My friend, Susan in Santa Monica, posted a photo of herself on social media in a state of blissful repose, a white rat perched atop her chest. I recoiled at the sight of it. I phoned her and asked, ...

One of the more frequently debated issues related to eating animals is that of animal rights and animal consciousness. Do animals have rights or feelings comparable to those of humans? In “All Animals ...

Cows, pigs, chickens – these are staple foods in diets worldwide. Yet there’s something peculiar about human eating habits: we almost never eat other carnivores. Despite a wide variety of animal ...