Archive for October, 2009
Cooperatives Working Together to Kill Cows
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I know I’ve been blogging a lot about the dairy industry these past few days. I promise I’ll be blogging about other farmed animal and Animal Place related issues soon, but this article was brought to my attention. I had to post about it, it’s just so creepy and Halloween is [...]
Milking it
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Sadie is special, at least to me. She is the face of the dairy industry, those beautiful cows who are bred and milked, bred and milked in a cycle of loss and separation. In her life, she gave birth to four calves, their fates intertwined with her own. Each calf [...]
Kinder side of veal?
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Humanely raised veal? Veal cast in a kinder light?
Today’s Washington Post offers its readers a look into a kinder, gentler, more humane veal.
Wait a second, back up. Look at that language, how it muddies up the discussion right off the bat. Veal is not raised. There is no field of veal [...]
Windy days, unimpressed animals, learn to save
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
In a move only described as Epic Fail, I managed to delete the incredibly amazing, provocative, insightful, WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE post I was writing. I cried a little.
Now you will have to settle for the following.
Here is Willy. He is a goat, as evidenced by his horns, beard and caprine-like [...]
On “EATING ANIMALS” by Jonathan Safran Foer
Submitted by Animal Person
I immensely enjoyed “EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED” (even on the big screen) and eagerly anticipated “EATING ANIMALS” (Little, Brown 2009) by Jonathan Safran Foer. His writing is beautiful, though I do have to admit that I haven’t seen “shit” and its variations so frequently in one printed piece in quite a while. Ever, [...]
Taylor the chicken, mourning her friends
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Meet Taylor, the hen, my friend and confidante (on all things chicken, mainly). She is a singer, a crooner, a speaker on all subjects large and small. Who stole her nest box. Who is hanging out with Diablo the rooster when they were last seen with Newman. Who likes Ferdinand, even [...]
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home Coming to Orlando
Submitted by Animal Person
From the makers of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home
Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home is finally here! After a successful world premiere screening at the Moondance Film Festival in Boulder CO, where our film won the “Spirit of Moondance” Best Feature Documentary award, we are going to the Orlando Film Festival in Orlando, [...]
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Try to imagine any end other than taste for which it would be justifiable to do what we do to farmed animals. - Jonathan Safran Foer, New York Times
I ended up at Foer’s New York Times article by way of this editorial which painted Foer’s piece as an intensely anti-agricultural essay.
Foer’s [...]
On Michigan’s animal welfare reforms
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed into law a bill that provides more room to protected species. In Michigan’s case, defined species include pregnant sows, calves used for veal, hens producing eggs, turkeys, ducks, geese or guinea fowl. Producers have three years to provide enough room for calves in the veal industry [...]
On Changes in What Americans Are Attending To
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I’ve been out of every loop I used to be in because my work outside of veganism and animal rights came a-calling in a most critical way.
As a result, for the first time in my life I’ve been living like many working people do: I get up early and rush around [...]
NFL Power Brokers Say No to Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh wants to purchase the St. Louis Rams Football team and the National Football League Players Union, the NFL Commissioner, and several NFL power brokers have turned thumbs down. This is the same NFL Commissioner, NFL owners, and powerbrokers who had no problem with Michael Vick, a convicted dog killer and torturer, playing for [...]
New York Times, the ACLU, and the NRA Form Unholy Alliance – Turn Their Back on Animal Cruelty
Thank goodness that the Obama Administration has the common sense to support the ban on videos that display animal cruelty. At issue is US v. Stevens – a case recently heard by the US Supreme Court – to determine if the law passed by the Congress in 1999 banning the creation, sale, or possession of [...]
Art for the Animals
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
We mentioned at the end of September that Sheila Tajima had created beautiful paintings to help the animals at the sanctuary. She has done a few more paintings that we wanted to share with you.
The portrait of Nate sold for $62!
Little Lenny
Lenny’s mother was rescued from a slaughterhouse while pregnant. He [...]
Five-Year Old Shoots 35-Year Old in Head
Submitted by Animal Person
Check this out . . .
http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html?playerId=011008&streamingFormat=FLASH&
referralObject=10363783&referralPlaylistId=playlist
It saddens me, and I find it extremely disturbing, that a five-year old child is giddy, and his parents (and the journalists on this program) are so pleased that he killed a 35-40-year old alligator.
Let’s deconstruct a few details:
The young boy shot the alligator, who had been [...]
Animal Pharm - Antibiotic Farming In America
An estimated 70% of the antibiotics and other microbial drugs used in the United States are fed to farm animals for non-therapeutic purposes, including (i) growth promotion; and (ii) compensation for crowded, unsanitary, and stressful farming and transportation conditions. Unlike human use of antibiotics, these non-therapeutic uses in animals typically do not require a prescription. [...]
On being afraid for Sadie
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
We’ve all met them. They have woven their story into our own. Their light becomes a beacon of our own, a shining we want to be near. Sometimes they reciprocate, attracted to our own flicker. Sometimes they tolerate us, bumping against our circle but not interested in entering. I’ve heard some [...]
Rescued roosters need your help
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary and Eastern Shore Sanctuary are both desperately seeking homes for roosters rescued in two separate incidents.
New York
New York City has hundreds of live-markets where people can purchase live animals for slaughter. Many of these markets are illegal. Animals are housed in overcrowded cages, abusively treated and cruelly [...]
The secret lives of rabbits
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I know this is egregiously anthropomorphic and probably not in a good way but I would not help myself. The rabbits are perhaps the most mysterious species at the sanctuary. They are curious but not overly so; they do not want to be picked up or cuddled but prefer interaction on [...]
Kill A Dog And Get A Free Pair Of Nike Shoes - Get The Real Story.
Michael Vick had just signed a NEW endorsement deal with Nike. Call it what you want, but free shoes and hats is still an endorsement. Nike is known for taking the low road. This, in all reality, is probably a precursor to a much larger deal.
Artwork to help the animals
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Do you want to bring a little bit of sanctuary to your home? Maybe without the beat of hooves? Now is your opportunity to enjoy a piece of Animal Place through the artwork of Sheila Tajima. Each piece is lovingly painted using oil, rendering a special moment in the lives of [...]
Sebastian the goat is beautiful
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Some people have claimed (erroneously) that Sebastian is not a handsome goat, that his ears are too small, his head too big, his belly too round and his legs a little uncoordinated.
Sebastian says ha to that:
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Land O’Lakes abuses cows
Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Land O’Lakes is a $12 billion dollar diversified corporation. It runs a dairy “co-operative” with 7,000 dairy farms across the country.
PETA recently investigated one of the suppliers to Land O’Lakes (the video depicts animal suffering):
If you want to click on the hyperlink above, you will be taken to PETA’s page on [...]
Forget About Equal, How About Alive
Submitted by Animal Person
You may have seen “Dog,” posted by Stephanie. If not, here it is . . .
When I saw “From Science, Plenty of Cows but Little Profit” this morning in the New York Times, I immediately thought of “Dog.” I thought: What if those were women, ears tagged, imprisoned in some metal contraption [...]
