<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:48:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/animalsinsociety/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Steemit Photo Challenge #42 - Animal Portrait - Entry 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chow! I took this image with a camera phone and zooooomed in. Despite the quality of the shot, THIS CHOW IS ADORABLE!!!]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallange/@nebcat/steemit-photo-challenge-42-animal-portrait-entry-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemitphotochallange/@nebcat/steemit-photo-challenge-42-animal-portrait-entry-1</guid><category><![CDATA[steemitphotochallange]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[nebcat]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdJrEvKCrhHNdbe2uR6vGS41abZsESUVPzEhcVMnT8YWk5y8GxGW4hQPzpePzzR3YTTbreGxHbeatgbC7Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals as Persons: The Nonhuman Rights Project]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lawyer Steven Wise was first introduced to the ideas of animal rights and animal personhood by reading philosophy books. He soon realized, however, that philosophers and lawyers mean different things when]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/animals-as-persons-the-nonhuman-rights-project</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/animals-as-persons-the-nonhuman-rights-project</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2016 14:25:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eAhQXKtFQzKLJPUQH6GV8T27aErnUzV8XeN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circuses Are on Their Way Out]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus have announced that by 2018 they will no longer feature elephants in their shows. This comes after many lawsuits, fines, and cities that have banned circuses]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@goose/circuses-are-on-their-way-out</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@goose/circuses-are-on-their-way-out</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5bEGgqZEHBMdoZVSE73mCnaT8EK5jA2uehEaUGTB8zhPhwfRoAMbcYnY97anpZ1y2Jar2Ghqox6ADcrrF52WaTtwzYDzGYe2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suicide Food]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember the cow in The Restaurant at the End of the Universe? A large dairy animal approached Zaphod Beeblebrox's table, a large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type with large watery eyes, small horns]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/suicide-food</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/suicide-food</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 20:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkESqYz1TXRUzsCBsxzSAHg9nEjasRjpSsWhvnmxjyteGbbArfMGamb2d6o36x918ZtTomttCtqRZeNnEqyCGuiNhzJgvxva9JaVuAUmnW2NnjDR8ZVq8cu7fZZAQx4iA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Makes a Chicken Happy?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chickens like to spend time in the sunshine, spread their wings, dust bathe, spend time with their families and find safe places to hide their eggs.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animalethics/@goose/what-makes-a-chicken-happy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animalethics/@goose/what-makes-a-chicken-happy</guid><category><![CDATA[animalethics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 17:20:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72idE55WxeUj8USnXfm5a3M4AhWjgtBLiRubaQhjZvY42tdhJ57xGuyduGSPRnLvRWgDMeBJa97Jjp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Naturalistic Fallacy Persists Even Though There is Nothing Natural Anymore]]></title><description><![CDATA[The appeal to nature, also known as the naturalistic fallacy, is a logical fallacy in which what is natural is assumed to be good. For instance, natural environments are often assumed to be better than]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/the-naturalistic-fallacy-persists-even-though-there-is-nothing-natural-anymore</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/the-naturalistic-fallacy-persists-even-though-there-is-nothing-natural-anymore</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:58:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXqKDhuJpF5rturFnoV7U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stanford’s Virtual Reality Lab: Become a Cow, Then Be Sent to a Slaughterhouse]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I am a cow. “I am a cow in a lovely pasture, a green expanse ringed by distant barns. “In front of me is another cow— Karutz explains that this is a mirror image of my avatar, put there because, given]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/stanford-s-virtual-reality-lab-become-a-cow-then-be-sent-to-a-slaughterhouse</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/stanford-s-virtual-reality-lab-become-a-cow-then-be-sent-to-a-slaughterhouse</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 12:36:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Love Animals, Especially Eating Them]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a young child, I loved cats and dogs but ate pigs and cows. I didn't know that's what I was doing. I stopped wanting to eat animal flesh when I was a kid and I first found out that meat was the bodies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/we-love-animals-especially-eating-them</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@goose/we-love-animals-especially-eating-them</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:17:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXqFCxDHnMcEtakYueNWz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Proposal for an Animal Welfare State]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosopher David Pearce wants to see a world where all sentient beings are well cared for. With the rapidly advancing technology in computing and nanotechnology, he sees the possibility for a world where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animalsinsociety/@goose/a-proposal-for-an-animal-welfare-state</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animalsinsociety/@goose/a-proposal-for-an-animal-welfare-state</guid><category><![CDATA[animalsinsociety]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:18:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpaUWHmHMdP1NVL8BiAz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets v. farm animals]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@goose/pets-v-farm-animals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animals/@goose/pets-v-farm-animals</guid><category><![CDATA[animals]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[goose]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 15:25:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpWeE2HVKNRgLvkqG1Qz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Can No Longer Say We Didn’t Know -- Injustice Against Animals]]></title><description><![CDATA["It warn't the grounding —that didn't keep [the steamboat's arrival] back but a little. 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