Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, Factory Farming, farm animal rescue, farm sanctuary, Farmed Animals, gestation crates, pictures, pictures of factory farms, pigs on July 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I looooove pigs. I love how curious and sweet they are, and how animated they can be. When I was at Farm Sanctuary earlier this year I had so much fun rubbing their bellies and listening to them grunt with satisfaction. That’s why when I see pictures of the poor piggies who [...]
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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 Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Veganism, tagged 21 day vegan cleanse, animal activism, animal advocacy, Animal Protection Organizations, Animal Rights, animal rights conference, Factory Farming, Oprah on June 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
OPRAH’S (VEGAN) CLEANSE
I’m happy to report that it looks like Oprah is still doing her 3 week vegan cleanse. She didn’t blog about it for a couple days (what on earth could be more important?!), but she’s been pretty good the last few days. In Monday’s blog this week, she said this:
I’ve had no cravings [...]
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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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Next weekend I will be in upstate New York to visit Farm Sanctuary. I am so excited I could pee my pants. I won’t do that, however, because I’m sitting on my couch and there are only so many times a couch can be peed on without having to throw it out (so [...]
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