Posted on: 23-12-2009 | By: Gluten Free Foods
Merry Christmas! Lo, Saturnalia! Happy Yule/Litha/solstice/day off work! I hope you all enjoy a happy vegan feasting during this break.
And if you are not yet vegan, then now’s the time to go vegan as a gift to other animals, to your health, & to the environment! And if you don’t do gifts at giftmas at all, even non-consumerist gifts of non-violence*, then it makes for a good new year’s resolution as well!
Peace on earth & liberation for all beings.
“As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields” – Leo Tolstoy
*the gift that keeps on giving! For every day of every year.
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Posted on: 04-11-2008 | By: Gluten Free Foods
Yesterday the Melbourne Cup was held in Australia, as part of the Spring Racing Carnival. During this time, women stick dead birds in their hair, calling it fashionable and attractive, and everyone sits on their lazy asses to watch horses get flogged around a race track. Sound pleasant? A little bit of light-hearted fun?
If you open your eyes and look beyond the fluff presented on your idiotbox, you’ll see that it’s far from a “bit of fun.” Having seen the trauma racing inflicts on horses first-hand when I was growing up, I know even the most well cared for horses suffer when they’re forced into racing… Never mind the drugging that goes on behind the scenes. When there’s money to be made off animals, exploitation and abuse isn’t far behind.
This article from Animals Australia covers a heck of a lot:
Horse racing – the glitz, the glamour, the grim reality.
The Melbourne Cup: a celebration? Think again. The only thing being celebrated is an ignorance of cruelty towards animals.
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