| The following are some of my animal rights letters to the press since 1995. To avoid repetition, where I have sent the same letter to more than one newspaper, on this page it will only be featured once showing all titles and newspaper names where it was published. Inclusion is in date order. Sending letters to the press has helped me campaign more extensively for animal rights while improving my writing with regards to style and content. I have refrained from including some letters which are either too topical, controversial, or no longer relevant or useful, though I reserve the right to include them if the need arises. To read a particular letter, click on the year it was published. To go directly to the first page to read all the letters, click here. |
| 1995 I.M. Beck's "moaning" Justice and birds Environmental confusion Law enforcement at Chadwick Lakes Turkey for Christmas? 1996 Cruelty prevention? Of circuses Are cows really vegetarian? In defense of animal rights/Isle of dogs indeed Animal welfare indeed! Animal rights A dog killer's a killer Cruelty to animals.../All kinds of cruelty Leap of Malta dogs Eat me/Big is beautiful On sponsorships and fund raising Clean up the World/Clean up your act first Vegetarian movement growing rapidly Poor turkey!/Spare a thought for the turkey this Christmas/Cruelty-free Christmas What about the Manoel Island dogs?/Tougher laws against animal abuse 1997 Extremists or morally sound?/Extremism vs sound moral judgement Moral evolution 1998 "Moderation" in our treatment of animals? Animals and the church 1999 Dangerous dogs The true meaning of animal rights 2001 Solidarity with Azzjoni Pozittiva Violent circus What really happened at the Blata l-Bajda Circus Why should animal circuses be banned? 2002 Cats to Germany/Sending strays abroad Swan massacre Tougher penalties Wake up, minister Hunting is anti-Catholic Only criminals would disagree Malta, where criminals are protected Challenge to Lino Farrugia/Get a life, Mr Farrugia Fighting for just causes Local councils should respect animal rights Take action and responsibility Animalist but not humanist? Are we a nation of animal haters?/Time for action Can anybody help? 2003 Stray dogs, the solution, and local council elections The latest local councils' trend - starve the strays Animal welfare? No to zoos in Malta Protection of animals No to zoos in Malta (continued) Animal rights - the responsibilities Bring on horse shelters...now!/Shelters for Valletta horses Protection to animals Horses' shelter Taking horses off the streets "Animal lovers" EU infoslot Welfare of animals 2004 The final solution - kill the homeless Summer festas - no celebration for animals, the elderly and sick people Cruelty in Maltese feasts Those who really care Cruel feast custom Animal rights Turning words into action Feast custom Smells fishy...and it's not cat food! Government attitude to San Anton cats Dispelling the myth of disunity within animal protection groups 2005 Animal Welfare Council - is it functioning? New Pope on animals / Quotes by the new Pope Animal rights and the Pope Treatment of horses Dangerous dogs Strays in Marsascala Selective breeding and dangerous dogs Preventing dead meat The government and hunting and trapping Providing a horse shelter Animal welfare Finally horses get their shelter/Shelter, at last! Animal lovers united Don't animals have rights? Culling pigeons is illegal A front but not necessarily a single coalition The bigger mess Animal rights and owners Humane life for dogs 2006 For heaven's sake Circuses - Modern slavery Meat is murder 2007 Meat, morality and health Meat is still murder On human and non-human animals Speciesism and its illogic Government defies EU - I'm not surprised More about animal rights The citizens are no fools No animal rights, no vote Animal rights and evolution On animal rights and having souls Stand on hunting Being anti-hunting Who's the fundamentalist? Pro-legal hunting Feeble counter-declaration That obsession with secret weapons Spring hunting breaches EU directives Who are the extremists? The facts about the "spring hunting derogation" Bird imprisonment Having the meat and eating it too Respect for animals Animal rights: Who cares? True animal rights 2008 It's right to teach that hunting is wrong Nazis in the classroom? Animal awareness Dogs and hunting 'Hunting' dogs and their rights Hunting dogs are no dummies but neither are we The rights of non-humans Animals: Slaving or serving? |
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