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As the only grass-roots organization that is strictly dedicated to advocating for nonhuman animals in higher education, ICAS promotes a liberation and abolition strategy for establishing ethical colleges and universities world-wide. Just as there were discrimination of other sorts on campuses throughout history because of gender, race, class, ability, and religion, today we fight another battle for all species and tomorrow we will of course be fighting for another group, for education is a right for all and a place that should not include oppression, torture, or domination. It is for this reason that we have developed a rigid Check-list that will of course be hard to meet in these times, but it is a check-list to strive for and set as a goal, for if we do not set these goals, we will never move forward ethically as an intellectual community.
ICAS 100% Cruelty-Free Campus Check-List
- Vegan Cafeterias
- No research, dissection, or vivisection on any living or nonliving nonhuman animal, including raising, hunting or slaughtering
- Not sponsoring or permitting nonhuman animal entertainment on campus, e.g., donkey basketball
- Not permitting student organizations, academic programs, or outings that promote hunting, trapping, fishing, or exploitative entertainment of animals (e.g., zoos)
- No live nonhuman animals to be used as Mascots
- No genetic engineering or cling research related to nonhuman animals
Ian Smith
College Activism, Director
Smith has been an animal liberation activist for several years. He earned a Master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Connecticut where he focused on ethics and political theory. In addition to working toward animal liberation, Smith has been involved in the labor movement as a union organizer and has served as a student board member for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). He has worked on numerous environmental, anti-nuclear, and student rights campaigns througout New York State. He is currently a research associate in the Laboratory Investigations Division of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).
