Help End Factory Farming

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Kisschasy!

Wow how slack have I been?!?! Don't answer that... I apologise but I've been sorting stuffs out for the Kisschasy gig which was last Sat night.

Basically myself and 2 other wonderful people volunteered our time for Animals Australia Unleashed... totally worth it! Not only were we getting the facts out there & getting petitions signed, but we also got to meet and talk to Darren (lead singer) and watch them do their sound check (really loud in an empty night club!!)

Not only is Darren a fellow vegan, but he is also an ambassador for Animals Australia Unleashed. Basically he asked us to be there Saturday night and thanked US. Pfft puh-lease you let me come and see you gig, watch you set up, chat to you afterwards for FREE! I am thanking YOU!

Darren is a really nice down to earth rocker who hates disco music and drinks Jack Daniels. Add the fact that he loves animals to that and taa-dah a wonderful bloke.



Darren is the only vegan in the band, 2 others are vegetarians and the drummer is an omni O_o but I'm sure the other 3 will rub off on him eventually!!

Seeing these guys live in action has given me a new appreciation for their music.

It has also proved that hard rockers can still love fluffy animals to the point they refuse to eat anything to do with them!




If anyone is interested I have some left over little stickers that I got to hand out on Sat night. I have one that states "I love Animals", "Meat Stinks", "Fur Hurts", "Circus: Crying Shame" & "Why love one but eat the other?". If you want one or two drop me a line =) display them proudly on your school books, your lockers, your wallet, your diary, where ever one can stick them!! Or for $2 I have sticker sheets! 12 gorgeous stickers to stick everywhere!!!

Also in my left over goody bag from Sat night I have some wrist bands saying : "Cruelty Free" (in green) "Meat Free" (in blue) or "Stop Animal Testing" (in black)

I also have 3 shirts like the one I am wearing in the above photo for $25 (Men's S & L and a Ladies 12  -- I'm wearing a 14) I'm sure Unleashed won't mind if I sell these on :) If you are interested let me know and I will gladly pass these on and forward your mulahs back to Animals Australia. Every dollar raised goes back into the work they do for helping the animals!

Sorry this post wasn't an IN YOUR FACE one... but I thought I had better post something and what's a better topic than a vegan rocker?!

Cruelty Free Luxury

Pure Gaisha

Basically I wanted to share this as I have been lazy on the blog front :P

Lucy the Pig

This clip makes me sad every time I watch it... but I thought it was an appropriate clip to follow on with from my last blog.

Save Babe

So I found myself this evening with 2 petitions in my hands in the middle of a shopping center asking people for a moment of their precious time. I am so thankful for the 200 odd people I managed to get to stop to sign both my petitions... and up yours to the assholes who "were too busy" walking to the food court to gorge themselves with crap food. 

I was acting on behalf of Animals Australia tonight. It was myself and a few others. One petition was to urge Hungry Jacks to go Free Range with their pork. The other will be sent to the House of Ministers urging them to ban sow stalls and crates immediately and to bring in a code of practice that protects these animals.

Did you know - if the harm you can cause a dog/cat and be sent to jail over was done on a pig in a factory farm, no one would bat an eyelid?! This is what is sooooo very wrong. This is what needs to change. 

Pregnant pigs are kept in stalls not much bigger than their bodies for pretty much most of their pregnancy of 16wks. See exhibit A to your right.

 
Once they have their babies they get put into an even smaller area. See exhibit B to your left.

This is so they don't roll onto their babies apparently. If they weren't in such stressful situations they most likely wouldn't do this in the first place. Did you know pigs make nests for their newborns?! They can't do this in a factory farm... they spend their lives laying on a concrete floor... no straw, no bedding, just concrete. Mmmm comfy. Why haven't 40 Winks bought out an equivalent mattress for us humans yet?!

Once mumma pig has had her piglets and they are 4wks old she is then impregnated again. Her hell cycle starts again. Did you know pigs can suffer from depression. If I lived like 87% of Australia's pig I'd be depressed too!

As for the piglets, they have their tails cut off and teeth ground down - all without pain killers. Oww you say? Damn right oww! 

Pigs are only "appreciated" (if you will call it that) while they are producing good litters. When this starts going down hill off to slaughter they go. This will most likely be the only time in her life she will feel the warm sun on her back (if it's not raining of course). This will be her only happy moment in her life before she becomes second grade bacon.

So please think twice before purchasing your pork, and other meat products... either A) Don't buy them at all! Pledge to be Veg! Or B) Don't buy factory farmed meat.

Check out Save Babe for more details.

"Middle Ground"

After my first blog I have had a few comments... one of which was "confronting" and that was from a fellow vegan haha. Also one of my friends read my blog and said it was "interesting". I questioned him further on this and a reply was "you have no middle ground to your argument".

I will now explain said suggested middle ground.

Middle ground is basically "free range".

Some might say free range is great for the animals. But did you know they are still killed the same horrific way? Their last moments in life are still as stressful as any other animal. Sure their life may be a little better... they get sun on their backs, they get to walk around and use their legs... but this is all taken away once they get bought, put on a truck and taken to slaughter.

Free range is just an excuse to help omnis eat more meat and eggs and to feel some what better about what they are eating... just the same way you feel better about eating "97% fat free ice cream" you know it's still bad but it's only got 3% fat so you don't worry about it. Kind of like free range animals. 97% of their life is spent living pretty ok, and 3% spent living in a hell. And it's the 3% that we as people don't worry about, because we know they had a pretty good life.

This is the view that needs to change. We need to stop seeing animals as food and as human belongings to which we own and can do what we want.

People need to start to understand exactly what happens to produce their lamb chops, rump steak and breakfast bacon. From start to finish. Example - did you know pigs spend most of their life stuck in cages in which they can't move. They can't turn around, they can't itch a scratch, and if they fall they have a hard time getting back up. They get nasty wounds and infections. They aren't given adequate vet care. And then you eat these animals.

I am not a preaching vegan. I hate people preaching to me and I will not do the same. This blog is to open your eyes to what really happens out there, and if it stops you eating meat once a week, twice a week, only eat meat every now and then or never again - I have done something. I will admit my first blog was a bit "RAH!!" but it did get your attention right? Even if you thought I was a crazy hippy (I am one of those anyway).

This is why we need to ban live export