New American Carnivore
James LaVeck and Jenny Stein,
producers of award-winning documentaries
The Witness and
Peaceable Kingdom, and
founders of Tribe of Heart
(www.tribeofheart.org)
write a compelling essay describing the animal advocacy movement
during the last decade mainly in the agribusiness sector.
They describe the increase in
numbers of "neo-carnivores", people who once vegetarian decide to go
back to meat-eating although supporting supposedly humane animal
husbandry methods. Although they recognize that less abuse is
definitely a good thing, they ask what happened to veganism being a
"moral and ethical imperative, a commitment to not participate in
the exploitation of others nor to cooperate with those who do".
To read this thought-provoking
article please visit
Project for the New American Carnivore