“One day, when we look at an individual who does not share our own species, our first consideration will not be what use they can provide us; will not be how their flesh tastes, will not be longing for their infants’ milk or their eggs; will not be what service or labor they can provide […]
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No one can take away or limit your Right to CARE … For the sake of the roughly 27 MILLION innocent, caring lives that are needlessly butchered in the United States alone every day, please start exercising that Right … Thank you. “We can no longer plead ignorance, only indifference. Those alive today are the […]
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“The human spirit is not at all dead. No, it lives on — in secret in the hearts of all those who hurt for those defenseless who suffer; and openly in the actions of all those who bravely champion the pain of the downtrodden … It lives on in the essence of the Soul that […]
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“Never, never be afraid to do what’s right, especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our Soul when we look the other way.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. “Fürchte niemals, niemals, zu tun, was richtig ist, besonders wenn das […]
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P.S. Please NOTE that it really doesn’t matter that a plant-based diet is far healthier for you & yours. After all, what good is living even a significantly longer life when the same is fueled by regular acts of injustice & cruelty?
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Comments Off on Two very different industries … (07/10/2022)
“In my opinion, the most beautiful word ever written, in any country — in any language — at any time, came from India, from the Upanishads, some 5,000 years ago. And that word is AHIMSA; to cause no harm — a state of being purposefully non-violent toward all sentient beings … I love this word […]
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Comments Off on A smarter type of Predator … (07/09/2022)
“The fact that animals may not understand us, while we do not understand them, does not mean our ‘intelligences’ are at different levels — they are merely of different kinds. When a foreigner tries to communicate with us using an imperfect, broken version of our language, our impression is that they are not very intelligent. […]
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Comments Off on High time for a Higher Home … (07/08/2022)
“Before they reach their bloody end, the pigs get a shower. Water jets onto them from every angle to wash the farm off their filth-caked bodies. Then they begin to feel crowded. The pen narrows like a funnel; the drivers behind using cattle prods to force the pigs forward, until one at a time they […]
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