Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, battery cages, chickens, cows, dairy, debeaking, egg industry, Factory Farming on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The basis of all animal rights should be the Golden Rule: we should treat them as we would wish them to treat us, were any other species in our dominant position.
~Christine Stevens
Simple as it is, “The Golden Rule” is basically how I try to live my life. In my personal relationships, [...]
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Posted in Animal Cruelty, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged Animal Cruelty, Animal Protection Organizations, animal suffering, cows, dairy, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Humane Society on June 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Humane Society of the United States has unfortunately uncovered more abuse of dairy cows. This time the abuse occurred at an auction house in New Mexico. The following video shows some of the offenses, including kicking a weak cow in the head, sticking cows in the eyes with pokers, dragging them by [...]
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Posted in Animal Welfare, Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, tagged animal agriculture and the environment, animal suffering, cows, dairy, manure pits, Minnesota, pictures of factory farms on June 10, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I know I just wrote a post about being a joyful vegan, and while I really, really do plan to be as joyful as possible, when I hear that a dairy operation (it’s not a FARM, that’s for sure) in northern Minnesota caused local residents to evacuate their homes over the weekend due to unhealthy [...]
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I know this is basically un-American to say, but I’m going to say it anyway: I’m not a huge fan of the never-ending TV show “The Simpsons”. I don’t know why, but I just have never been able to get in to it. Sometimes I see it and I think “why don’t I [...]
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Posted in Animal Rights, Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged make a difference, Michael Pollan, hunger, food crisis, Factory Farming, cows on May 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few weeks, you’ve probably heard a thing or two about a global food crisis. Food prices on such staples as rice, wheat and dairy products have sky-rocketed, affecting several already economically struggling countries. “Meanwhile world aid groups continue to reel from the jump in food prices. [...]
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Posted in Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, tagged chickens, cows, farm sanctuary, goats, happy farm animals, pictures, pigs, turkeys on May 12, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I am back from a wonderful weekend at Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY. What an adventure we had. I finally got to meet the goat I sponsored, Goodwin. This is him:
He is just the cutest little goat I’ve ever seen. Apparently his growth was stunted due to malnutrition or something, [...]
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