UK Govt’s Ideological Agenda
Further to my post two days ago which detailed the UK government’s ideological agenda determining that it would be too much regulation to prohibit animals from performing in circuses, respected...
View ArticleThatcher and Me
Rumours of Margaret Thatcher’s departure from this mortal coil continue. I wrote about my anxiety on how to react to the news of the inevitable here. Here’s another take from Owen Jones, which I...
View ArticleWild Animals in British Circuses
Martin Lacey from the Great British Circus spoke out in support of animals performing in circuses but refused access to the BBC to film the animals in his care. A move which could be seen to be...
View ArticleInstitute for Animals and Social Justice
After more than one year of meetings between academics and animal advocates which was prompted, in part, by my call for an animal rights think tank at the Minding Animals seminar in London in 2008,...
View ArticleInvention of the Savage
The Invention of the Savage Exhibition at the Musee du quai Branly in Paris. Animal advocates know the spectacle of exhibiting animals in a zoo or in any other form of display is an affront to the...
View ArticleCommon Decency and Animal Welfare
Musician and astrophysicist Brian May recently launched a new campaign from his charity the Save Me Trust. It’s called Common Decency with a mission to reform Britain’s democracy. We want nothing less...
View ArticleWhat is to be done?
I wasn’t in a position to listen to all of yesterday’s debate in the House of Commons on the question of bombing Syria but I did hear the first hour or so. And the impression I came away with the most...
View ArticleTrump, Democracy and Animals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to remove from its website information about animal welfare is an assault on the democratic rights of citizens who care about animals. It signals to...
View ArticleMancept Workshops in Political Theory 2019
The first animal welfare manifesto published by GECCAP for the 1979 general election. I will be a speaker at the MANCEPT Workshops, which is an annual conference in political theory organised under the...
View ArticleAnimal Rights: From Obscurity to Acceptance
Animal advocates often moan about politicians because they don’t care about animals. They also complain about how existing legislation for animals is often biased in favour of those abusing animals. I...
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