No More Goat Snuggles: Animal Ag’s Week of Bad-Faith Excuses | Rising Anxieties

The industry’s talking points are getting more absurd by the week: a farm blames “vegan extremists” for ending baby goat cuddling sessions, a horse-carriage op-ed acts like $65K/year is a job worth preserving at all costs, and the EU touts a “protein plan” that funnels plant protein straight back into animal feed. On this episode of Rising Anxieties, we call out the spin, line by line.

• A Pennsylvania farm cancels its $5 baby goat snuggling sessions and blames animal rights advocates instead of asking why they were exploiting baby animals for cash in the first place.
• We break down “The Vegan Extremist Mindset,” a piece that tries to paint compassion for animals as a mental health problem.
• The New York Post defends Central Park’s horse carriage industry as if underpaid, uninsured jobs justify continued animal exploitation.
• Oregon’s PEACE Act gets misrepresented as a threat to pet euthanasia, when it’s really about closing cruelty loopholes for industry.
• The EU’s new protein plan claims to reduce reliance on animal agriculture, but 70% of it still goes to feeding livestock — proof the industry still isn’t taking real steps toward change.

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