tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62875569583607697422024-03-04T21:54:00.643-08:00Portugal Vegan Travels Group - WhatsApp Group Link - Vegan SudeshThe Global Vegan Community for Travelers and Hosts. Get Travel / Relocation / Immigration & Online Visa Services with 24/7 support. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-36190727235236579752019-05-08T13:59:00.001-07:002019-05-08T13:59:35.879-07:00Not All Tattoo Ink Is Vegan
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Non-vegan tattoo inks can contain anything from bone char, used to increase pigment, glycerin from animal fat, gelatin from hooves, or insect parts. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And for the most part, unless explicitly stated, it should be assumed that tattoo ink is not vegan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The stencil paper used by tattoo shops is commonly made from lanolin, which comes from sheep’s wool, and disposable razors often have glycerine in the razor strips, according to The Vegan Society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Fortunately, as tattoos have become mainstream and artists have continued to experiment with designs and new techniques, getting a vegan tattoo has also become possible - it just requires a little extra research. Even then, there are still risks vegans should bear in mind.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-1344270676493399512019-04-19T09:21:00.005-07:002019-04-19T09:21:51.144-07:00Vegan Studio: Actor, Actress, Model, Designer, Writer
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As <b>Sir Winston Churchill</b>
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we give.” </span>By v<span class="_58cm">olunteering</span> with us, you not only benefit lives of many families in a <a class="_58cn" data-ft="{"tn":"*N","type":104}" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/vegan?source=feed_text&story_id=1712068719008435"><span class="_58cl">#</span><span class="_58cm">vegan</span></a>
way, but also your own as well. It’s time to invest in your future as
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are you waiting for, simply email your resume to: <b><span style="color: #38761d;">vegan@sudesh.org</span></b> to join us in any way you fee<span class="text_exposed_show">l you can help Vegan Sudesh to reach it's goal to make the future a brighter one.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A will to change is all you need. Some of the ways are outlined below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">=> <b>Spread the word:</b> tell your friends about us, share about us on social media.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">=> <b>Volunteer:</b> your skill and time is invaluable to us. </span><span style="font-size: xx-small;">You can share it with our social platform.</span></span><br />
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truly your pen is mightier than the sword! If you belong to the media
profession, help us further our cause by writing about us.</span></span></blockquote>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-53312289505335303902019-04-19T09:21:00.001-07:002019-04-19T09:21:12.661-07:00 WhatsApp Group Link: Vegan Fashion Broadcast
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To join, DM at any of our socialmedia page </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-12509773094454681602019-04-19T09:20:00.001-07:002019-04-19T09:20:53.629-07:00Vegan Models, Fashion & Activism
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We should highlight some of the sexier things in the vegan
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://instagr.am/vegan.model">instagr.am/vegan.model</a></b> page is about our multimedia
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a project by <a href="https://instagr.am/vegansudesh"><b>Vegan Sudesh</b></a>.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-25501894830039355402019-04-18T12:13:00.001-07:002019-04-18T12:13:01.111-07:00Vegan Models, Fashion & Activism
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We should highlight some of the sexier things in the vegan
world. There are many perks to eating a more plant
based diet but one of the best is the radiant physical beauty.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://instagr.am/vegan.model">instagr.am/vegan.model</a></b> page is about our multimedia
project promoting veganism by exposing vegan beauty, strength and
diversity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <a href="https://vegan.sudesh.org/"><img height="550" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4ROXygUEAAEVvw.jpg" width="550" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This is a project by <a href="https://instagr.am/vegansudesh"><b>Vegan Sudesh</b></a>.
