‘You’re Going To Die You Maggot!’ – Stark Realities About The Horseracing Industry
Horse Racing is cruel to horses and must end, writes End Animal Slaughter's Sandra Kyle. On my very first visit to a racetrack in the town I live in, a horse died in front of me. Seven-year-old gelding Guy Fox had a horror fall when he collided with another...
Dairying violates ‘The Five Freedoms’
In this article biologist, ethologist, behavioural ecologist and writer Professor Marc Bekoff discusses how 'The Five Freedoms' are just a nonsense when it comes to dairy cows and other animals raised for food, and the best thing we can do is leave animals and animal...
Voices for Animals Across the Years: The Jains
Jainism is a religion founded in ancient India and is currently practised by around 6 million people worldwide, mostly in India itself. During the 6th century BCE, Mahāvīra became one of the most influential teachers of Jainism. Mahavira said: “Do not injure,...
Voices For Animals Across The Years: Dian Fossey
Born in San Francisco in 1932 Dian Fossey’s parents divorced when she was young, and she grew up with her mother and stepfather. She had loved animals her whole life, and at first wanted to be a veterinarian, but finding physics and chemistry challenging turned her...
‘Routine Torment’ – The Lot of Chickens In The Poultry Industry
Researcher, writer, teacher and animal activist Dr Michael Morris writes that what we do to chickens is one of the world's worst injustices. Main Points of the article: Farmed chickens are genetic freaks, bred to be clinically obese and fast-growing. A...
VEGAN FOODS AND PRODUCTION WILL LEAD TO THE END OF MEAT BY 2030 – Kiwi Journalist
A New Zealand-based journalist, Claire Insley, has predicted the end of meat and dairy by 2030 in the US mainly because of the wide availability of 'more efficient' alternative protein technology. Insley, who is Vegan Society Aotearoa New Zealand media...
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...
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 Rachel...
OPEN LETTER FROM 100 SIGNATORIES URGES PUBLIC TO GO VEGAN
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...
Xmas Not A Merry Time For Farmed Animals
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 vehicles, looking...
LISTENING TO ANIMALS’ VOICES
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' animals who have...
New Zealand The Only Country To March For Animals In The Year of Covid-19
The Wellington Animal Rights March (WARM) 2020 organised by Wellington Vegan Actions attracted more than 500 marchers on 28 November, an impressive result for New Zealand’s capital with a population of only a little over 400,000. Marchers included small...
‘WE WILL NOT STOP!’
Guest speaker Ilan Goldberg impressed listeners at the Wellington (NZ) Animal Rights March on 28th November with his original poem, an abridged version we reprint here. Ilan talks about the hypocrisies of a small and beautiful land that punches above its weight in...
Voices For Animals Over The Years: Philip Wollen
It has been called the greatest animal rights speech ever: Philip’s Wollen's 10-minute blazing contribution to the debate 'Should Animals Be Off The Menu?' held at the St James Ethics Centre, Wheeler Centre in Australia on May 16, 2012. Philip's speech began: "King...
‘Cherish All Animals’ series: The Amazing Bat
This is 'Bat Week'. This short video shows just how amazing and useful these critters are. Watch the video here
One Woman’s Goal – Closing All Slaughterhouses Before 2025
End Animal Slaughter's Sandra Kyle has been doing vigils under for the Animal Save Movement for years, mostly by herself. This short video shows the goal she has dedicated herself to, not only in New Zealand but in the entire western world. "What You Can Do, or...
MINK TO HUMAN TRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS COULD HASTEN THE INDUSTRY’S DEMISE
Covid-19 is tearing through the world’s mink farms, leading to millions of animals being culled. In mink farms animals are kept in close confinement in small cages. They cannot escape each other even though by nature they are solitary. They are also...
MUST-WATCH VIDEO: Dr Joanne Kong: Cherish All Animals
'Dr Joanne Kong is an amazing person. A concert pianist and a Director of Music at the University of Richmond, she is also a TED speaker and lecturer on animal rights, environmental sustainability and compassion. This insightful and powerful video, written and...
It’s time to change our anthropocentric attitude towards other creatures
The idea that other creatures should be ‘useful’ to us is shown experiments on countless animals, their exploitation for work and entertainment, and their slaughter for food. If we modify our anthropocentric approach and value our fellow creatures for their...
THE DIS-GRACE BEHIND TURKEY FARMING
After Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 turkey, (native to the Americas), became the Thanksgiving meal of choice. All over the Americas families say 'grace' over the dead body of a turkey - an estimated 46 million are killed for...