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HUMANE MYTH
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Happy Meat



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 HUMANE MYTH GLOSSARY
Abolition
Animal advocacy
Animal husbandry
Animal protection
Animal rights
Animal welfare
Animal welfare industrial complex
Animal-using industries
Co-option
Commodification
Conflict of Interest
Conscience
Conscientious objection
Critical thinking
Cruelty-free
Disillusionment
Doctrine of necessary evil
Happy Meat
Hogwashing
Humane myth
Humane slaughter
Neocarnism
Non-participation and Non-cooperation
Non-violent social change
Open Rescue
Path of Conscience
Plant-based diet
Privilege of domination
Speciesism
Suffering
Sustainable
Utilitarianism
Values-based activism
Vegan
 






Happy Meat

According to the animal-using industry and some misinformed members of the general public, this term refers to various forms of animal flesh produced from the bodies of "happy" animals, such as those commonly depicted in cartoon or CGI form in advertisements. These romanticized depictions imply that the animals used by the industry live an idyllic life on green pastures under blue skies. Within the animal advocacy community, it is an ironic term for animal products promoted by the animal-using industry and some animal organizations as being "Humane," "Compassionate," "Cruelty-free," "Cage-free," "Free range," "Pasture-raised," "Organic," or "Animal-friendly." The irony derives from the fact that such labels create a false and misleading impression in the minds of the public, who would be both horrified and disgusted were they to actually see everything that happens to the animals whose lives are exploited and cut short in order to create these products. For background, see Compassion for Sale: Doublethink Meets Doublefeel as "Happy Meat" Comes of Age.