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READ: They All Run TogetherJoin us for On the Brink: Mon 30th Nov, 7pm GMT

Alex Lockwood — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:10:07 +0000

This year for Remembrance Day for Lost Species, November 30th, Writers Rebel are bringing together 20 writers from around the globe including Margaret Atwood, Amitav Ghosh, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ben Okri, Homero Aridjis and others to each tell the story of one animal. Please join us for this free landmark event. Below, Writers Rebel member Alex [...]

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Read: The Danish Mink CrisisCarsten Jensen

Carsten Jensen — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 22:52:05 +0000

There are a million species under threat of extinction throughout the world, with as many as two hundred disappearing every day. But amongst these there is one species whose passing we need not mourn: the Danish mink farmer. Even before Covid jumped the species barrier from humans to mink and back again, mutating into [...]

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Read: The Only Cure is KindnessJill Robinson

Jill Robinson — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:00:18 +0000

As a species, our lack of kindness has surely led the human race to where we are today. The majority of pandemics have been caused by our insufferable treatment of animals. Asiatic black bears are a case in point. The rebel in me wants to criticise the bear farming industry for its horribly cruel practices, [...]

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Read: Where Dogs Die, Change is Still PossibleHarry Eckman

Harry Eckman — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:40:14 +0000

I only went to a dog meat market once. If you don’t know what a dog meat market is, it’s exactly as it sounds. It’s where they slaughter and butcher dogs and sell their meat. You can find them throughout Asia – I went to Moran Market in South Korea. As the co-founder of an [...]

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