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VINE Events this Week: Baltimore, NYC, Portland

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Previews of this week’s events in Baltimore, NYC, and Portland (OR) as well as events later in June in DC, Minneapolis, NYC, and Portland (ME). . . . → Read More: VINE Events this Week: Baltimore, NYC, Portland

An Apple for Emma

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Emma, Linus, and Cruz came to VINE Sanctuary after being seized by authorities from a petting zoo where they had been neglected and underfed. A year later, Linus and Cruz appear to have fully recovered, but Emma’s growth remains stunted by her early brush with starvation. We were very happy, then, when two sanctuary supporters . . . → Read More: An Apple for Emma

A Special Mother’s Day Wish for All Cow Mothers

Anyone who knows the reality behind the dairy industry — large or small scale — knows that first and foremost, dairy is about breaking the bond between mother and child. Cows do not just “give milk,” as most people think; just like human women, cows only produce milk when they have borne a child. So . . . → Read More: A Special Mother’s Day Wish for All Cow Mothers

Bird is the Word

Today is International Respect for Chickens Day.

We wish we could be with United Poultry Concerns as they demonstrate at the White House and leaflet the springtime visitors to Washington, DC.

If you can’t join them, there are still things you can do today and through the month of May:

Ideas include leafleting on a . . . → Read More: Bird is the Word

The Backyard Bird Fad: Profit is All They Care About

Lest anyone forget that profit is the bottom line for all providers of animal flesh and other “products,” check out this website sent to us from a fellow activist with the NH Animal Rights League:

http://buyingpoultry.com/

Just like Victory Chicken, about whom we blogged and sent out an action alert several months ago, these people . . . → Read More: The Backyard Bird Fad: Profit is All They Care About