tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56279301691518301432012-01-25T04:28:55.069-08:00Blogging about animal rights and animal liberation...one and only hypnoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13965550190733234108noreply@blogger.comBlogger621100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627930169151830143.post-1256167646028848212011-08-21T12:00:00.000-07:002011-08-21T12:26:03.099-07:00

That's the question professor Hal Herzog asked himself and devoted a blogpost on. You can read his post here. His writings and research on vegetarianism/veganism peaked my interest, so this will be the first of several blogpost discussing Herzog's ideas. What attracted my attention immediately was this post in which he discribes a study on former vegetarians. He had ex-vegetarians fill out an

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Like the title says: fox shoots hunter. The hunter has become the hunted...quite literally!A hunter in Belarus wound up in the hospital after he was shot by a fox he had wounded and was trying to kill with the butt of his rifle. As the determined fox fought back, she pulled the trigger of the gun with her paw.read more about it here

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The fur industry has been complaining for years about the ‘unfair’ way in which they are being treated in the media. Animals supposedly are given the best care of the world and animal activists (as in we: the bad guys and gals) are a bunch of fanatics, liars and monsters that want to impose our vile will on others and take away all that is fine and good in life. It is a sad reality that many

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All across the world, more and more people are being exposed to a meatfree diet. Thanks to meat free mondays (or thursdays in my country) people get to know vegetarian foods and are able to explore a new world. They come to the realization that vegetarianism/veganism is more than just lentils or salad and they are educated about the terrible effects current meat consumption has on the planet.

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Several years ago the United States outlawed the slaughter of horses. This praiseworthy step was one in the right direction for a better and more compassionate world for animals. Unfortunately this did not deter the belgian meat industry, nor did it stop all people in the US who were willing to have their horses slaughtered (more evidence that things like horse races aren't about the horses but

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Animal suffering on finnish fur farms:More information can be found here: fur stop

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The fur industry has been stepping up lately, claiming that fur is back and here to stay. It might be true that fur has become more popular the last few years, because the media has been deliberately saturated with it in order to promote it as aggressively as possible...that does not mean that fur is here to stay, nor that it is suddenly ethical or right.Quite the contrary: a lot has happened in

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Gun lovers exists everywhere...sure, the worst case of gun addiction can be found in the United States, but the 'Sarah Palin' disease also exists in certain european countries (luckily it is somewhat less worse and less propagated).But swedish hunters recently got a chance to have some serious 'fun'. They got a chance to go out and kill some wolves, with disastrous consequences. Sweden to import

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Ok, here are we at it again: the seal hunt. The topic that has touched the hearts and minds of ordinary folks everywhere for the last 40 years, and has been at the top of the list of animal welfare and right groups. Just last year the seals got a big break, when the EU banned seal fur in all of the 27 member states: european union bans seal furAs a result of this, the sealing industry almost

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I just wanted to give you people a heads up:miss newfoundland and labradorYes, she supports the seal hunt, wears seal, is proud of it and wants to go out and kill some more...herself this time. Then why is she shocked to see a picture of herself holding a bloody hackapik?The way in which pro sealers are defending themselves is getting to be more and more bizarre and childlike. I've written a full

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Check out this short but well made video on youtube featuring Eva Mendes on fur and animal rights.Because of her opposition to the fur industry and her work with Peta, I have no other choice but to tag her with the "heart for animals" blogtag.

