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VEGANISM AND PETS

• Dogs, Cats…and Vegans
Veganism and pets is a tricky subject. Ultimately veganism is about ending the exploitation of other animals, and letting them live on their terms and not ours. Let’s go through the frequently asked questions about pets and do our best to address them from the vegan viewpoint…
• Home For The Free: Our Advocacy, Our Animals
The late Henry Spira, who founded a group called Animal Rights International, asked “why we cuddle some animals and put a fork in others.” And to this day, the romantic concept of the “human-animal bond” assumes that humanity’s relationship with our pets is the ideal. Is it? Lee Hall discusses the issue with One Green Planet. There is space to comment under the column and many interesting responses have already been shared.
• Animals as Pets: Transcript from a talk at the London Vegan Festival (Sep. 2008)
Lee Hall spoke about the thorny subject of animals, domestication and pets at the London Vegan Festival in 2008. There is a substantial amount of feedback from the conference-goers, and thanks to Claudette Vaughan, all of it was transcribed.

LIFE-CHANGING: TAKING THE VEGAN PLEDGE

• Become a Vegan in 30 Days or Less: Sign to Support Now
• Update from the 2010 Vegan Pledge
  "Ripples: Maryanne and Steve, and the Vegan Pledge in Philadelphia"
• Friends of Animals Vegan Pledge 2010. And Gone Pie. Text and photos by Kathy Patalsky (April 2010)

NEW WRITINGS IN THE VEGAN, QUARTERLY PUBLICATION OF THE VEGAN SOCIETY

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  Article in The Vegan (Vegan Society’s quarterly magazine, Winter 09): The Vegan Paradigm Shift - Reasons for Optimism by Lee Hall
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  Vegetarian First? Comment on Gary Francione’s essay in The Vegan (Vegan Society’s quarterly magazine, Spring 2010): Becoming Vegan: Vegetarian First? by Lee Hall

• THE PEACEABLE KINGDOM, DISRUPTED

  The sabotage of a public talk at the annual Vegan Festival at London’s Kensington Town Hall -- and why it’s not just my issue by Lee Hall
• Related article: Lee Hall, Pacifist but Not Passive: Veganism as Direct Action (Feb. 2009)

• HUMANE MEAT? HOGWASH!

  
  

• COLLABORATIONS: WORKS FROM PRISCILLA FERAL AND LEE HALL AT THE ABOLITIONIST ONLINE (CLAUDETTE VAUGHAN, ED.)

• Lee Hall responds to Austrian activist Martin Balluch: More industry reform... or the vegan paradigm? (July 2008)
• Friends of Animals President Priscilla Feral speaks with the Abolitionist Online (Feb. 2008)
• Lee Hall, Floor Show: Some Comments on Matthew Galkin’s PETA Documentary “I Am an Animal” (Feb. 2008)
• Where Animal Rights Can Go From Here: A Dialogue Between the Abolitionist Online and Lee Hall (Feb. 2008)
• Other Essays of Note (Claudette’s Picks):
• What the Devil Are Vegetarian Eggs? - Dissident Voice (Jul. 2008)
• Rights for Other Apes, They Insist. Are They Serious? - Dissident Voice (Aug. 2008)
• Animals on Stage (on zoos, freedom, and extinctions) - Dissident Voice (Jan. 2008)
• Homeland Security Is Neither: Ecology, Justice and the Politics of Borders - Satya Magazine (Feb. 2007)
• PODCAST: Veganism: It's Good For The Earth, But Is It a Realistic Goal? Lee Hall, legal director for Friends of Animals, an animal-rights organization founded in 1957, gives a succinct and inspiring overview of the importance of vegan living -- for our health and that of the planet -- and then explains why "animal rights will have unprecedented power to confront the environmental crises of our time." Hall is one of the creators of VeganMeans.com, and author of the forthcoming book On Their Own Terms: Bringing Animal Rights Philosophy Down to Earth. [listen to podcast]