Writers Wanted: Help Veterinarians Challenge Industry Power
🖊️ Writers Wanted: Help Veterinarians Speak Truth to Power 🐾
Veterinarians hold the credibility necessary to dismantle public trust in animal-based protein production and animal experimentation.
We have found that media outlets are likely to publish op-eds by veterinarians, but many veterinarians are too overworked or undertrained in op-ed writing to bring their perspectives to the public. That’s where YOU come in.
We’re building a team of writers who can help ghostwrite op-eds for veterinarians, amplifying animal rights ideas in major media outlets. If you’ve ever written persuasively, advocated fiercely, or crafted messaging that cuts through the noise—we want you.
Op-Ed topics should be in alignment with our strategic plan, use objective and professional language with arguments based on scientific data, logic, morals or ethics. We appreciate pieces that resonate with conservative values (honor, responsibility, morality, freedom, liberty, choice, self-reliance, states’ rights, National sovereignty, National security, limited government, free market capitalism) while not promoting speciesism or xenophobia.
Op-Eds must provide linked sources to peer-reviewed scientific articles or reputable news sources for each fact presented.
Language use
The industry learned what animal rights activists failed to realize–corporate profits should not be left to the whims of consumer choice. In order to shine a light on how the industry operates, we must be strategic about the language we use.
This is how we reframe the message:
Instead of “Go Vegan,” we say “support animal-free food production,” or “support access to animal-free meals,” or “redirect public funds away from propping up antiquated animal-based methods of protein production and support animal-free methods of protein production that will protect public health and our food security.”
Other phrases and concepts to avoid
Instead of “more humane” use “less cruel.”
Instead of “factory farming,” use “modern intensive animal-based protein production.”
Instead of saying “vegan,” “plant-based,” or “plant forward,” use the words “animal-free,” “slaughter-free,” or “slaughter-less.”
We avoid talking about inhumane methods and animal suffering, recognizing that most people would likely be fine with exploiting others, including themselves (See the show Severance) as long as they had no adverse effects from it and it’s socially acceptable.
Instead of focusing on animal suffering or animal cruelty, recognize that even if producers have the highest welfare standards, and we bred animals so that they never experienced suffering, exploiting someone for profit is still wrong and perpetuates our ever-escalating arms race against viruses of pandemic potential that threatens us all.
Remember
Vegans are not changing people’s diet, but the animal-based meat industry has drastically changed our diets. They are denying our ability to consume a diet that is aligned with our values, and they are forcing us to pay their company whether we buy their products or not. 73% of dairy revenue comes from some form of subsidy, and we are forced to pay $38 billion a year as taxpayers to prop up animal-based methods of protein production.
Most people still do not believe that you can be healthy on an animal-free diet, we have to use animal-based industry strategies to show that it is possible. The key is to foster anger at corporations and dismantle public trust in animal-based methods of protein production.
🎯 We will pay you based on placement— Drafts must be approved by us before submission in order to receive compensation. If time allows, we can work with you to refine the message and collaborate with a veterinarian whose name and credentials can lend the piece credibility.
💡 Payment is issued upon confirmed publication. We'll support editing, pitching, and coordination with the veterinarian author.
📢 This is your chance to elevate truth-telling, ethical voices inside a profession captured by industry interests.
📩 DM us or email info@ourhonor.org to join our pool of ghostwriters. Include your writing background or samples (op-eds, advocacy content, etc.).
Examples of previously published op-eds
It’s Time to End the Denial About Bird Flu. Time Magazine. December 6. 2025.
Opinion: California’s bird flu poses existential threat in nation’s largest dairy state. Mercury News. November 7, 2024.
19th-century animal rights activists had a lot of moxie. Here’s how to get it back. Vox. August 9, 2024.
No Animal Testing on City-Owned Land. Alameda Post. November 21, 2023.
The EATS Act threatens animal welfare and public health while protecting corporate profits. Modern Farmer. September 19, 2023
Cat declaw bans help both cats and veterinarians. Chicago Policy Review. May 8, 2023
The real cost of eggs is greater than you think. Pennsylvania Capital-Star. April 12, 2023.
Letter: Science does not support ventilation shutdown plus. Veterinary Information Network. March 1, 2023.
Dogs can be happy and healthy on a plant-based diet. The Province. February 28, 2023.
Use of ventilation shutdown in the USA. Vet Record. October 7, 2022.
Rodeo industry cannot be trusted to practice compassion. East Bay Times. October 7, 2022.
Livestock, poultry operations create pandemic risks. Bill to suspend growth proposed. The Fresno Bee. March 5, 2022.
Local governments must transition away from animal agriculture. The Daily Californian. July 29, 2021.