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Is the end in sight for the fur industry? The most cruel and superfluous industry in existence has been targeted by both animal rights AND animal welfare groups (such as the RSPCA) for decades. And - especially within the EU - more and more cracks are appearing in this international framework of organized animal cruelty. Fur production has been banned in Ireland, Scotland, England, Austria,

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There you have it. Elizabeth Carlisle: the petland employee who drowned two rabbits, yelled at them because they didn't die fast enough, then had her picture taken with the two dead animals while smiling and who then posted it all on facebook so she could brag about her killing spree to her buddies got of with a slap on the wrist. (my previous post about Carlisle: drowning rabbitsprobation for

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Sir Roger Moore has joined the batlle against foie gras and not without success. Selfridges has agreed to drop foie gras! This is a major victory for the animals. Lets hope that many others will follow soon. Read all about it on ecorazzi: Selfridges drops foie grasEcorazzi:Moore even sent a private letter to Selfridges’ owner, offering to buy the company’s entire remaining stock if they agreed

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Here is a Peta video sporting a host of celebrities speaking out for seals. No more seal hunt! And one of my favorite actresses Tricia Helfer is in it too. Tricia really has a heart for animals and isn't afraid to speak her mind about it. Great! I wrote a full blogpost about our favorite animal activist cylon here: Tricia Helfer speaks out against furBe sure to read this too: European Union bans

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Last week I made a post about the 'battle' between animal welfare / animal rights advocates and the fur trade. Recently Ireland banned the breeding of animals for fur and joined other European countries such as Croatia or England. The last few months gruesome images of the fur trade sparked a ferocious debate in Norway and Denmark (Denmark already banned the breeding of foxes for fur). Animal

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We all know her: Tricia Helfer...better known as Caprica six (Battlestar Galactica). Turns out she is more then just a cold skinjob. This Cylon has a heart for animals and has demonstrated this on multiple occasions. I've covered this before, here is a link to my other blog (lies dormant these days): Tricia Helfer has a heart for animals: kitten rescueTricia is speaking up against fur (canadians

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In Europe a battle is waging...the struggle between ethics and empathy on the one hand and profits, cruelty and indifference on the other. The last few years have been hard for animal activists, but not without result. Recently Ireland became yet another european nation that banned fur production: Ireland bans fur Ireland now joined countries such as England, Scotland, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina

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I just read a few blogposts on the Peta watch australia blog that caught my attention...(as usual not in a good way). You can read these posts here: Alannah HillTheir 'balanced' form of communication made me think of a typical discussion concerning health care reform in the good old USA.Peta watch blog:A death threat has been sent to iconic Melbourne fashion designer Alannah Hill from the People

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An interesting video I found:Peter Singer on eating meat, climate change and world poverty. This is the first part of a seven part lecture. You can find the rest (and other lectures) on this youtube channel: Macquarie University

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Vegetarian/vegan cookbooks...We all need them and we all love them. What would a vegan/vegetarian site be without giving the proper attention to the art of cooking? But it turns out that these cookbooks are nothing more than vile propaganda. What? Yes, that's right...propaganda!Some time ago dutch politician Henk Jan Ormel attracted a lot of media attention with his requests to ban a vegetarian

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Gary is at it again...the sexism rant. And this time he isn't just ranting about Peta...he discovered a dutch ad made by animal rights group 'wakker dier'.A playmate model apparently looses her attire to draw attention to the animal issue. I don't see a problem with it. Gary of course considers this 'exploitation' and one of the many forms of moral decay in our society (oh joy). You can read gary

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Loyal readers of this blog will remember that some time ago I made a blogpost about the swine flu (H1N1) outbreak and raised some question about current meat production. I linked factory farming conditions (meat production) with the swine flu outbreak, because the conditions are excellent for the distribution of new pathogens, mutations and so forth... Apperently the people over at Peta watch

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Here is a short video that's very interesting...Andrew Linzey on animal rights from his christian perspective:

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As I promised in my previous post, I am keeping you all up-to-date on the Elizabeth (Liz) Carlisle case. If you don't know who she is or what she did...just read my previous post about her: Elizabeth Carlisle: drowning pet rabbits is excitingBut just to give a quick recap: Elizabeth Carlisle is a 20 year old girl who worked at a petland store in Ohio (Akron). She thought it was a good idea to

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I was very disturbed by a terrible case of animal abuse in the US that has been the center of attention there for the last couple of days. What happenend? A 20 year old girl from Akron Ohio decided to work at a pet store. What did she do at the pet store? Treating everyone with a smile of innocence:While drowning rabbits...[sarcasm] And as Elizabeth Carlisle found out, it is fun. Of course, any

