Abolitionists: Fringe or Core?
Submitted by An Animal-Friendly Life
Background
In its May+June 2008 Reader Letters section, VegNews magazine is taken to task by its activism advisor:
In the recent article about the humanecalifornia.org ballot initiative (”Taking the Initiative,” Jan+Feb 2008) to ban some of the worst confinement practices on factory farms, I was disappointed to see equal weight given to statements by a fringe group opposing such bans. Attacking progress may make the critic feel relevant but does not result in meaningful change for animals. Such negative views are not widely shared in the animal protection movement and should not be portrayed as if they are to newer activists who can sometimes easily be pushed to a counterproductive approach.
The author of this letter is activist/attorney Bryan Pease of Animal Protection and Rescue League, an organization that actively promotes husbandry reform campaigns such as the initiative favorably discussed in the article.
