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Catherine Besch

Catherine Besch

Blood Money: How Animal Abusers Fund Animal Rescue

9 min readFeb 11, 2024

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Blood Money: How Animal Abusers Fund Animal Rescue

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Catherine Besch

What are we really doing to end the dog meat trade?

This may come as a surprise to many, but the dog meat trade has nothing to do with dogs.

9 min readJul 22, 2023

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What are we really doing to end the dog meat trade?

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Catherine Besch

When Animal Caretakers are Abusers: What is the Most Impactful Intervention?

After decades of sterilization programs in many different countries, the consensus is that this is the best solution for population…

4 min readJul 5, 2023

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When Animal Caretakers are Abusers: What is the Most Impactful Intervention?

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Catherine Besch

Here’s the real story behind this photo, the ugly truth no one wants to hear

Less than an hour before this photo was taken, I was begging my boyfriend to kill me.

12 min readApr 7, 2023

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Here’s the real story behind this photo, the ugly truth no one wants to hear

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Catherine Besch

We need to talk about euthanasia

As a sanctuary director, someone in charge of the life and eventual death of every living being in my care, I’m forced to make decisions…

10 min readMar 28, 2023

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We need to talk about euthanasia

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Catherine Besch

The Death of a Chicken: Tragedy or Statistic

One death is a tragedy while a million is a statistic, the saying goes. While this quote has been attributed to Joseph Stalin, it’s likely…

6 min readFeb 17, 2023

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The Death of a Chicken: Tragedy or Statistic

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Catherine Besch

Vegan for a Decade: Screw-ups and Victories

Coming into my 10th year of being vegan, I think of all the times I screwed up. I think of the lives that I took unwittingly and the…

5 min readJan 30, 2023

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Vegan for a Decade: Screw-ups and Victories

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Catherine Besch

Is Effective Altruism in Animal Rights actually Effective?

The term Effective Altruism is used to describe welfarist reform in a way that misrepresents its impact. The assumption in this movement…

5 min readDec 16, 2022

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Is Effective Altruism in Animal Rights actually Effective?

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Catherine Besch

The End of Our Animal Rescue is Here

While the past decade of my life has been working full time both onsite and remotely for the work here in Vietnam, I no longer see how I…

15 min readAug 5, 2022

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The End of Our Animal Rescue is Here

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Catherine Besch

White People Snuggling Puppies and Other Non-Solutions to Animal Suffering in the Global South

If you follow animal rescues in the Asia, Latin America, and Africa, you know what this looks like. Below is a list of some of the common…

9 min readFeb 3, 2022

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White People Snuggling Puppies and Other Non-Solutions to Animal Suffering in the Global South

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Catherine Besch

Catherine Besch

Cat Besch is a ferocious animal activist and pig, chicken, dog, and cat mom who is the founder and director of Vietnam Animal Aid and Rescue-US.

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