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Recently I made a blogpost concerning the recent Swine flu (H1N1) outbreak, in response to some statments made by the Peta watch blog. Today I came to the conclusion that they have read this blogpost...and that they didn't get what I was saying. They even dedicated a blogpost to it. Read it here: Empathy for the uninformedThis is a quote of mine...'Did Peta state that you are going to catch the

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I got into a little comment discussion on the vegan soapbox blog yesterday about bees (the 'is it vegan question'), insects and pain,... I promised Elaine in the comment section to make a blogpost explaining my views on this topic, so here it is.You can find the blogpost and discussion here: vegansoapbox: regarding bees and honeyTo make things clear: I hold the view that insects in principle

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On my previous blog (which you can still find via my profile) I used to put celebs in the spotlights that are vegetarian and/or are getting active for the animals. Why not pick it up here again on this blog?Let's start with Leona Lewis...She is a british national, vegetarian since she was twelve years old and has a big hart for animals. According to ecorazzi: Leona Lewis rescues doomed

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Shakira went vegetarian some time ago, but according to ecorazzi she couldn't 'cut it': Shakira couldn't cut it as a vegetarianTimes of India featured a story about Shakira and her short lasted vegetarianism. It seems she couldn't resist her meat cravings and gave in. This is very disappointing.Well, the empathy for animals blog decided to publish an open letter to Shakira in response to this:

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Ecorazzi brought a wonderful new development to our attention...vegetarian robots!future terminators may be vegetariansYeah, you heard that arnold? Time to go with the times and adopt a vegetarian diet! The future awaits you...Somewhere in America, in a government-funded laboratory, far from the blinking eyes of average citizens, lives the Eatr – the Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot – and

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Peta watch responded to this post: read my thoughts on it here: swine flu and meat productionUpdate: swine flu does indeed come from swines (go figure) peta watch and swine fluPeta Watch Australia doesn't seem to agree with the link Peta made between swine flu or the H1N1 virus and factory farming (of course they never agree). Scottish professor refutes PETA swine flu lieAnd again, notice the

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I thought it might be interesting to share some european media stories relating to vegetarianism/animal rights from time to time. The honour today goes to Marylène Patou-Mathis (a french historian). And yes, she positively pissed me of...and oh yes, the title says it all now doesn't it? Prepare yourself for a shocker of a news 'story', which will also make it quite clear to all of you that france

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I've blogged about Gary Francione before, and if you have read my previous blogposts...then I'm guessing you know already why I don't like his all or nothing abolitionist approach. If you haven't read my previous posts about Peter Singer, Martin Balluch, Gary francione and the whole reformism - neo-welfarism as Gary likes to call it to try and show the world that we are supposedly not true animal

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And again I find myself blogging on the topic of animal abuse/killing in the name of art. For those of you who don't know who Katinka Simonse is(also known as Tinkebell, or Katinka Van Bruggen). Here is the basic info:She is a dutch artist who strangled/broke the neck of her supposedly depressed cat and turned the poor animal in a cat fur bag in the name of art. She then gave workshops where she

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I came across a post on vegansoapbox about vegetarianism VS veganism.I can only agree with the post. You can read it here: vegetarianism is a step towards veganismThis blogpost was a response to an article written by Adam Kochanowicz on vegetarianism. You can find it here: why this vegan doesn't celebrate national meatout daySome statements I want to respond too:Unfortunately, time has shown

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I'm getting tired of blogging about this, but here I go again. The german media still hasn't got it...fine. I've blogged about this before, and I will not cover everything again here. But you can find the links to my two previous posts about Tinkebell at the bottom of this page...As I said before: the german media doesn't get it at all. The süddeutsche Zeitung even had an interview with this '

