Posted in Animal Cruelty, Animal Welfare, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged animal suffering, pictures, Humane Society, pigs, Farmed Animals, livestock transport, Animal Welfare on July 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
This weekend on my 6.5 hour drives to and from my parents’ farm in North Dakota, I saw several trucks transporting pigs to–I assume–slaughter. Every time I saw them, I’d look at them all crammed in there and wondered when they last had anything to eat or drink. I thought about how hot [...]
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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 Cruelty, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged animal advocacy, animal rights conference, chickens, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, egg industry, pictures, pictures of factory farms, Veganism on June 9, 2008 | 4 Comments »
One of the highlights of the Midwest Animal Advocacy Conference this weekend was a standing ovation-worthy keynote address given by author and animal rights activist Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. It. was. amazing.
The speech titled “Being a Joyful Vegan in a Non-Vegan World” was inspiration, tips and tactics for doing just that. Let’s face it: it can [...]
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Posted in Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged pictures, Veganism, slaughterhouses, Farmed Animals, lambs, book reviews on June 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Earlier this week, I read this article about a Minnesota farmer, Catherine Friend, who recently wrote a book called The Compassionate Carnivore. I haven’t read the book and don’t plan to, so my critique of it is based on her website and other book reviews I found, but I feel I have a decent [...]
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I came up to North Dakota to my parents’ farm for the weekend. I wasn’t going to, but my grandmother thought I was, and went to all the trouble of making me a bunch of vegan food - her homemade buns veganized, apple pie, and a very tasty pasta/chickpea/tomato soup. (I’m guessing it [...]
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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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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 [...]
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Posted in Animal Rights, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, tagged animal activism, animal advocacy, animal rights conference, carol adams, events, gene baur, paul shapiro, pictures on April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am so excited about an upcoming animal advocacy event scheduled to take place here in the Twin Cities from June 6 - June 8. It’s called Their Lives, Our Voices:
Their Lives, Our Voices 2008 seeks to bring together individuals from across the region for a hands-on, high-quality conference focused on helping animals. Our [...]
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Posted in Environmental Concerns, Factory Farming, Farmed Animals, Veganism, tagged battery cages, environment, gestation crates, pictures, Animal Cruelty, pictures of factory farms, animal agriculture and the environment on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Not long ago I went to a presentation called “From Farm to Fork: The Environmental Impacts of Animal Agriculture” held at the Bell Museum in Minneapolis. The featured speaker was Gowri Koneswaran, Director of Animal Agricultural Impacts at the Humane Society of the United States. It was a great presentation.
During the first half of [...]
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