FIV+ Kittens

If you or anyone you know has experience dealing with FIV+ kittens, please comment here or email ec1_englishrain@yahoo.com  ec1[underscore]englishrain[at]yahoo[dot]com I’m trying to help a friend care for her kitten who was diagnosed with FIV today.  We’ve never dealt with this before and want to do all we can to make sure this little guy has [...]

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History Repeats

They are crowded into hot, smelly transport devices.  They are disoriented by the lack of personal space and stifling heat.  They can barely breath and are pressing on each other with enough force to cause internal injuries.  Some are injured by the strangers who have taken them from their families and thrown them into this [...]

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Shocking Reality

Having trouble sticking to that New Year’s resolution to adopt a vegan lifestyle?  This site will definitely motivate you to keep working towards a cruelty-free life. If you’re still a meat eater, the videos on the site might very well help you understand why so many of us have chosen to rid our diets of [...]

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Happy World Vegetarian Day!

1 October is World Vegetarian Day!!  Throughout the month, vegetarians will be working to raise awareness of the benefits of being vegetarian, as well as supporting fellow herbivores and sharing tasty tips. You can celebrate by cooking a vegetarian meal for friends and family, printing and displaying the World Vegetarian Day and awareness poster from [...]

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Why Vegan?

Because animals used for dairy suffer too.  Their flesh may not be visible to consumers, but they often suffer every bit as much as animals used in the meat industry.  A vegetarian diet saves many, many lives and prevents cruelty to many animals.  If you’re vegetarian, why not take it that extra step and cut [...]

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WORST Show on Earth

In this post, I talked about PETA’s mission to stop animal abuse in circuses.  They’ve uncovered more of the horrors faced by elephants and tigers imprisoned within the Ringling Bros. torture organisation.  Learn more about PETA’s efforts and the appalling conditions these animals face by visiting this page. John Lennon, when campaigning against societal injustices, [...]

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The Violence of Circuses

The fact that circuses abuse animals is obvious.  One look at the transportation methods alone shows the kind of conditions these animals are forced to endure.  It’s cruel, even to the point of being sadistic.  Please take a minute to sign PETA’s petition to end circus cruelty. For more information on stopping circus cruelty, visit [...]

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Unspoken Victims

PETA’s newest campaign is focused on animals used in military trauma training exercises.  The plight of human torture victims has at least been pushed to the forefront with US President Obama’s recent action against torture as an interrogation method.  Whether that will actually be carried through is beyond my knowledge, but at least it is [...]

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PETA Seal Campaign

I was absolutely appalled to find out that hundreds of thousands of seals are brutally murdered for their fur every year in Canada.  This post is by no means an attack on Canadians– its purpose is to draw attention to this ‘industry’ and get more people involved in stopping such a barbaric practice. Please click [...]

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Something to Stand Behind

As a survivor of SRA, I know what it’s like to live in incredibly horrendous conditions.  I’ve also seen animals exploited in terrible ways for use during rituals.  That’s why, after some careful thought and research, I decided to join People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and get involved in some of their [...]

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