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This political cartoon depicts two lobsters about to boil a baby in a pot. It is common practice to cook lobsters alive, disregarding their ability to suffer. We excuse the screaming of the lobsters by calling it a release of air, and that’s exactly what the lobsters are saying about this baby in the cartoon. Since marine life, especially creatures such as lobsters and crabs, is rarely focused on in activism, it’s easier to excuse this behavior. But, shouldn’t all creatures that can feel pain have rights? How would you feel if someone snatched your baby from your home and boiled it alive just to have a fancy dinner?

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This political cartoon depicts a chick breaking out of its shell, and then being placed in a crate full of other chicks looking for their mother. Most female livestock are put in cages, constantly impregnated in order to produce goods. When the baby animals are born, they rarely catch sight of their mothers before they are tossed in a crate. Once in the crate, they are fed to grow large enough to either be slaughtered or bred and slaughtered. Livestock, especially chickens, are treated as disposable objects because they are a reliable source of goods. Chickens are the most abused livestock, and they are the least focused on in activism. Why is that?

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This political cartoon depicts a calf in a cage crying until it sees the snow outside. This cartoon is very important because it helps to show the humanity of animals in these conditions. There are many television shows and movies that depict a dying human’s last snowfall and the bliss and bittersweet nature of it. This calf is in a cage, ready to be bred and slaughtered, and they take a moment to lick the snow falling from the sky. This cartoon hits my heart extremely hard because it targets the empathy of the viewer. We like to disconnect the meat from the animal, but how can we ignore the connection when the animals can find such humanistic joy in a snowfall?

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This political cartoon depicts a cow walking by the meat section in a grocery store. Instead of the usual layout of beef, chicken, turkey, and other meats, there are human bodies and prepackaged human limbs. The most important part of this cartoon is the cow’s facial expression. They are wincing as they walk through the section, but they still buy the meat. This is a call out to most customers, as we wince at the thought of the dead animals, but end up excusing it in order to buy and eat the meat. Additionally in the cow’s cart is a can of “human sauce”. This is another stab at not only meat eaters, but vegetarians as well because they still consume the goods of animals.

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This political cartoon depicts two humans buying a tube of mascara that was animal-tested, while a rabbit sits in a cage covered in wounds. One of the customers tries to convince his friend that she should buy another brand, but she says “one person can’t make a difference”. The most common excuse for supporting animal cruelty is that saying, but if everyone uses it as an excuse, the numbers just keep rising. It is possible to live a normal life without contributing to animal cruelty, but we do it anyway because of its convenience. We need to ask ourselves if convenience is worth the life of an animal.

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This political cartoon depicts ten rats in glass cages in a laboratory. Rats and mice are the most common animals used for experimentation because they have a similar anatomy to humans and because of their uniqueness as well. But as they are tested on, they are regarded as numbers, not living beings. They face inhumane trials such as being poisoned, burned, electrocuted, and mutilated. The rats experience psychological abuse as well, resulting in anxiety, depression, and even terror. Since rodents have helped scientists discover so much about human anatomy, there is a lot of pushback against getting these animals rights. But why should humans get to pick which animals suffer for their own gain?