Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, tagged Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, companion animals, dogs, get involved, Humane Society, puppy mills on June 19, 2008 | 10 Comments »
This past weekend my youngest sister adopted an 8 month old puppy from the local Humane Society. She is a French bulldog/pug mix (the dog, not my sister - har har!) and has been named Ellie May.
Ellie was rescued a couple weeks ago here in Minnesota: “They were in a barn in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animal activism, Animal Cruelty, animal suffering, animals in science, chimpanzees, famous quotes, get involved, legislation, make a difference, pictures on May 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are like us.” Ask the experimenters why it is morally okay to experiment on animals, and the answer is: “Because the animals are not like us.” Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction.
~Charles R. Magel
Did you know that the United [...]
Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Rights, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal suffering, Animal Cruelty, famous quotes, volunteer, get involved, make a difference on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.”
~Albert Schweitzer
I think about this a lot. Maybe too much.
Sometimes, even though we all know there is immense suffering in the world, we ignore it. In some ways it’s a defense mechanism - how much suffering can we bear to know about [...]
