It is a troubling time to be an animal rights activist in Canada. Recently, Alberta adopted legislation create harsh penalties for trespassing onto private property, obtaining permission enter property based on false pretences, and interfering with vehicles public highways. These laws relate agricultural lands, generally, and, where roads are concerned, property. Ontario has similar aimed speci...

Human rights, such as to non-discrimination and freedom of religion, are internationally recognized. In the meantime, so-called global animal law is becoming more important. this context, religious slaughter increasingly a matter for debate number special procedures, which avoid stunning methods, may lead greater suffering animals. Such procedures common Judaism Islam involve 25% population, al...

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick is a brilliant science fiction novel that tries to determine the thresholds being human. In book, boundaries between human and an android almost do not exist except for one determinant: lack empathy in androids. This alleged difference humans androids most important point justification destroying or “retiring” latter. brings out discussion ...