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Since I wrote my previous post about Katinka Simonse (Tinkebell), a lot has been written about her in foreign newspapers...and just about everything I read and all the comments and discussions about it are total rubbish...So I'm going to refute them. For those of you who don't know who Tinkebell is: She is an 'artist' from holland who first became famous by strangling/necksnapping her own pet cat

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I was inspired to write this post by a few posts and discussions that I read on the vegansoapbox site. You can find these posts here:the poundeuthanasia dogs and pigsNow, in the US (just as everywhere else) there is a big problem: to many pets are being bred. To many dogs and cats are being 'mass-produced' into an uncaring world. Many of them end up on the streets, are maltreated, litters drowned

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This is the first part in a series I will be making on the animal rights group Peta (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and all the fuss about their organization. First I want to make clear that I am neither a supporter or an opponent of the organization. The reason I will be making this series is simply because anti-animal right groups are trying to demonize the entire movement itself

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I just yesterday blogged about Tinkebell who strangled her own cat in the name of art, has made 100 hamsters suffer in an art exhibit,... well she did too much insanity to cover here. If you haven't read it yet: read the post now! Not that it is totally necessary to read this article to follow my train of thought in this post. But it will help.Because op my post about tinkebell (the holland girl

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UPDATE: I made a new post today, in response to media reports, blogs,... filled with nonsense about the actions of Katinka Simone. You can find it here: Katinka simonse and my dearest cat PinkeltjeI will be blogging more about this in the future.I am not shocked and pissed off often, but now I am. The news that I am about to discuss is from Holland and goes back several years, but this stuff is

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The Belgian city of Ghent goes meatless for one day a week. This great initiative is the result of a campaign run by the Belgian vegetarian Union 'ethisch vegetarisch alternatief (translation: ethical vegetarian alternative).Because of this campaign my homeland will be the first city in the world to adopt a meatless day in the entire world. And to me that is something to be proud of. On the

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When I visited the Peta Watch blog today I came across another fascinating piece of work on KFC and Oprah Winfrey. Several blogs with anti Peta sentiments have blogged about this the last couple of days, but this one peaked my curiosity. Read it here:Winfrey owes Peta nothingSomething that absolutely struck me right of the batt:US Talk-Show Queen Oprah Winfrey has come under fire in some quarters

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It would appear that not only the animals are the victims of this debacle, contrary to what I had thought in my previous post:animal rights drama: KFC, Oprah and PetaI just read great free chicken fiascoThe result? The perception of a massive customer-service failure at precisely the moment when KFC was going for good PR. Customers who did get their coupons and trudged to a Manhattan KFC

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The title is fitting I guess: there is some animal rights drama out there. Just days ago Ecorazzi reported that Oprah will give away free KFC meals to all american families. Read it here. In case you didn't know yet, Oprah spoke out in the past against KFC cruelty towards chickens, and now appears to have made a 180 degree turn and joined the 'dark side'. No need for me to delve into the cruelty

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I just blogged about the impending ban yesterday and how the sealers were 'stricking back' in their usual pathetic manner with their declaration of ethical seal harvest...and today it happened: seal fur is banned within the entire European Union (that is the entire block: 27 countries!). Things could not be better. This is yet another nail in the coffin of the cruel international sealing industry

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I found an interesting column today online: vegetarian elitists are bolognaYep, vegetarian elitists. It comes down to the usual rethoric about vegetarians/vegans: to let animals suffer and kill...hey it is a personal choice and those that think it is immoral have a superiority complex. I've gotten sick and tired of hearing such nonsense. And off course, I can't resist to respond to it.According

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The anti animal rights blog Peta watch australia published a follow up on the peta protests against the Manila zoo: Peta zoo protesters in Manila may be deported You can read my original post about the Manila zoo here: Peta watch australia on nude peta protestAccording to Peta watch:The demonstration featured the usual scantily-clad PETA females protesting in front of young children. A previous

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The animal rights and animal welfare movement has been campaigning against the cruel seal hunting industry (shall we say: international fur industry?) for over thirty years. One of the most important hallmarks of this struggle is very likely to be realized this week.In the next couple of days the European Parliament will vote on a proposition that will outlaw seal fur and other seal products from

