AR-Voices: Essays, Guides, Journals and Leaflets

Vegetarian: For Your Health, for the Animals, for the Planet by Teresa D'Amico

Essays and Thoughts of VeggieBiggs

Essays and Articles

• LPAG responds to the Oregon Regional Primate Research Center by Rachel Weiss and Jessica Ganas
• The Hunted (Poem) by Lavanya Ramanujam
• 20629-F - An Essay on Individuals by Linda Howard
• Is Animal Rights Now a Mainstream Discussion Topic? by Mark W. Bunch
• Justice for Animals: A Rational Proof by Jeff Perz
• Animal Liberation--the Social Justice Connection By Bruce G. Friedrich
• Defending Agitation and the ALF By Bruce G. Friedrich
• "I'm Home and Thanks Everyone" by Gina Lynn
• COK's Ringling Bros. Trial by Miyun
• Immunocontraceptive Approaches to Management of Wildlife by Sharon Methvin
• The Vegan Sourcebook - Book Review by Stanley M. Sapon, Ph.D.
• To Tell the Truth, the Whole Truth.... or Perhaps a Little Bit Less Stanley M. Sapon, Ph.D.
• A Kidney Transplant recipient speaks out against vivisection by Kit Paraventi
• Fur Free Friday -- Do It At Home! by Lynn Manheim

AR-Voices Archives

Articles and essays are archived.  Many of these items are now rather dated and may or may not accurately portray the writer's current viewpoint or address current issues regarding Animal Rights, but will be maintained for historical purposes.  Some writers may no longer be contacted.  These items are below this line:

Anthology of Poems

Animals and Conservation

• Animal Furs: Trapped or Ranched, an Energy Waste by Doris Dixon
• Animal Rights--The Fierce Green Fire? by Greg Brown
• Appreciating Animals for Their Own Intrinsic Value by John A. Hoyt
• Background on the Canadian Seal Hunt by Corinne Boyer
• The Booming Trade in Exotic Animals by Jim Mason
• An Eye for an Eye: Killing Wildlife for Revenge by Lynn Jacobs
• Keeping Species on Ice by Mary Midgley
• The Politics of Extinction by Captain Paul Watson
• Review of Nash's "Wilderness and the American Mind" by Mike Vandeman
• Rights and Environmental Ethics: An Aside by Tom Regan
• The Role of Trapping in Wildlife Disease by Gary Suhowatsky
• Some Thoughts on Species Re-Introduction by Michael Lannoo
• Surplus Population: A Fallacious Basis for Sport Hunting by David S. Favre and Gretchen Olsen
• Thoughts on the Wise-Use Movement Today by Ralph Maughan
• When to Shoot by Rodney Olafsson

Animals in Education

• I Didn't Know
• School Hatching Projects: Poor Lessons for Children

Animals and Religion

• The Bible and Vegetarianism -- A Jewish Viewpoint by Marcel
• A Buddhist Perspective on Vegetarianism by Lin Ching Shywan
• Christmas by Gila Manchester
• Hunting: What Scripture Says by Richard Dunkerly
• Judaism and Vegetarianism by Ted Altar
• Judaism and Animal Rights by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Man and Beast He Preserves by James V. Parker
• Resolution on Judaism and Dietary Concerns by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Rosh Hashanah and Vegetarianism by Richard Schwartz, Ph.D.
• The Vampire's Dilemma: Animal Rights and Parasitical Nature by Andrew Linzey

The AR Movement

• Animal Rights--The Fierce Green Fire? by Greg Brown
• Animal Rights in Britain by Freeman Wicklund
• Animal Rights and Native Culture by Ted Altar
• Controversial Remarks by AR Journalist
• Evolution of the Animal Rights Movement by Kim W. Stallwood
• High-Tech Activism: "Video Hunting" by Steve Hindi
• Jailed AR Activist Speaks by Lise Olsen
• The Messy Reality of Socially Responsible Business by Jon Entine
• On Henry Salt by Ted Altar
• On Henry Salt's "Animal Rights" by Stephen Ronan
• Report: Animal Rights View of England by Kim Stallwood
• The Rhetoric of Apology in Animal Rights by Dr. Karen Davis
• State of the Animal Rights Movement by Kim W. Stallwood
• Stopping the Grand National by Action to Abolish the Grand National
• Ten Ways to Kill a Citizen Movement by Byron Kennard
• Thomas Erskine and Animal Rights by John Hostettler
• Thoughts on the Wise-Use Movement Today by Ralph Maughan
• Three Statements on Animal Rights versus Animal Welfare Stephen Clark/Gary Francione/Kim Stallwood
• Utopian Visions and Pragmatic Politics: The Challenge of The Animal Rights Movement by Kim Stallwood

