by Sandra Kyle | Jan 4, 2021 | Uncategorised
Humans have always used other animals harshly. The maltreatment of animals in hauling carriages, vivisection, fox-hunting, bull-baiting and cock fighting were among matters debated by social reformers in the early nineteenth century, and that led to the formation of...
by Sandra Kyle | Jan 2, 2021 | Environment, farming, Veganism
Jillian Sullivan is an acclaimed New Zealand writer and essayist. Her latest book is ‘Map For The Heart’. In an article published on the first day of the new year, she states her desire for New Zealand to go plant-based. Excerpt, (referring to...
by Sandra Kyle | Dec 30, 2020 | Environment, Veganism, Viruses
Ricky Gervais, Bryan Adams and Jane Goodall and 97 other celebrities and organisations have signed an open letter urging the public to go vegan. The letter acknowledges the threats posed by environmental damage caused by animal agriculture and the pandemic...
by Sandra Kyle | Dec 24, 2020 | Animal cruelty, Animal Rights, Slaughterhouse, Veganism
As I stand at my two local slaughterhouses here in Whanganui New Zealand I witness the ‘Xmas Rush’, as many more trucks arrive with animals to be slaughtered. It is heartbreaking to see the gentle animals peering out of the narrow openings of their...
by Sandra Kyle | Dec 15, 2020 | Animal Rights, animals in captivity
Humans have used, abused and slaughtered other animals since we have been walking upright. The power imbalance between us and other animals means that it is at best difficult, at worst futile, for them to resist us. But there have always been ‘rebel’...