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The answer to the question is no, in case you were wondering. You don't know what I am talking about? The blog deceiver.com published a blogpost two days ago titled PETA's newest spokesmanMichael Vick???Deceiver.com claimed on the basis of an article that appeared in the 'Ad age' that Michael Vick (the guy serving time for abusing dogs, killing them, participating in dog fights,...) would become

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The blog 'Peta watch Australia and New-Zeeland' really caught my attention I must say. I've continued to browse through its posts. I have to say, at some times it's almost as if I am reading a conservative christians website preaching chasity and the word of God, instead of a 'critical' website.Just take a look at this post: conservative philippines now target of Peta LewdnessFamilies at a

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I just stumbled upon an article in the daily news called animal rights terrorists take away our right to life and liberty, written by Edwin Locke. The title leaves little to the imagination and it immediately sets the tone for this entire editorial. I can't say I'm shocked anymore, I've gotten pretty used to being attacked, ridiculed or demonized for being an animal advocate. But it still gets on

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Everybody must have heard of it by now...the PETA kills animals campaign was kicked-off several years ago and has drawn attention the last couple of years. But how correct is this campaign and what does it tell us exactly? A recent press release by the 'Center for Consumer Freedom' (CCF) makes me frown (as usual): PETA kills animals and the news is spreading like wildfireIf you read the article,

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Animal rightsgroup PETA is making its entry into Australia and New Zeeland, and it would appear thet some people are not very happy about it. I just discovered the blog PETA watch australiaThe site claims to be pro 'humane slaughter' (how humane is it to slit a pigs throat?), and keeps an eye on PETA. The true colours of the site are off course quickly revealed when we examine the links on that

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I found an article on the Huffington post that blew my socks of: Does the first amendment protect dog snuff films?I wont summarize the entire post, but I these quotes are important:The Supreme Court will hear the case of a man appealing his conviction for selling videos of pit bulls fighting. A federal appeals court had agreed with him that while the dogfighting is illegal, selling pictures of it

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Anyone who is involved with animal rights has heard of people like Peter Singer, Tom Regan or Gary Francione. You probably already know that the animal rights movement isn't a monolithic block of people that all state the same 'mantras' and don't think for themselves... What animal rights are and how we should promote and implement them into society is subject to heated debate. Both in and

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If you live in Europe, you might have heard of the 8 Hours campaign. The initiator of the site 8 Hours is Danish politician Dan Jørgensen. He is a member of the European Parliament and has opposed long animal transports for a long time. Other politicians involved are Richard Corbett (Labour MEP), Neil Parish and Struan Stevenson. Stevenson is a well known politician who has succesfully campaigned

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PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has launched a new campaign called Meat is not green and they are spot on the mark this time. The statement is scientific fact, and yet very few people know about it. Most have never even heard of the environmental costs of meat production or simply don't believe or wish not to act upon it...which is a sad reality of our society today.Is Your

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Peter Singer (author of 'Animal liberation') has written a new book called: 'the life you can save'. you can visit the site hereHis latest book deals with poverty and what we can do as individuals to make a difference. Many feel that we are powerless to help others in africa or other poverty afflicted areas of the world. But nothing is farther from the truth. Each of us can help them. Each of us

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We hear it often: we should be saving human lives instead of caring about animal lives. It is wrong to care about animal rights, while human rights in this world are still nog accepted. I don't see how not buying a steak at the supermarket, but an animal and eco friendly alternative is getting in the way of us caring about human beings. I am sure that many vegetarians/vegans that are reading this

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The all to common first post...It is somewhat obligatory,I can't ignore unwritten internet law. So here is the introduction. I decided to make this blog to reach a larger audience. I have been blogging for years on the subject of animal rights in my native language (dutch, I am from belgium) and have had some succes with my blog. I am surely not going to discontinue that blog at all. If you just

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