Our team is set out to do photoshoots with vegan men and women to really show
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To join, DM at any of our socialmedia page </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Email your whatsapp no to:</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-59332409232109951722011-03-13T12:41:00.001-07:002011-03-21T23:45:57.961-07:00Netherlands Animal Rights Police <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font size="1"><span style="font-family: Impact; color: green;"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Impact; color: green;">Netherlands Animal Rights Police by anti-Islam Party</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">If it sounds like an idea inspired by the Animal Planet show "Animal Cops," it's because it was. There will soon be 500 police officers on the streets of </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Holland</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> protecting the welfare of the country's animals. The proposal originated with a uniquely powerful animal rights political party -- and brought to fruition by Geert Wilders' anti-Islam Party for Freedom.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Even the enforcement of animal welfare can be a tricky issue when a chief proponent is one of </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Europe</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">'s most out-spoken and well-known far-right politicians, known more for his calls to ban the Koran than for his defense of the puppy next door. The </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Netherlands</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> will soon have 500 new "animal police" officers, thanks to a move from Geert Wilder's anti-Islam Party for Freedom (PVV).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">As part of the government coalition agreement signed in the Netherlands last fall, Wilders pushed for the 3,000 officers who were once slated to be cut from the police force to be retained, but with 500 of them reassigned to work on animal welfare issues. It was reportedly the pet issue of Dion Graus, a PVV member of the House of Representatives whose previous jobs include selling cars and veterinary products.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">The new "animal police" will consist of regular police officers, with the same powers, but with special training that is still being developed, said Job van der Sande, spokesperson for the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice. The first 100 should be in place by the end of the year.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua"; color: green;">The Party for the Animals </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">The proposal originated with The Party for the Animals (PvdD), a party in the Dutch parliament that is the first of its kind in the world -- a political party elected by the people to represent the animals. The Party for the Animals first entered Parliament in 2006, and now holds two of the 150 seats in the Dutch House of Representatives, one seat in the Dutch Senate, and nine seats in eight provincial governments. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Marianne Thieme, chairperson of The Party for the Animals, said the original idea for the new officers came from the TV show "Animal Cops," a popular program on Animal Planet in the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Netherlands</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> and in other European countries, including </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Germany</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">. "Animal Cops" chronicles the work of animal welfare officers in different </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">US</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> cities, including </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Houston</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">, </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Philadelphia</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> and </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Phoenix</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Thieme said her party supports the new animal police, but is waiting to see how they work in practice. "We think it's a good idea, of course, as an animal rights party we are always in favor of working for animal welfare," Thieme told SPIEGEL ONLINE. "But at the same time they are cutting budgets for people to enforce the laws for animal transport and slaughterhouses ... We are afraid that these animal cops are only to protect pets and not for livestock, for example."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">The </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Netherlands</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> is a major meat exporter, and about 450 million animals are slaughtered each year in the country, according to the animal rights party. Details on what duties the police will actually perform are still being worked out with the country's Agriculture Ministry, said van der Sande, and a proposed plan should be ready in the next few weeks.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua"; color: green;">'We Don't Make Fun of It' </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Amsterdam police chief Bernard Welten, who has taken issue with PVV proposals in the past, has publicly referred to the new force as the "guinea pig police," but a spokesman for the Dutch police chiefs' organization says his commission is taking the new force seriously. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">"It has a public demand, and it has a political demand, so we don't make fun of it," said spokesperson Jelle Egas. He said it remains to be decided which officers will take part in the new force. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Until now, most animal cruelty cases in </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Holland</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> have been investigated by a private entity, the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals. Founded in 1865, the organization has more than 200,000 members and employs 14 full-time investigators. Along with 150 volunteers, the investigators are dispatched on 8,000 calls a year, says Casper Schrijver, spokesperson for the organization.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">The calls might include anything from pets not being taken to the vet in a timely manner to something as drastic as a case that recently generated local headlines in which a dog owner reportedly stabbed his pet three times. Schrijver says they support the new animal cops, but the laws have to be changed so judges can more easily sentence offenders for their crimes. Such changes, he says, are under discussion, but it "is a long and hard road."</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Still, they are likely to find support amongst the populace. According to Schrijver, some 60 percent of Dutch people rank animal welfare as an important issue. And it's an effort that is being watched abroad: About 74 percent of readers surveyed by a regional German newspaper in </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Saxony</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> thought </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">Germany</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> should have animal cops, too. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">By Mary Beth Warner @ Der Spiegel /</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";">03/03/2011</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua";"> </span></p><div> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: Impact; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-size: 26pt;">SUDESH KUMAR FOUNDATION</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial black,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="6"><a href="http://www.sudeshkumar.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#33cc00">www.sudeshkumar.org</font></a> <br> </font></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial black,sans-serif; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br><font size="6"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"></span></a></font></p> </div> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial black,sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4">JOIN: <a href="http://facebook.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank">facebook.com/StopAnimalSacrifice</a></font></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial black,sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4">WATCH: <a href="http://youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank">youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice</a></font></p> <p style="text-align: center; font-family: arial black,sans-serif; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-5103531526629830952011-03-12T12:02:00.001-08:002011-03-21T23:45:57.968-07:00The First Vegan Supermarket in Europe<div class="gmail_quote"> <div class="im"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; COLOR: #009900; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact; COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)"><font size="1"></font></span> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact; COLOR: rgb(0,153,0); FONT-SIZE: 20pt">The First Vegan Supermarket of </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact; COLOR: rgb(0,153,0); FONT-SIZE: 20pt">Europe</span></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"></p></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Forget beer and bratwurst, </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Dortmund</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> now houses </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Europe</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">'s only all-vegan supermarket. Offering chocolates, fake tuna and even dog food, the store is hoping to cash in on a small but rapidly growing market.