoo raises questions about the legal status of personhood. If it applies to protect the property and civil rights of corporations, can it be extended for the protection of the natural world? 

The Man Who Made Us Feel for the Animals (review)

A new book uses the life story of ASPCA founder Henry Bergh to illustrate the interdependence of humans and non-human animals in urban society.