Cowbells on the Kill Floor gathers the full argument: ethical, ecological, nutritional, historical and psychological, into one coherent picture.
It dismantles the myths that sustain animal exploitation and challenges the cultural habits that normalise harm. From the comforting fantasy of “humane slaughter” to the marketing of “sustainable meat,” Hamish Blakely exposes the contradictions that lurk beneath one of the most destructive legacies of human history.
This work does not simply defend veganism — it obliterates the ideology that resists it. Blending philosophy, science, and lived experience, Blakely argues that ending animal exploitation is not a marginal concern but a central ethical task, one bound up with justice, sustainability, and the future our children will inherit.
With intellectual clarity and moral urgency, Cowbells on the Kill Floor shows how denial and inherited myths have shaped our world, and how they can be undone. It offers no illusions of comfort, but it does offer hope: that a more honest relationship with animals, and with ourselves, can build a different world, one that no child will ever have to justify.