Archive for December, 2009


It's Chicken Food for Thought

Raising chickens can be a wonderful experience. We love our girls. They all have names and they will be “Ladies of Leisure” long after they have finished laying. And raising chickens yourself can alleviate many of the cruelty issues associated with egg production, provided your chooks are getting to roam freely (at least part of the [...]

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My Christmas Wish List for the Animals of the World

Here’s my Christmas Wish List for the animals of the world. An end to horse racing and horse slaughter in this country. Compulsory regulation, registration and microchipping of horses. Peace, unconditional love and freedom for all sentient beings. An end to bear farming, bear baiting, dancing bears and bears for entertainment across the world. Peace [...]

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Finding Compassion in the Midst of Conflict

Yesterday, I got into an argument. The argument was with a guy who was effusively proud of his ownership of several racehorses, his choice to send them to crocodile farms as crocodile food when their racing lives were over, his adamant belief that horses did not really feel the whip during a race and that race horses had [...]

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