Published Letters and Op-Eds from
COK’s Writers Group

Readers Speak Out on Animal Rights

Published in The Washington Times on October 15, 2002.

“Who are you calling a terrorist?” shines light on the importance of advocating for animals. Increasingly, people from across political and social spectra are speaking out on behalf of those without a voice.

Animals indisputably are among the most oppressed groups on Earth, habitually killed and abused by the billions for whatever purposes we deem desirable. Each year, we force sensitive, defenseless animals on factory farms to undergo branding, castration, tooth grinding and other mutilations, all without painkillers. Soon after, we send them to slaughter, unbothered by documentation that they routinely are killed while fully conscious.

It’s no wonder there is a growing uproar regarding our domination of those weaker than ourselves. It is long past time we end the violence and terror we wreak on other animals and begin treating them with compassion and respect. Certainly, we all can live with this change.

SUZANNE MCMILLAN
Correspondent
Compassion Over Killing
Alexandria