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Your Animal Rights and Vegan Wiki

x JusticeForAnimals.org is an encyclopedic, collaboratively developed resource for animal rights and vegan advocacy.

We use the same software platform as Wikipedia, but unlike Wikipedia, all articles are written in the context of animal rights and veganism, with an emphasis on information that is useful for advocacy.

Like Wikipedia, we place importance on supplying creditable sources for factual statements that are not general knowledge.

About this site

Search

The fastest way to find information on this wiki is to start typing in the search box at the top of every page. For non-mobile devices, you can begin typing as soon as the page is loaded—no need to click first. For mobile devices, you may need to tap inside the search box to start.

As you type, suggestions are provided for hits with the most relevance. If you don't see what you want in the suggestions list, then hit enter or select "containing..." to bring up a search results page.

Listings

Listings allow you to browse articles. There is a link to each listing in the sidebar.

• All Articles lists all articles in the main namespace, organized by type of article.

• Beginner articles provide a good starting point for those new to veganism.

• "In Reply to:" articles provide reasoned responses to common objections, concerns, and questions regarding animal rights and veganism, organized as talking points. For sharing, these articles include a plain-text version that can be copied to your clipboard.

• Summaries provide precise descriptions of animals, studies, people, organizations, products, ideas, and other things, with emphasis on how each relates to animal rights and veganism.

• Fact Sheets provide support for a variety of topics commonly used in advocating for veganism and animal rights. Each fact sheet provides summarized citations of supporting evidence for that topic. For sharing, fact sheets include a plain-text version that can be copied to your clipboard.

• Blog Posts are mostly about the wiki site itself.

• Tables are useful in themselves, and can be included on other wiki pages as well.

Roadmap

The focus in the near-term will be on getting summaries written for a variety of topics, including one for each species of farmed animal. You can see examples of summaries in the Honey article and the Oxford Study article. In the queue are the following summary articles: "Chickens", "Cows", "Fish", "Pigs", "Sheep", "Palm Oil", "Leather", and "Wool."

User Editing

You can help—make it better; make it yours:

• As with Wikipedia, anonymous users can now edit the latest revision of most pages in this wiki. Better yet, create an account to get credit for your efforts.

• Until our standards for contributing are written, refer to Wikipedia's information on contributing, as ours will be similar.

• Vandalism is pointless. Edits are not visible on the page or in page history until they have been moderated.

• Long range plans include allowing the public to create new articles.

• As with Wikipedia, anonymous users can now edit the latest revision of most pages in this wiki. Better yet, create an account to get credit for your efforts.

• Until our standards for contributing are written, refer to Wikipedia's information on contributing, as ours will be similar.

• Vandalism is pointless. Edits are not visible on the page or in page history until they have been moderated.

• Long range plans include allowing the public to create new articles.

Information

The information on this site is usefully organized, evidence-based, and non-hyperbolic.

Usefully organized

The site is organized into the kinds of information we use in advocacy—basic information, objections to veganism, facts to back up assertions, and summaries of various kinds. This way of organizing also engenders discovery and learning.

The further division of information in each section into the topics of animals, ethics, earth, health, and humanity provides a uniform structure to help you get to the information in which you are interested. Written definitions of these categories are forthcoming.

Evidence based

When we present a piece of information as fact, that information should be based on credible supporting evidence, not conjecture or unsubstantiated claims. We provide citations or links to credible sources for factual statements that are not general knowledge. We minimize using animal rights organizations for sources in cases where believability would be an issue to a non-vegan audience but not because the information is inaccurate.

Non-hyperbolic

Hyperbole and sensationalism are not welcome here. The case for animal rights and veganism is strong, and the objections are weak. There is no need to exaggerate.

In talking about the cruelties inflicted on animals, presenting the reality of what's happening may seem to be an exaggeration when it is not. It's especially important that when we make claims that may seem hyperbolic but in fact are not, that we are able to back up those claims with supporting evidence.

This following is a list articles:

Beginner

• Introduction to Veganism

• Getting Started with Going Vegan

• Helpful Resources

Replies

• In reply to: I am only one person; I cannot make a difference.

• In reply to: It's OK to eat animals that have been treated well; I only eat certified humane, pasture-raised, cage-free, free-range products.

• In reply to: Humans are natural omnivores; we digest meat, have canine teeth, and have front-facing eyes.

• In reply to: God gave us dominion over animals and put them here for us to eat, and the Bible condones eating them.

• In reply to: With all the problems in the world, we should spend our time helping humans first, then animals.

• In reply to: There are no true vegans. Animal products are in car tires and everywhere.

• In reply to: Don't force your values on me; what I eat is a personal choice.

• In reply to: We need animal products to be healthy.

• In reply to: Plants are sentient and have feelings too.

• In reply to: Protein is a problem for vegans.

• In reply to: Veganism would devastate the economy and cause massive unemployment.

• In reply to: Humans have souls; animals don’t.

• In reply to: I can't afford to be vegan; it's too expensive.

• In reply to: Eating animals is natural; animals eat animals, it is part of the circle of life, and we are apex predators on top of the food chain.

• In reply to: B12 is a problem for vegans, so a vegan diet is not natural.

• In reply to: If we all go vegan, farm animals will either overrun the world or become extinct.

• In reply to: A vegan diet is not for everyone; it made me sick.

• In reply to: Eating animal products is our tradition; it's been a part of our culture and a way of living for hundreds of years.

• In reply to: We give farmed animals their lives, protect them, and give their lives meaning, for which they should be grateful.

Summaries

• Chickens

• Honey, Bees, and Pollination

• Wool

• Circuses

• Pigs

• Cattle

• Fish

• Grass Fed

• In the queue are the following summary articles: "Chickens", "Cows", "Fish", "Pigs", "Sheep", "Palm Oil", "Leather", and "Wool."

Tables

• Table: Age of Animals Slaughtered vs. Natural Life Span
• Table: The Comparative Anatomy of Eating
• Table: Helpful Resources
• Table: Annual Slaughter Counts of Land Animals by Country, Animal, and Usage
• Table: Annual Slaughter Counts of Fish

Blog Posts

• Regenerative Grazing and Grass-Fed Claims (2020-10-30)
• Animal Rights Books with Three Recommendations (2020-04-07)
• A Welcome to Our New Author Bethany Chester (2019-10-17)
• Table Now Available for Land Animal Slaughter Counts (2019-09-09)
• Outreach Organization Features the JFA Wiki on Their Handout Cards (2019-08-21)
• Wiki Go-Live Announcement (2019-08-19)
• Outlines as Study Notes (2019-03-09)
• Site Conversion Progress (2019-03-01)
• Wiki Announcement (2019-01-10)
• Mission and Guiding Principles (2018-01-15)