Factory Farms a ‘Petri Dish’ For Pandemics – Report Says ‘Phase Them Out’
Humane Society International's white paper concludes that we must urgently phase out factory farming to prevent future pandemics. Main points: Confining vast numbers of stressed animals indoors creates novel viral strains because their immune systems are...
Ban the cruel and worthless ‘Forced Swim’ experiment
The 'Forced Swim' or 'Near Drowning' test was supposedly designed to gauge the antidepressant qualities of drugs. It is not only completely inhumane, it is completely hopeless. Since the 1970s not one antidepressant drug developed as a result of the test is still...
What is it about ‘Fish are sentient’ that you don’t understand?
Fishes are sentient beings that deserve our respect and protection. Vegan seafood alternatives are available. Knowing what we now know about fish intelligence and sentience, it is highly unethical to be torturing and killing trillions of fishes every year. ...
‘Ahimsa’ – a moral guide for our coexistence with other animals
In this article, End Animal Slaughter's Sandra Kyle states that while morality isn't always clear cut, applying the concept of 'ahimsa' to our treatment of other animals shows the extent of our wrongs against them. In a couple of weeks the people of New Zealand...
Watching Wounded Birds Fall From The Sky – Kate Middleton Takes Her Children Grouse Shooting
Honouring a Royal tradition of blood sports the Duchess of Cambridge recently took her young children into the field to shoot birds. Considered to be an 'expert' on child rearing, Kate Middleton evidently sees no conflict with her belief that children should...
‘Seeing Ourselves In Others’
Concert pianist, University Professor, accomplished TEDx speaker: Dr Joanne Kong has also attracted a following as a powerful advocate for other animals. She writes:- "The coronavirus is just one symptom that human influence has reached its point of greatest harm,...
WANTED BY THE FBI: TWO PIGLETS
KEY POINTS Three years ago the FBI search warrant and raid in search of two dying piglets rescued from a factory farm illustrates the lengths the government will employ to protect the animal agriculture industry. Non violent animal rights activists are often...
SIX REASONS YOU SHOULD GIVE UP DAIRY
End Animal Slaughter contributor Lynley Tulloch advocates for bobby calves through her group Starfish Bobby Calf Project. In this blog she outlines six reasons why we should give up eating dairy products. This is a photo of a bobby calf taken just the...
Bullfighters Want Handouts In Covid Environment! Sign Petition.
A tortured bull collapses, and lies bleeding while spectators cheer, and one of his feet is hacked off as a keepsake. The barbaric 'sport' of bullfighting is asking the Spanish government for money to keep going in the Covid environment. Take action! Read...
Fish Are Way Smarter Than We Think
Seventy percent of the planet is covered with water. Trillions of fish live within our oceans, and many of them display rich and complex behaviours. Fish are smart. They are also sentient, according to the broad consensus from the scientific community. 'Sentient'...
Fishing Is Torture For Sentient Beings
This week three teenage boys reeled in a 700lb Tuna, who they tortured for 7 hours. We can only imagine the pain the fish went through as it bravely fought for its life. Fish are not vegetables. They feel pain and distress in analogous ways to other animals. Fishing...
Future viral outbreaks are inevitable – it’s time to adopt a plant-based diet
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: "The COVID-19 virus has had a huge impact on all of our lives and changed the way we live – perhaps forever. But while it’s important to acknowledge the massive loss of lives and jobs and the impact of the virus on our global society and economy,...
Killing Whales Makes Climate Change Worse
All living beings are interconnected, and interact in myriad ways with their environment. Our wanton killing of sea creatures affects entire ecosystems. For example, whales help maintain healthy, resilient oceans, and reduce the impacts of climate change. ...
Viscous soup should be Vicious soup. The horror of shark finning.
Key Points - Hong Kong is the largest shark fin importer in the world, and responsible for about half of the global trade. - The fins are often cut from sharks while they are still alive, and they are then thrown back into the ocean to die an agonising...
In memory of Regan Russell, 1954-2020
The day after Animal Rights activist Regan Russell was knocked down and killed by a slaughterhouse truck driver in Toronto, the Plant Manager at the slaughterhouse here in Whanganui, New Zealand, approached me and said: ‘Please be careful of the trucks. Make sure you...
ARGUMENTS FOR EATING MEAT DEBUNKED
Millions of people all over the world are cutting back on meat or giving it up altogether. This is because of compelling evidence that plant-based is the best diet, and that over-consumption of meat and dairy leads to disease, pollution, deforestation, biodiversity...
Malia’s Story
This is a mother, being dragged inside a slaughterhouse to have her throat slit. Look at her poor, humped body, marked in indelible pen by the farmer who decreed her no longer profitable. She has spent her life in Hell from the moment she was born, but she is still...
Why Do We Only Cry When Puppies Die?
New Zealand is a veritable picnic of animal abuse - so why do we only cry when puppies die? End Animal Slaughter contributor Lynley Tulloch asks the question. A recent case in the Waikato region of New Zealand resulted in a public outcry when three puppies...
Mega farms in Europe affecting well-being of neighbours
Key Points: - All over Europe small-scale operations with a diversity of crops and livestock are disappearing, being replaced by mega farms such as a 23,000 cow dairy farm in Spain and enormous piggeries in Denmark, one of the world's biggest producers of pork. - ...
Why Do Slaughterhouse Vigils?
It will soon be five years that I have been standing outside slaughterhouses on a weekly basis. I do my vigils as part of the Worldwide Save movement. These peaceful vigils to 'bear witness' to the lives of the animals, take place outside slaughterhouses. The aim...