The Vegan Cat-Lover

By Wendy A.M. Prosser

Animal welfare and animal rights: what’s the difference? Are cats sentient? Is in vitro meat ethical? And what is a vegan, anyway? Read these and other musings on veganism, speciesism and feline friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wendy A.M. Prosser
• Release date: May 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476053110

Wendy A.M. Prosser

Wendy A.M. Prosser lives in Oxfordshire, UK with her husband, cats, and many interests including wildlife gardening, Egyptology, cosmology, particle physics, and learning other languages. She was born in Singapore, grew up in Kingston upon Hull, UK, and studied zoology at the University of Oxford, where she was also awarded a PhD for her research on intracellular symbionts in aphids. After university, Wendy worked in market research before moving into publishing. She is now a freelance science editor.

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The Vegan Cat-Lover: Mewsings on Veganism, Speciesism and Feline Friends

By Wendy A.M. Prosser

Published by Swervy Piglet Productions at Smashwords

Copyright 2012 Wendy A.M. Prosser

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Contents

Introduction: What is a Vegan, Anyway?

On Sentience, Speciesism and Cats

A Beginners’ Guide to Abolitionist Veganism

On Vegan Cats

Ethical Animal Products: Who’s Happy About Freedom Food?

How Ethical is In Vitro Meat?

Animal Welfare and Animal Rights: What’s the Difference?

Acknowledgements

About the Author

Introduction: What is a Vegan, Anyway?

According to The Vegan Society, the term vegan was coined in 1944 by their founder Donald Watson, who described veganism as the beginning and end of vegetarian [1]. But what does that mean, exactly?

I can’t speak for all vegans of course, but I think most would agree that our philosophy respects the rights of all sentient life – both human and non-human. Reverence for life is what motivates many vegetarians, too, but there’s more to respect than eating meat-free. And for vegetarians who realize this problem, the