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

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


Contents

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


6. Meat Consumption



This page summarises the amount of meat people eat worldwide and is based on official statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Animals and meat on this page mean livestock and poultry and exclude sea food. For fish see Chapter 7: Fish.


Summary

  1. People eat about 250,000,000 tonnes of meat annually worldwide (Table 1).
  2. China consumes more meat than any other country (Table 1), but not on average per person (Table 2).
  3. People in China, United States and Brazil combined eat half the world's meat (Table 1).
  4. Each human eats 40 kilograms of meat annually on average worldwide (Table 2).
  5. On average, each person in the top ten meat-eating countries eats three times (123 kilograms per person) the amount of meat eaten worldwide (Table 2).
  6. People in New Zealand eat more meat per person on average than any other country (Table 2).
  7. The amount of meat people eat is growing by about five million tonnes per year (Table 1).




More & More Meat

The figures of meat consumption in the tables below are based on statistics from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO started collecting records in 1961. Their statistics show that the average amount of meat consumed per person has doubled over the last 40 years, increasing steadily from 21 kilograms per person in 1961 to 40 kilograms per person in 2002. Most of this growth is in the developing countries as their populations and incomes increase. China, for example, eats over 20 times its 1961 tonnage. However, although China is the biggest meat eating country (Table 1) the average consumption per Chinese is 52 kg per year, way below America at 125 kg of meat per human per year (Table 2) and western European counties, such as Britain at 80 kg of meat per human annually. In addition to meat, people are consuming more eggs and milk and this increased consumption has been called the 'Livestock Revolution'.

Minimum Human Meat Consumption

These FAO statistics exclude fish. To include fish in human meat consumption you might add about an extra third to the tables below (which are for livestock and poultry only). However, the results will still be minimum figures of human meat consumption. It is not possible to collect totally accurate statistics about millions of animals from all over the world. As FAO admits, "Data is reported by individual countries, which may have varying capacities for data collection." Therefore the statistics on this page are only a rough guide to consumed animal tonnage and should be look upon as minimum figures.



Meat Consumption per Country

Table 1. Meat Consumption per Country.
Top Ten Countries & Worldwide, 1998 - 2002.

Meat in this Table means livestock and poultry only.
Millions of metric tonnes.
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
China 59 60 64 65 68
United States 33 35 35 35 36
Brazil 12 13 14 14 15
Germany 7 7 7 7 7
Russian Federation 7 6 6 7 7
France 6 6 6 6 6
Japan 5 6 6 6 6
Mexico 5 5 6 6 6
India 5 5 5 5 6
Italy 5 5 5 5 5
World 224 228 234 238 247
Based on statistics collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT on-line statistical service (FAO: Rome, 2005). Earth Trends, World Resources Institute, displays FAO statistics online as the Agriculture and Food Searchable Database. Table 1 is from Meat Consumption: Total (accessed online February 2008).




Average Annual Meat Consumption per Human

Table 2. Average Annual Meat Consumption per Human.
Top Ten Countries & Worldwide, 1998 - 2002.

Meat in this Table means livestock and poultry only.
Kilograms of meat per human.
  1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
New Zealand 140 138 122 147 142
Luxembourg NA NA 147 134 142
Bahamas 123 141 152 135 124
Denmark 126 130 130 139 146
Cyprus 126 132 134 132 131
United States 120 124 122 120 125
Spain 115 114 112 115 119
French Polynesia 105 103 107 109 112
Canada 103 107 107 108 108
France 102 100 100 103 101
World 38 38 39 39 40
Based on statistics collected by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), FAOSTAT on-line statistical service (FAO: Rome, 2005). Earth Trends, World Resources Institute, displays FAO statistics online as the Agriculture and Food Searchable Database. Table 2 is from Meat Consumption per Capita (accessed online February 2008).




Notes for Tables 1 & 2

FAO defines meat consumption as "...the total meat retained for use in country for each country per year. Total meat includes meat from animals slaughtered in countries, irrespective of their origin, and comprises horsemeat, poultry, and meat from all other domestic or wild animals such as camels, rabbits, reindeer, and game animals."



Conclusion

For the foreseeable future, perhaps for as long as humanity persists, billions of animals will continue their cataclysmic fall down the abyssal human throat.
 
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.