AR Theory and Philosophy

• Abortion versus Animal Rights by Ted Altar
• The Alpha Centaurians Have Landed by Ted Altar
• Animal Advocacy and Abortion by Larry Rosenfeld
• Animal Rights and Animal Welfare by Gary L. Francione
• Animal Rights and Animal Welfare: Five Frequently Asked Questions by Gary L. Francione
• Animal Rights--The Fierce Green Fire? by Greg Brown
• Animal Rights and Native Culture by Ted Altar
• Animal Suffering by Donald Graft
• Beyond Might Makes Right by Matthew Ball and Jack Norris
• The Case for Animal Rights by Tom Regan
• Claims of Rights are Often Wrong by Matthew M. Ball
• The Core Idea, Problems, and Attraction of Subjectivism by Ted Altar
• The Diversionary Tactic of Plant Pain by Ted Altar
• Do Animals Feel Pain? by Peter Singer
• The Fallacies Behind the Plant Pain Argument by Ted Altar
• Gaps in the Mind by Richard Dawkins
• Ill-Gotten Gains by Tom Regan
• Keeping Species on Ice by Mary Midgley
• Moral Constraints and Animals by Robert Nozick
• On the Side of the Animals by RSPCA
• Peace on Earth by C. David Coates
• Remember Socrates: Don't Eat Animals by John C. Champagne
• The Rhetoric of Apology in Animal Rights Dr. Karen Davis
• Rights and Environmental Ethics: An Aside by Tom Regan
• The Scientific Basis for Assessing Suffering in Animals by Marian Stamp Dawkins
• Secular Ethics and Animal Rights by Peter D. Wilson
• The Vampire's Dilemma: Animal Rights and Parasitical Nature by Andrew Linzey
• Xenografts and Animal Rights by Gary L. Francione

Book Excerpts and Reviews

• On Henry Salt's "Animals' Rights" by Stephen Ronan
• Peace on Earth by C. David Coates
• Review of Nash's "Wilderness and the American Mind" by Mike Vandeman
• Review of Sorabji's "Animal Minds and Human Morals" by Stephen Salkever
• Some Pro-Animal Novels to Read by Ted Altar

Companion Animals

• Companion Animals and Breeding Legislation (PETA) Teresa Gibbs
• Pets and Animal Rights by Ted Altar
• Are Pets Slaves? by Ted Altar

Entertainment Animals

• Animal Circuses in the UK by International Animal Welfare Alliance (IAWA)
• Greyhound Racing: Death in the Fast Lane by Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF)
• Innocence (An Elephant's Story) by Donna Anderson
• Snowball the Prozac Bear by Bill Hudgins
• Twenty Reasons to Oppose Cruelty to Horses by "jim"
• Whales in Captivity (or, The Truth About Sea World) by Ralph Munro

Farmed Animals

• Animal Furs: Trapped or Ranched, an Energy Waste by Doris Dixon
• On "Bob" Veal and Starlings by Stephen B. Ronan
• The Diversionary Tactic of Plant Pain by Ted Altar
• Fable of the Bees by Bernard Mandeville
• Fur Factory Farming (PETA)
• Inside the Turkey Breeding Factory by Frank Observer
• Lewis Gompertz on Leather and Other Animal Products by Lewis Gompertz
• Lewis Gompertz on Milk and Eggs by Lewis Gompertz
• Lewis Gompertz on Slaughter by Lewis Gompertz
• Maybe K.D. Lang Was Right by Alexandra Highcrest
• The Modern Turkey Dr. Karen Davis
• Peace on Earth by C. David Coates
• Perspectives on Halal Slaughter compiled by "K"
• Premarin: Just Say No! Alan H. Berger
• A Slaughterhouse by Michael Lesy
• A Visit to a Slaughterhouse by Dave Gifford
• Why I Don't Eat Faces by David Lane
• Why Should We Care About Bees and Silkworms? by Ted Altar

Fiction and Poems

• Christmas by Gila Manchester
• Innocence (An Elephant's Story) by Donna Anderson
• The Key to Paradise [Poem Collection] by Donna Anderson
• Snowball the Prozac Bear by Bill Hudgins
• They Called Him Ragsby Edmund Vance Cooke
• The Unexamined Life by Judith V. Waters

Hunting

• Background on the Canadian Seal Hunt by Corinne Boyer
• An Eye for an Eye: Killing Wildlife for Revenge by Lynn Jacobs
• Frantic Eyes by Donald F. Baiar
• Gone Fishing by Michelle Sass
• "Harvesting" the Animal Crops by Walt Brasch
• How Hunting Contributes To Species Extinction by Ron Baker
• Hunting: What Scripture Says by Richard Dunkerly
• Hunting Realities by New Jersey Animal Rights Alliance
• A Perspective on the Hegins Pigeon Shoot, 1996 by Hillary Morris
• The Role of Trapping in Wildlife Disease by Gary Suhowatsky
• Studies Weigh Against Fox-Hunting Justifications by Cris Waller
• Surplus Population: a Fallacious Basis for Sport Hunting by David S. Favre and Gretchen Olsen
• Thoughts on Hunting and Fishing by Martin Balluch
• When to Shoot by Rodney Olafsson

