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How to Do Animal Rights -
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Contents

About

Chapter 1
Introduction to Doing Animal Rights


1. The Broad Setting

2. Mass Extinction

3. The Animal Holocaust

How to Do Animal Rights - & Win the War on Animals

Chapter 2
Know Your Animal Ethics & Animal Rights


1. Animal Ethics
Background
Ethics
Importance of Animal Ethics
Glossary
Now a Biff From History
How to Proceed?
Ethical Theories
Ethical Theories Compared
Choosing an Ethical Theory
Do Philosophical Ideas Work?

2. Animal Rights
What are Animal Rights?
Background to Animal Rights
Major Dates for Rights
Animal Rights Theory
Fundamental Animal Ethical Positions
Variations on Animal Rights
Are Rights a Cure-all?
Universal Declaration on Animals
Arguments For & Against Animal Rights

3. Comparing Animal Philosophies
Animal Ethics vs Animal Rights
Animal Rights vs Animal Welfare
Animal Rights vs Conservation
Deep Ecology
Conclusion

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Chapter 3
Campaigning Methods for Animal Rights


1. Introduction

2. Campaigning
Where to Begin?
Keeping Going
Ten Essential Campaigning Tips
More Tips

3. Civil Disobedience
What Is Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience & Animal Rights
Arguments For & Against Civil Disobedience

4. Direct Action
What is Direct Action?
Examples of Animal Rights Direct Action
Individual vs Mass Direct Action
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty
The Battle of Brightlingsea
Inset: Background to Brightlingsea
Comparing Direct Actions
Direct Action vs Civil Disobedience
Efficacy of Direct Action

5. Action Planning
What is an Action Plan?
Why an Action Plan?
Who Should Produce the Action Plan?
Before You Begin
Distinguish Operations From Administrations
Creating Your Action Plan
You Should Be Smart
You Should Also SWOT
Make It Happen
Review It
A Simple Action Plan Template

6. Lobbying
Who Can Lobby?
What & Whom to Lobby
Start Lobbying
How to Lobby
Lobbying Techniques

7. Picketing
What is Picketing?
AR Picketing is Like Industrial Picketing
How to Picket

8. Starting a Group
What to Do?
Name & Logo
Finding Members
A Constitution?
The Group Committee
Group Success Or Failure
Newsletters
Fundraising

9. Publicity

10. Leafleting
Design
Printing
Distribution
Posters & Placards
Other Media

11.News Media
Media Tips
A Feature Article?
The Letters Page
News Release
The Radio
Radio Tips

12. Internet
The Web
Email
Create Your Own Web Site
Designing Your Web Site
Capturing Viewers
Discussion Boards

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Chapter 4
Activities for Animal Rights


 1. Undercover Investigator

 2. Video Activist

 3. Animal Friendly Traveller

 4. Preacher

 5. Animal Rescuer

 6. Investigative Reporter

 7. Media Watcher

 8. Philosopher

 9. Flyer

10. Personal Activist

11. Animal Lawyer

12. Politician

13. Prisoner Supporter

14. Public & School Speaker

15. Aerial Snooper

16. Scientific Investigator

17. Solo Information Worker

18. Street Theatre Actor

19. Teacher

20. Voluntary Worker Abroad

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Chapter 5
The Law & Animal Rights


1. Terrorism
Background
Terrorism Defined
Animal Extremism & Terrorism
Does AR Extremism Work in Practice?

2. Violence or Nonviolence?
Can We Justify Violence?
Kinds of Violence
Views For & Against Violence
Is Violence Efficacious?
Conclusion

3. The Law - US & Britain
United States
FBI vs Extremists
Britain
Extremist Tactics
Establishment Fights Back

4. Police Arrest
In the Street & At Your Door
At the Police Station
Your Tactics
Know Your Rights
Remaining Silent
Your Lawyer
Suing the Police

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Chapter 6
Assorted Animal Rights Activists


1.  Steven Best

2.  John Lawrence

3.  Andrew Linzey

4.  Richard Martin

5.  The McLibel Two

6.  Ingrid Newkirk

7.  Jill Phipps

8.  Henry Salt

9.  Henry Spira

10. Peter Singer

11. Tom Regan

12. Richard D Ryder

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Chapter 7
Animal Numbers Raised & Killed


1.  Summary

2.  Chickens

3.  Pigs

4.  Beef Cattle

5.  Fish

6.  Meat Consumption

7.  Fur-bearers

8.  Experimental Animals

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Chapter 8.  Extras!

1.  Mutilations of Farm Animals

2.  The Five Freedoms

3.  Painism

4.  The Forgotten Fur

5.  The Golden Rule

6.  Human Overpopulation

7.  Climate Change

8.  Think Like an Animal



Appendix 1
World Scientists' Warning to Humanity.

Appendix 2
Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare.




 
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And Win the War on Animals




Chapter 7


Animal Numbers Raised & Killed


1. Summary



Here are estimates of the numbers of animals people eat, wear and experiment on. This is a limited selection as the kind of animals and their numbers are vast and estimates are not always available. Click the headings for more information.

Table 1. Estimates of the Number of Animals
People Kill Annually Worldwide
& Human Meat Consumption.
  Annual Number or Mass  
Chickens 70,000,000,000  
Pigs 1,200,000,000  
Beef Cattle 300,000,000  
Fish 132,000,000 tonnes  
Meat Consumption 250,000,000 tonnes
40 kg per human
 
Fur-bearers Farmed mink: 30,000,000+
Farmed fox: 5,000,000+
Wild fur-bearers: millions
 
Experimental Animals 41,000,000 to 100,000,000  



Interpreting Statistics

  • Total Counts vs Spot Counts
  • When interpreting animal statistics ask yourself whether they are about (a) all the animals alive in the year or (b) a count of all the animals alive on just one day of the year (eg on 1st of January or 30th June). The latter kind of count can be called a 'spot count' and often yields far fewer numbers. Sources of statistics do not always make clear which kind of figure they use.

  • Commercially Viable Numbers vs Absolute Numbers
  • Bear in mind when reading animal statistics whether they include (a) only commercially viable adult animals or (b) all animals - living and dead, young and old. A good example of this is chicken statistics. Half the number of chickens is not recorded on official statistics because male chicks are eliminated soon after hatching. (They are minced up and shipped in bulk to make fertiliser and pet food.) To get the real total number of chickens you must double their number to include the missing males.



     
    How to Do Animal Rights -
    And Win the War on Animals.
    First published on the Web: April 2008.
    © Roger (Ben) Panaman, April 2008. All rights reserved.