The situation of animals and their welfare

Articles written by journalists, scientists and animal right activists

Animal rights advocates

• Empty cages: an interview with Tom Regan.
• An interview with Professor Gary L. Francione on the State of the U.S. Animal Rights Movement.
• Why Animal Freedom sees it differently.

Dogs

• Comments on action 'Stop the dog-meat trade in Korea'.
• Nice doggie! Affection in the Animal Kingdom.

Psychology

• Do animals have a consciousness?
• Blaming the victim.
• Animal care for therapy, who is the better for it?
• Consciousness in animals: what we can learn from animals.
• Can animals suffer? A reply to Bob Bermond.
• Thoughts are powers that allow you to communicate with animals.

Philosophy

• Erich Fromm: towards a sane society and how animals can benefit from that development.
• Eugen Drewermann on ethics towards animals.
• Are humans superior to other species?
• Where does man end and animal begin?
• Tjard de Cock Buning on the status of animals.

Religion

• Economy and animal interests: an open letter to Christians.
• Unnecessarily slaughtering according to Islamic law?

Various topics

• Overspill in the Zoo: the practices that no-one knows.
• Protected animals in the Netherlands not sure of their lives.
• Factory pig farming forms a danger to public health.
• Fair prices will help animal welfare.
• Equal consideration for animals.
• Animal testing: mice and rats die unnecessarily in laboratories.
• Farmer, consumer and biotechnology.
• Fireworks destroy more than you would wish.
• Be careful not to accidentally buy real fur.
• Can the honeybee survive in nature?