Laboratory Animals

• Animal Research--A Hazard to Health AAVS's Health and Humane Research
• Animal Research: A Psychological Ritual by Roger E. Ulrich
• AT&T, Pocket Gophers, Etc. by Doug Percival
• Deborah Blum on "The Monkey Wars" by Internet Roundtable Society
• A Censored Animal Story by Jackie Dove
• How to Win Debates with Vivisectors by Dr. Vernon Coleman
• Ill-Gotten Gains by Tom Regan
• Monkey Plague Time Bomb by Mark Porter and Helene Feger
• Personal Suffering and Attitudes toward Vivisection by Jen Sutton
• The Process of Biomedical Discovery: An Historical Perspective by Dr. Brandon Reines
• The Reality of Animal Research Oversight by Jan Novic
• Re-Searching the Heart Dr. Karen Davis
• Some Research Alternatives to Animal Testing by Debbie Ann Brett
• They Called Him Rags by Edmund Vance Cooke
• Transgenics a Threat to Nature by Peter Wills
• Without Animals: Advantages and Safety of Clinical Research by Henry Heimlich, M.D.
• Xenografts and Animal Rights by Gary L. Francione
• Xenotransplantation: The Science, the Ethics, the Risks by Alan H. Berger

Nature and Status of Animals

• Animal Suffering by Donald Graft
• Do Animals Feel Pain? by Peter Singer
• Encounter with a Duck
• Frantic Eyes by Donald F. Baiar
• Innocence (An Elephant's Story) by Donna Anderson
• Interview with "When Elephants Weep" Author Susan McCarthy by Internet Roundtable Society
• Nearly Human? New Rights for Apes Urged by Charles Seabrook
• Remembrances of a Circus by Donna Anderson
• The Scientific Basis for Assessing Suffering in Animals by Marian Stamp Dawkins

Cooking, Food, and Nutrition

• Alcohol and Vegetarianism by Robert Cohen, D. D.
• Cancer Threat from Bovine Somatotropin?
• Cheese and Rennet
• China Study Shows Need for Eating Plant-Based Diet By Susan Lang
• The Comparative Anatomy of Eating by Milton R. Mills, M.D.
• Cooking Advice for New (or Hungry) Vegetarians/Vegans by Karsten Schoellner
• Don't Drink Your Milk
• The "Fruitbat" Collection of Recipes Some of the best vegetarian recipes known to humanity!
• Healthy Honey?
• How We Veganized Our Dining Hall by Leor Jacobi
• Milk Implicated in Disease and Infertility
• The Milk Marketing Fraud
• Milk, rBGH, and Biotechnology by Peter Montague, Ph.D.
• John Robbins on Iron by John Robbins
• Shopping List for Vegetarian Cooking
• What Might Be the "Natural" Diet for Human Beings? by Ted Altar

General Vegetarianism

• Animals, My Brethren by Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz
• Beginner's Guide to Vegetarianism by Mona Wong
• Beyond Beef
• Was Christ a Vegetarian? by Ted Altar
• The Christian Argument for Vegetarianism by Rev. Dr. Andrew Linzey
• Dealing with Veg*n Despair by Andrea Shettle
• Fat of the Land
• Food in England Since 1066 -- A Vegetarian Evolution? Compiled by John Davis
• Food for the Spirit Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Food Self-Sufficiency
• Gandhi's Vegetarianism by Arun M. Sannuti
• Going Vegetarian by Lauren Mukamal
• Howard Lyman Speaks
• How to Win an Argument with a Meat Eater Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
• Judaism's Ideal Diet by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Judaism and Vegetarianism by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Leo Tolstoy Speaks
• A Little Insight into John Robbins by Ted Altar
• The Origins of Some Words by John Davis
• Realities About Vegetarianism EarthSave
• Some Reasons to Consider for Not Eating Fish Ted Altar
• Review of Adams' "The Sexual Politics of Meat" by Ted Altar
• Review of Berry's "Famous Vegetarians" by Lavina Melwani
• Revolution in Diet and Medicine (Neal Barnard Interview)
• rgBH Approval Could Hasten Spread of BSE
• Ronald McDonald Apologizes by Geoffrey Giuliano (former Ronald McDonald)
• Should Jews Be Vegetarians? by Richard H. Schwartz, Ph.D.
• Thakar Singh on the Karma of Vegetarianism
• The Day I Saw a Meat-Eater by Dr. S. Jayaraman
• Two Criteria for Ethical Vegetarians by Ted Altar
• Veganism in India (Or Absence Thereof) by Abhay Bulsari
• Vegetarianism Versus Veganism: Some Thoughts by Jen Sutton
• What Did Our Ancestors Eat? by Bronwen Humphries
• When Teens Go Vegetarian
• Why Hindus Don't Eat Meat

Leaflet Collection

(This area is intended to be a collection of leaflets for activists that can be printed out and copied.)

• Doctors in Britain Against Animal Experiments
• 20 Good Reasons Not to Support the Pet Trade
• Pate de Foie Gras by FarmWatch
• Performing Animals by RSPCA
• Poor Calf
• What You Should Know About Circuses and Animals