AUGUST 2014 DOGGIERESCUE.COM MAGAZINE


5. We hold a sausage sizzle to raise money for a dog shelter, or a high-end meat-laden dinner to generate funds for marriage equality;


6.


So insidious is the nature of speciesism, that normally progressive individuals and groups are guilty of it without even recognising it. If this seems extreme, consider the following evidence put forward by Fox which outlines some interesting ironies and contradictions which we as a society seem to not even notice:


1. Businesses that tout themselves as being "conscious" or "ethical" because they have developed outstanding standards in their relationships with staff, customers and suppliers and perhaps even implemented some environmentally responsible initiatives, have practices that involve animal exploitation or cruelty;


2. You are horrified at another culture that mass slaughters and serves up cats and dogs for dinner but do not have the same reaction when it comes to cows, pigs, sheep, hens or turkeys;


3. Feminists, rightly, decry rape culture and the control of women's reproductive systems while simultaneously posting pictures of the (now barely recognisable) abused and tortured bodies or body parts of non-human animals they've eaten for lunch, or consume dairy products that are created by the hijacking of the reproductive systems of female cows;


Cartoons by Ryley Miller


4. We call someone who has committed heinous acts that we disapprove of an "animal";


An ad, featuring a woman's bottom depicted as a hamburger bun is banned for being "exploitative and


13


degrading to women", while the once living, breathing, sentient animal whose body was turned into the actual burger, is forgotten. She or he has become so objectified and turned into a something instead of a someone that their suffering does not even warrant consideration, let alone outrage.


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52