Animal Rights

Humanism has elevated humanity above its natural condition, but our relationship to animals remains in a state of war.

Meat products grown in a laboratory could soon be widely available but is this something environmentalists should welcome and support?

An anti-speciesist vision calls for a radical rethinking of our relationship to animals and an end to the idea of “responsible” livestock farming.

With animal rights awareness and activism on the rise, how can we turn animal exploitation into a thing of the past?

In an unprecedented step towards direct democracy, Finland adopted a national Citizens’ Initiative law in March 2012. Although it has succeeded in opening debates in the national parliament on a number of issues, serious questions remain over whether citizens really have the power to effect change through the tool.