by Sandra Kyle | Jan 13, 2021 | Dairy, factory farming
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...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 19, 2020 | climate change, Environment, factory farming, Sentience, Slaughterhouse, Uncategorised, Veganism
‘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...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 13, 2020 | factory farming, poultry, Veganism
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...
by Sandra Kyle | Oct 11, 2020 | factory farming, Factory farms, farming
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...
by Sandra Kyle | Jun 19, 2020 | Animal cruelty, factory farming
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...
by Sandra Kyle | Jun 11, 2020 | Animal cruelty, factory farming, farming
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...