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These are the latest dispatches from the fault lines — where ethics, faith, and resistance converge.

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Each dispatch is published first on PathlessPilgrim.com, with canonical clarity and poetic intent.

Animal Welfare Reclaimed: Ethics, Rights, and the End of Exploitation   

Published 25 September 2025

Can the word “welfare” be saved from the industries that corrupted it? 

In this dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim reflects on a withdrawn University of Winchester course and explores how Professor Andrew Knight’s work  signal a shift in how welfare science can challenge exploitation itself. Bridging Tom Regan’s rights-based ethics with public moral intuition, the article argues that reclaiming “welfare” may be the most accessible path to animal liberation.

🕊️ Read the full article here: Animal Welfare Reclaimed: Ethics, Rights, and the End of Exploitation  

What Are Animal Rights? A Clear, Ethical Guide   

Published 24 September 2025

This guide cuts through the confusion between animal rights and welfare, offering ethical clarity and practical direction for advocates, educators, and curious readers. 

From Tom Regan’s foundational philosophy to the legal campaigns of the Nonhuman Rights Project, it explores the moral urgency of animal liberation, the history of vegan pioneers, and the distinction between reform and abolition. 

Includes actionable steps and resources for those ready to challenge speciesism and support true rights for nonhuman animals.

🕊️ Read the full article here: What Are Animal Rights? A Clear, Ethical Guide 

Robert Plant Wool: When Symbolism Tips Into Silliness  

Published 23 September 2025

PETA has asked Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant to temporarily rename himself “Robert Plant Wool” for their Plant Wool Month campaign, aimed at promoting sustainable fashion and protecting animals. In this dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim explores the fine line between symbolic advocacy and spectacle - and asks whether ethical storytelling can survive the pun.

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Do Chimpanzees Deserve Their Day in Court?  

Published 22 September 2025

Seven chimpanzees remain imprisoned in a Michigan roadside zoo - treated as property, denied sunlight, and stripped of autonomy.

In this latest dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim traces the Nonhuman Rights Project’s legal battle to secure habeas corpus hearings for the DeYoung Prisoners. Drawing on public records, court rulings, and eyewitness accounts, the article reveals the stark conditions of confinement and the ethical urgency of recognising nonhuman personhood.

With evolutionary kinship and ecological justice at its core, this piece argues that liberty rights for chimpanzees are not radical—they’re overdue.

🕊️ Read the full article here: Michigan Supreme Court Urged to Hear Landmark Case on Chimpanzee Liberty Rights 

Why Aren't More Muslims Vegan? 

Published on Medium · 4 October 2025 · 4 min read   

Islam teaches mercy, stewardship, and ethical restraint—yet most Muslims still consume animals. 

In this latest dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim explores the gap between religious permission and ethical possibility. Drawing on Quranic verses and Hadiths, the article reveals that neither Allah nor the Prophet commanded meat consumption, and that modern slaughter often violates Islamic principles of compassion. 

With the concept of tayyib—meaning pure and wholesome—at its heart, this piece argues that veganism may be more aligned with Islamic values than factory-farmed halal meat.

🕊️ Read the full article on Medium: Why Aren’t More Muslims Vegan?  

The Hate Crime Victims Nobody’s Talking About 

Published on Medium · 1 October 2025 · 4 min read  

Sometimes, the most violated victims of hate crimes aren’t even seen as victims.

In this latest dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim examines a disturbing series of hate crimes in France — acts targeting both mosques and synagogues with grotesque symbolism. But beneath the headlines lies a deeper silence: the suffering of the pigs whose severed heads were used as props in these crimes.

This piece confronts the twisted logic of “othering,” showing how nonhuman victims are erased from moral concern even when their bodies are desecrated for political provocation. Drawing parallels to systemic animal exploitation and the cultural contempt embedded in language, the article asks us to rethink who we mourn — and who we ignore.

🕊️ Read the full article on Medium: The Hate Crime Victims Nobody’s Talking About 

Why the RAF’s Vegan Uniform Policy Matters 

Published on Medium · 27 September 2025 · 3 min read 

Vegan uniforms don’t weaken the RAF — they reinforce its moral spine.

In this latest dispatch, Pathless Pilgrim explores the quiet but powerful victory for ethical inclusion within the British Royal Air Force. After years of campaigning, crew members can now request non-leather boots and synthetic berets — a shift that honours veganism as a legally protected belief under the Equality Act 2010.

The article confronts reactionary backlash, including comments from retired military figures and politicians, and dismantles the absurd notion that ethical uniform choices undermine national defence. With historical parallels to religious dress reforms and a call for principled progress, this piece argues that compassion and operational integrity are not opposites — they’re allies.

🕊️ Read the full article on Medium: Why the RAF’s Vegan Uniform Policy Matters