When Animals Speak

investigating ways of making animal activism more mainstream to improve the position of those who are unable to do so themselves. This requires empirical research to determine which forms of activism are effective (Aaltola 2015; Leuven 2017),

need to explore both how academia contributes to perpetuating non-human animal oppression, and how academic work can foster activism and different perspectives on non-human animals.

This requires empirical research to determine which forms of activism are effective (Aaltola 2015; Leuven 2017),

Hunting practices have caused wild animals to be shy, which often leads humans to assume that wild animals simply are shy.

For these and other reasons—such as forced processes of domestication—human societies have certain duties towards non-human animals.

Using the argument that women are as rational as men therefore leads to two problems: the criterion is presented as gender-neutral, whereas it is actually masculinist, and secondly, women must be shown to be like men in order to gain moral or political standing.

democracy is not just about participating in existing institutions, it also implies being able to change those institutions.

human inconvenience almost always trumps non-human animal interests (including their right to life

Although we like to pretend otherwise, it is impossible to eradicate all risk from our society. We accept this in the case of traffic, and non-Western human communities who live close to large predators are also more willing to accept this in the case of non-human animals (Bakels 2003).

In the example of Schiphol Airport, the land and air around the airport are seen as human spaces, as expressions of human culture, and as belonging to humans. The geese are now portrayed as intruders into this area who pose a risk to humans.