Tag: animal welfare

02
Aug
2010

Minor Suffering from Killing?

Q: I have tried to avoid the killing of insects but realise that this is impossible. I therefore consider that…

26
Jul
2010

Do Plants Feel Pain?

Q: Why eat plants? Don’t plants feel pain too? A: Plants are life forms but not sentient life – in…

15
Jul
2010

The Half-Truths of Mainstream Media?

A TV program showed how some ‘special cows’ were reared with good food and even music – to make them…

14
Jul
2010

Liberation of Fish

In the movie ‘Triple Tap’, there is a an end scene with two guys freeing the fish they caught into…

14
Jul
2010

Vegetarians are Originally Vegans!

Here is a very interesting piece of news from Vegetarian Society Singapore’s newsletter at http://www.vegetarian-society.org/node/1362#05 : The first people who…

14
Jun
2010

Partial Compassion is Discrimination

Ironically, though non-vegetarian non-nature-lovers are less compassionate than non-vegetarian nature-lovers who protect selective animals, they are less discriminative as they…

07
Jun
2010

Sacred Duty

Please don’t ask me to speak against animal liberation. Just as it is seen as a sacred duty for some…

25
May
2010

The Speciesist Few?

If a handful of people dislike those of another race and rant against their ways, this doesn’t mean that the…

10
May
2010

That’s Why I’m Veg*n

I don’t eat dead animals because that supports killing them, with demand for their meat. That’s why I’m vegetarian. I…

10
May
2010

Don’t Talk about Your ‘Great Wisdom’

Don’t talk about your ‘great wisdom’ if you do not have the slightest compassion for the weakest beings. Don’t talk…

05
May
2010

Something Interesting About Nature-Lovers

Something interesting about some nature-lovers is that they protect certain animals while eating other animals. It’s speciesism, partial compassion. Something…

05
May
2010

Not That I Disrespect

It is not that I disrespect your offering that I refuse to take your meat, but that I respect animals…

29
Apr
2010

Let’s Improve Our Collective Karma!

22
Apr
2010

Their Attachment to Life

Vegetarians and vegans are often accused of being attached to their choice of food. In many cases, this is a…

22
Apr
2010

Why Speak Up for Animals?

I have to speak up for animals because they can’t speak for themselves. I have to speak up for animals…

15
Apr
2010

Bad Gift Karma?

Question: I contributed money for a group gift, but later realised that it wasn’t an animal-friendly gift. Do I create…

15
Apr
2010

How You Can Save The World

Your karma makes your world go round. Our karma makes our world go haywire too. [i] We All Create Karma…

07
Apr
2010

I Find It Hard to Understand

I find it hard to understand people who complain of gory videos, of animals being killed because this is the…

07
Apr
2010

Helping or Paying Back?

Question: A friend says my caring for stray cats is due to me ‘owing’ them karmically, though I feel that…

30
Mar
2010

Simplest & Most Humane Solution for Pigeon Problem

Something written for the press that went unpublished: I refer to the letter ‘Town council right in culling pigeons‘ (Mar…