Human Rights Tribunals To Setup Division For Your Dogs, Cats, Gerbils, Et Al.

Paul Russell: Readers not ready to embrace animal rights; anti-Semitism still lurks


The National Post has never been known as a leading advocate of animal rights. So when a front-page story on Tuesday detailed how the Journal of Animal Ethics wants people to stop using the term “pets” (we should call them “companion animals”) and avoid animal-based analogies such as “eat like a pig” and “drunk like a skunk,” National Post letter-writers were transformed into busy beavers, who made a beeline to our letters mailbox with notes of concern.

“I have never before been exposed to such hogwash (yes, I said it) on the front page,” wrote Tracy Goldfarb. “Your article, ‘Humans Urged to Stop the Name-Calling,’ is not only absurd, but it’s most definitely not newsworthy. Read More »