Category: Honor the Rights of All Beings
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How Animal-Centered Design is Changing Lives at Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge
Once upon a reality, a nameless white hen was packed into a truck alongside countless other frightened birds and sent to a slaughterhouse. Then, the unexpected happened. She fell off the truck and lay, unnoticed, on the side of a highway in North Carolina until a caring passerby noticed something…
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Sanctuary Spotlight: Life with Pigs Helps Rescued Farmed Animals Feel Safe, Loved, and Home at Last
The Life with Pigs Farm Animal Sanctuary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is a love story on many levels. It all started when Ryan Phillips found himself faced with a female pig who had been repeatedly exploited in a backyard breeding operation. He had a choice: He could adopt the pig and…
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How Going Vegan Can Lead to Deeper Fulfillment, Peace, and Adventure with Angela Crawford
To empower others to work through their pain, prevent unnecessary suffering, and align her everyday choices with her highest values — those were some of the driving forces that first led Angela Crawford to a career as a psychotherapist and then to a still unfolding path as a vegan author,…
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Compassion Over Convenience Killing: Lanai Cat Sanctuary’s Solution for Feral Cats AND Native Birds
The situation: An abundance of feral cats. The solution? Depends on who you ask. Many facilities adhere to official “management” plans that rely on shooting the cats to death, typically outside of the public eye to avoid outcry. That was the situation at Garner State Park in Texas, where officials…
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True Animal Sanctuary or Exploitative ‘Attraction’? Here’s What You Need To Know If You Love Animals
Do you consider yourself an animal lover? Does being around animals spark a unique flame of joy in your heart? Have you sought out opportunities to see or interact with animals, or do you have special memories of visiting with animals at different kinds of venues growing up? If you…
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On Building Resilience and a Kinder World: A Q&A with Vegan Psychologist Clare Mann
“When you see injustices, you must speak out: Because if not you, then who?” — Clare Mann
Compassionate Coexistence 