Sun shifts and sinks hair to shaft, flesh to bone. Sun long ago burned metal cage from mind and I have no memories. Sun passes through me to earth, makes the top of my head red red, hot and dry like sun. I see life in hard dusty rock held under nail and claw, and . . . → Read More: Unconscious Hymn of a Freed Layer Hen
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This just in from the ASPCA Advocacy Center (abridged for ease of reading): State-level bills are pending in Annapolis that would place all control regarding the treatment of farm animals in the hands of the farm industry! RIGHT NOW, act to defeat Senate Bill 254 and House Bill 676, which aim to create a Livestock . . . → Read More: CRITICAL ACTION ALERT!!! I don’t do sanctuary work out of love. That statement unnerves and offends lots of other sanctuary folks, both supporters and workers. Many of them became vegan because they learned to love a farm animal. Many of them feel the safest, the most loved, around non-human animals. Many of them have devoted years of their . . . → Read More: March is Not the Month of Love There’s a HUGE amount of amazing stuff in here — check it out! We All Have Rights: The Top 45 Animal Advocacy Blogs http://veterinariancolleges.org/we-all-have-rights-the-top-45-animal-advocacy-blogs/ A couple of days ago, we received this comment to our blog entry announcing our new name: Please remember, not all farming is factory farming. Vermont is rich with grass-based small farms that honor the efforts of both humans and animals. So many folks will never voluntarily go vegan- let’s help them understand that there . . . → Read More: “Humane” Meat and the Prime Directive: What Does Star Trek Teach Us About the “Farming” of Other Animals? Henry Takes a Break Vito was sitting in the barn one fine afternoon when Henry decided to hop up and catch the view from a few feet higher than usual. Thus was this adorable photo-op made possible. Leaving behind the cute factor, this kind of situation reminds us that interspecies cooperation (or at . . . → Read More: Henry Takes a Break With VINE, we will continue to bring these issues to the table, as we fight to remove the bodies of animals from it. We will continue to provide refuge to animals in need, and we will intensify our advocacy and outreach so others will learn about the necessity, and joy, of embracing a compassionate, cruelty-free lifestyle. We hope that you will join us on this exciting new leg of our journey. Welcome to VINE. . . . → Read More: Veganism Is the Next Evolution: Our New Beginning Within a month, a family of seven cows and five chickens will arrive at their new home at the Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center, joining the current group of six cows and hundreds of chickens who live here. We can’t wait to meet them. And we need your help. Here’s the story. This week, . . . → Read More: We Need Your Help! Did you ever wonder what it’s like to be at a sanctuary? Now you can catch a glimpse of everyday life at the sanctuary, via our new YouTube channnel. We don’t have fancy video equipment, but we can catch brief clips of the chickens, cows, ducks, and horses going about their days. Turn up the . . . → Read More: Check Out Our New YouTube Channel |
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Reprise: The Turtle Talk
I was just perusing Pattrice Jones’ site and came across this talk she gave at AR 2006. I reread it, and as always it overwhelms me with its combined simplicity and shattering power. Here it is again.
Miriam
This photograph was taken in 1971 in Baltimore City. The turtle was called Timothy. . . . → Read More: Reprise: The Turtle Talk