Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Crushing me
There are days when it all gets so overwhelming that I'm not sure I can feel such despair and still go on. Knowing that abuses like these happen to innocents multiplied literally billions of times every hour of every day is appalling.
I know how seductive it can be to avoid looking at these videos. To avoid "knowing". How much we want to keep the thought that we fund this away and disconnected from us. Frankly, there is a part of me that would rather not live sometimes than feel the helplessness and deep sadness that I feel when I see images like this. I can't fathom the type of person who can do this and what they have had to experience to be so numbed and disconnected from the suffering and pain they are creating in another living thing.
Besides living in as compassionate way possible, supporting the organizations that expose these crimes and by sharing this information, I feel that I have to do more than just sit here, remotely, crying from what I see. I want to shout it from the roof tops. I want to take these practices - industry standards that encourage violence and pain - and bring them into the light and show them to everyone.
Why?
Because I have trust and faith that my friends, family and fellow humans really do want to do what is right. That they would never, if they just knew, keep perpetuating this system just for some ice cream or a burger or any other food item. That they want to also be healthier. That they want to see the world be better off too. And that they are empowered to do so every single day just by choosing a different food to eat. Just by being vegan.
So, I don't stop looking. I try to wipe my tears and look again. I keep breathing. I keep shouting and sharing. Some days I can guide and smile, speaking with joy. Some days I am so filled with rage that I shake and speak out harshly. Some days I sit in my car and bawl until I'm spent. I know I may not always be popular but I have to try.
If I don't speak out I may not be to speak at all.
A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation provides a horrifying look into E6 Cattle Co. in Hart, Texas.
E6 Cattle rears calves for use on dairy farms, confining approximately 10,000 calves and subjecting them to lives of prolonged neglect and misery. For over two weeks in March of 2011, an MFA undercover investigator documented the operation's deplorable conditions and brutal mistreatment of animals.
I know how seductive it can be to avoid looking at these videos. To avoid "knowing". How much we want to keep the thought that we fund this away and disconnected from us. Frankly, there is a part of me that would rather not live sometimes than feel the helplessness and deep sadness that I feel when I see images like this. I can't fathom the type of person who can do this and what they have had to experience to be so numbed and disconnected from the suffering and pain they are creating in another living thing.
Besides living in as compassionate way possible, supporting the organizations that expose these crimes and by sharing this information, I feel that I have to do more than just sit here, remotely, crying from what I see. I want to shout it from the roof tops. I want to take these practices - industry standards that encourage violence and pain - and bring them into the light and show them to everyone.
Why?
Because I have trust and faith that my friends, family and fellow humans really do want to do what is right. That they would never, if they just knew, keep perpetuating this system just for some ice cream or a burger or any other food item. That they want to also be healthier. That they want to see the world be better off too. And that they are empowered to do so every single day just by choosing a different food to eat. Just by being vegan.
So, I don't stop looking. I try to wipe my tears and look again. I keep breathing. I keep shouting and sharing. Some days I can guide and smile, speaking with joy. Some days I am so filled with rage that I shake and speak out harshly. Some days I sit in my car and bawl until I'm spent. I know I may not always be popular but I have to try.
If I don't speak out I may not be to speak at all.
A new Mercy For Animals undercover investigation provides a horrifying look into E6 Cattle Co. in Hart, Texas.
E6 Cattle rears calves for use on dairy farms, confining approximately 10,000 calves and subjecting them to lives of prolonged neglect and misery. For over two weeks in March of 2011, an MFA undercover investigator documented the operation's deplorable conditions and brutal mistreatment of animals.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Stop the Seal Hunt
I've been fighting against the Canadian seal hunt since I was 6 years old (you can ask my parents). I hope to see it end in my life.
Don't buy Canadian seafood in store or in restaurants.. ASK and TELL why you won't buy (or just don't buy/eat seafood!)
Don't buy Canadian maple syrup either. Vermont has wonderful syrup. Buy that!
Tell the Canadian government that you won't buy their products or travel to their cities until the hunt ends.
Oh yeah, and don't buy FUR!
Don't buy Canadian seafood in store or in restaurants.. ASK and TELL why you won't buy (or just don't buy/eat seafood!)
Don't buy Canadian maple syrup either. Vermont has wonderful syrup. Buy that!
Tell the Canadian government that you won't buy their products or travel to their cities until the hunt ends.
Oh yeah, and don't buy FUR!
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