07.18.07

Chickens are Smart: I’ll Cluck to That!

Posted in Veganism, Creation Appreciation, Animal Rights at 9:51 pm by Freeman Wicklund

One Smart Chicken
Albert Chicken-stein (not his real name, but his hair/feather-style is very reminiscent of the brainiac, don’t you think?). Chickens are as smart as primates. They have well-developed memories, an ability to learn, and a desire to not be eaten. This little clucker resides at Poplar Springs Animal Sanctauary.

The United Poultry Concerns President, Karen Davis, has her hackles up over people who continue to bad-mouth chickens. A recent article quoted a woman who justified eating chickens by saying they are the “least intelligent” of all farmed animals. Karen sets the record straight by showing the overwhelming evidence in support of chicken intelligence in a lucid editorial that The Buffalo News ran July 17, 2007. Read the rest of this entry »

07.09.07

Why Don’t You Drink Milk?

Posted in Veganism, Animal Rights, Farm Investigations at 9:00 pm by Freeman Wicklund

Behind the Mustache; a short documentary by Farm Sanctuary.

“Why don’t you drink milk?” When you are vegan, like I am, you get asked this question a lot. People often think the milk industry is quite benign. However, I’ve noticed there to be a lot of misconceptions about the dairy industry like this classics: they don’t need to kill cows to get milk; cows always produce milk; and cows enjoy being milked. Read the rest of this entry »