In the book Animal Resistance there are a number of illustrations by the artist Sue Coe.
And it turns out that Sue was interviewed last year by The New York Times.
“My plague obsession started with the meat industry,” she said. Since the 1980s, the artist has produced series and books documenting the conditions of animals and workers in slaughterhouses and warning of the industry’s link to both global warming and pandemics.
“Factory farming and zoonotic viruses are one and the same,” Ms. Coe said. “This is the last great social justice movement.”
Indeed, animal rights is the last great social justice movement, one that has been inching forward for hundreds (thousands) of years, but now seems to be gaining momentum.
“I make vegans,” Ms. Coe said. “That’s my role in life.”
John is an award-winning author of stories, novels and plays. He is author of THE STANDING DEAD, coming in 2027. He is also author of the novels The Tourist Trail and Where Oceans Hide Their Dead and co-author of the mystery Devils Island. He is editor of Writing for Animals (also now a writing program). More at JohnYunker.com.