Figs are technically not a fruit because they don’t flower like apple and pear trees do. Instead, a fig tree’s flowers bloom inside the pear-shaped pod, which matures into the fruit we eat. The pollination of naturally growing… [Read More]

Having labels makes life easier in many respects. It enables us to identify specific groups of people and to help those people access the things they need, and to protect them if need be. Some groups of people… [Read More]

Perhaps the most incorrect assumption about veganism is that it’s a diet. Being vegan is not a diet. It is a moral choice to abstain from causing unnecessary exploitation and suffering to animals. The word ‘vegan’ is used… [Read More]

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals estimates about 3.3 million dogs enter U.S. animal shelters every year. (Source) In Houston, Texas, alone, there are more than 1 million stray dogs, according to the city’s pet shelter, BARC…. [Read More]

I am always torn as to whether I should bother refuting counter arguments such as this, because on the one hand they are always so obviously flawed , yet on the other I think it is necessary to… [Read More]

The “all or nothing” argument is strange and ridiculous, but one that seems to be cropping up everywhere lately. I’ve heard various versions of this stance over the years, but the latest one was that vegans exploit the… [Read More]

What’s wrong with raising backyard hens? The hens get to roam around the land – eating a fairly natural diet – you house them in a coop, get them vaccinated, and in return receive their eggs. Furthermore, what’s… [Read More]

Can cats be vegan? Well no, because cats don’t have the critical thinking capacity to consider the moral implications of breeding animals to eat, or indeed the subsequent use of their skin, fur and bodily by-products to produce… [Read More]

Avon is a longstanding cosmetics company that that was founded in the mid-1930s. The founder David H. McConnell started out a struggling salesman, but his persistence selling perfumes, powder and rouge and lipsticks saw his company become one… [Read More]

Being vegan in a world dominated by animal agriculture and its by-products is not easy at the best of times. Trying to avoid animal ingredients in foods, cosmetics, clothes, and even razors is a minefield we have to… [Read More]