TONGUE-TIED, BEATEN, CURSED AND MURDERED – The Trajedy of the Horseracing Industry
Responding to the recent Australian Broadcasting Corporation's expose End Animal Slaughter contributor LYNLEY TULLOCH says we shouldn't be tongue-tied in speaking out against the abuse of racehorses. The recent Melbourne Cup event, where yet another horse was...
Here’s The Rest Of Your Fur Coat!
PETA'S campaign to highlight the cruelty of fur fashion - 'Here's The Rest Of Your Fur Coat' - hit a nerve with a lot of people. Only this week the Palace has announced that the Queen will only be wearing new garments with faux fur in the future, representing 95% of...
Using the Whip in Thoroughbred Racing – Frequently Asked Questions
In the 2019 Melbourne Cup held this week second placegetter New Zealand jockey Michael Walker ,(seen in featured photo), was fined $10,000 and given a riding ban for over-whipping his horse, Prince of Arran. Using the whip in thoroughbred horseracing has come under...
‘Humane’ Torture – how pigs are stunned in slaughterhouses
Pigs have the intelligence of a three year old child. They are curious, insightful, non-aggressive, social, and form close bonds with other individuals. When raised for slaughter, they typically live in extremely cruel factory farm conditions. The abuse of these...
Bear Bile Farming – The Worst Form of Animal Cruelty
Bear-bile farming as it is carried out in various parts of Asia is one of the worst torments of sentient beings imaginable. Read about the 'whys' and 'hows' of bear-bile farming in this article and see how you can support the efforts of Animals Asia. Their aim is...
The Vegan Backlash – A Sure Sign We’re Winning
Gandhi once said: ‘First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, Then you win’. As the vegan movement continues its unstoppable march into the mainstream, it is predictable that the backlash will grow. This can be seen in more and more...
SLAUGHTERHOUSE VIGIL, LAND MEATS WHANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND
End Animal Slaughter's SANDRA KYLE does twice-weekly vigils near her home in Whanganui, New Zealand. These photographs are from her latest vigil. The beautiful beings in my photos were among 150 or so cows waiting at a slaughterhouse to be killed. I...
Dog and Pig: Speciesism explained
Why do we love one and eat another? In this short article End Animal Slaughter's SANDRA KYLE outlines the meaning of the word 'speciesism'. Human relationships with non-human animals are not straightforward. They are contradictory, and differ according to...
Pigs in Peril: Slaughterhouse deregulation in the US
Gail A. Eisnitz, author of ‘Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry’, and 2004 winner of the Albert Schweitzer Medal, is the author of our featured article. In December this year, the U.S. Department...
‘Every horse can’t be a winner. What can they do with these horses?’ Interview with a kill buyer.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation's expose this week on the abbatoir fate of ex racehorses has shocked the world. This article that first appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald shows that despite pleading ignorance about how many ex racehorses end up as horse...
‘Violent, gory and agonising’ – the tragic fate of ex-racehorses
This week the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired a programme about the fate of ex champion racehorses who, instead of being retired to live out their lives in peace and safety, ended up in abattoirs and knackeries. Shocking undercover footage taken in...
‘We All Need To Stop And Ask For Change’
Just days after animal justice group Animal Rebellion was banned from protesting in London this week, they stormed Newman's Abattoir in Farnborough and u-locked and chained themselves to a slaughter truck. Eighteen arrests were made, and three activists have been...
SLAUGHTERHOUSE VIGILS, Whanganui and Christchurch (NZ), 13 October, 2019
END ANIMAL SLAUGHTER’S SANDRA KYLE, (70), DOES TWICE WEEKLY VIGILS, OFTEN ALONE, OUTSIDE ONE OF TWO SLAUGHTERHOUSES IN HER HOME TOWN OF WHANGANUI, NEW ZEALAND. SHE IS PART OF THE WORLDWIDE ANIMAL SAVE MOVEMENT, THAT HAS NEARLY 900 GROUPS ON FIVE CONTINENTS. NEW...
Eating animals is barbaric, but it’s easy to adopt a vegan diet
End Animal Slaughter contributor LAURIE TURUNEN is an artist, and is currently writing a vegan cookbook. In this short article she asks us to consider our assumptions about why it's OK to eat meat, and urges us to adopt a healthier, more compassionate vegan diet....
Mooove Over Animal Agriculture: Plant Proteins Are Mushrooming
Emerging technologies spell the end of animal agriculture within a couple of decades, according to a new report from international Think Tank RethinkX. While we agree, at End Animal Slaughter we believe that the report's authors timeline is too conservative - by 2025...
Video: James Aspey talks to an undercover slaughterhouse worker
Australian vegan animal activist legend talks to an undercover slaughterhouse worker in this video. Watch the Video
Slaughterhouse Vigil, Land Meats, Whanganui, 22 September, 2019
End Animal Slaughter's Sandra Kyle does vigils under the banner of the Animal Save Movement, a worldwide organisation bearing witness to animals going to slaughter. SLAUGHTERHOUSE VIGIL, Whanganui, 22 September 2019 I have been doing weekly vigils for so long...
Meteor, the fugitive from slaughter, will probably have his life spared
It is not only Meteor the fugitive yak who should be spared from slaughter. All animals should be, writes End Animal Slaughter contributor LYNLEY TULLOCH When animals escape from the slaughter house truck, there is often media interest. I often wonder what...
REFLECTIONS FROM A TRAVELLING VEGAN
End Animal Slaughter contributor MAYA COHEN-ROHEN'S family getaway triggered reflections on the ugly reality behind New Zealand's picturesque fields and peaceful herds. A ski-ing holiday was just the ticket for vegan mother and author, Maya Cohen-Ronen ...
Q&A: Tara Jackson, Executive Director, New Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society
All Over the World animals live barren lives in laboratory cages, and endure painful and disfiguring procedures in the name of science. But it is 'bad science', producing invalid results, and superior alternatives to cruel animal testing now exist. It is time to...