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Renowned for its mining industry and blue-collar attitude, </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Dortmund</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> is an unlikely choice for </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Europe</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">'s first vegan supermarket. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"If someone opens a supermarket that has no animal products in them, that seems crazy," said animal ethicist and store owner Ralf Kalkowski. "But people are celebrating."</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Vegilicious, which opened on February 26, occupies over 100 square meters in the city-centre, technically making it the only vegan supermarket in </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Europe</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Using soy, spices, and oils to supplement traditional animal-based ingredients, the shelves are stacked with over 1500 products. Vegilicious offers chocolate bars, cereals, and even meat imitations, like fake chicken wings, which use cane sugar sticks to serve as 'bones.' </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"People say they can't live without cheese, but we've got 30 different cheese alternatives," said Kalkowski, who co-owns Vegilicious with wife Kim. "You can have anything you think you might be missing, so there's no need to eat animal products anymore."</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Starting with a café and online shop, the Kalkowski's and their 16 staff have so far maintained a customer flow of 120-150 people per day. They have even managed to attract non-human clients, selling vegan dog- and cat food. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"It's ridiculous if you rescue one animal, but feed them with another dead animal," he said.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; COLOR: #009900; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">What is veganism? </span></b></p> <div class="im"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Vegans abstain from foods containing any animal products, including egg, honey and milk. This differs from vegetarians, who only renounce meat.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"Vegans believe animals should be left alone, it's not just about avoiding cruelty", said Amanda Baker, from the Vegan Society </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">UK</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">. "If animals are farmed, you have to take away their freedom." </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Baker told Deutsche Welle that many male animals are killed at birth because they cannot reproduce, while females are exploited for artificial breeding, which dramatically decreases their life expectancy. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"For example, the dairy industry and the meat industry are the same industry. You can't separate one from the other," she said. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Aside from animal ethics, some turn to veganism to stem environmental problems. According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock sector is responsible for 18% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, as well as being a major cause of deforestation and water pollution. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Veganism can also reap health benefits, as high meat consumption has been linked to cardio-vascular diseases, which are responsible for 49% of European deaths annually. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Kalkowski explained that many older customers have shopped at Vegilicious for health reasons as his products are cholesterol free. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Veganism has been stigmatized as expensive and excessive and vegans are often regarded as extremists for going beyond vegetarianism, according to Kalkowski, who laments the reactions of some meat-eaters to the opening of Vegilicious. </span></p> <div class="im"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">He said that when his supermarket was first mentioned in the press, the paper was forced to remove online comments inciting a pro-meat flash mob before his store. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">He thinks these prejudices are based on myths, of which the biggest is the assumption that a meatless diet deprives the body of vital nutrients. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"You can get all necessary nutrients from a plant based diet, except for vitamin B12," Kalkowski explained, "and that's one thing we supplement with a product from the </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">UK</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">." </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Importing products from the </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">UK</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">, US and even </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Australia</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> is common, but a significant portion of vegan merchandise is produced locally, according to </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Germany</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">'s biggest Vegan Wholesaler, AVE.<span> </span></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">AVE owner Tobias Graf believes veganism's popularity is expanding, not least because his business is booming.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"In the last few years a lot of new products were established, produced and discovered," he said.<span> </span>"We've personally grown year by year, 100% for the past three years."</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It is not only vegans who are catching onto the craze, "No, I'm not vegan," one Vegilicious shopper explained. "I have never tried real vegan food. I think it's good so I can now try."</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Ralf Kalkowski hopes his supermarket will entice more people to buy animal-free food, but the question remains - how do vegan products truly taste? </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">"It even tastes better," he said, "because you have a good conscious."</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Author: Hannah Wandel</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Editor: Nathan Witkop</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Source: Deutsche Welle /</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">10/03/2011</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Batang; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></span></p> <div> </div></div> <div> <div class="im"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact; COLOR: rgb(0,102,0); FONT-SIZE: 26pt">SUDESH KUMAR FOUNDATION</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Unicode MS'"></span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="6"><a href="http://www.sudeshkumar.org/" target="_blank"><font color="#33cc00">www.sudeshkumar.org</font></a> <br> </font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(192,192,192)" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><br><font size="6"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank"><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,204,204)"></span></a></font></p> </div> <div class="im"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4">JOIN: <a href="http://facebook.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank">facebook.com/StopAnimalSacrifice</a></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4"></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4">WATCH: <a href="http://youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice" target="_blank">youtube.com/StopAnimalSacrifice</a></font></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: arial black, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><font size="4"></font> </p></div></div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6287556958360769742.post-57359999353669280612011-02-28T22:11:00.001-08:002011-02-28T22:34:41.327-08:00Human Rights of Domination & Abuse<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Impact; COLOR: green; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus"><font size="6">Human Rights of Domination & Abuse?</font></span></div> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*PURPOSE:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> The purpose of this essay is to present the truth about modern industrialized factory farming – A human system of domination, abuse & the genocide of animals. We humans often gather to party & celebrate; we raise & clink our glasses & we say: Cheers! Then we spear pieces of meat with our forks & we fill our bellies with the pain & suffering of farm animals. Please come & follow me as I now take on the identity of a Baby calf for this essay.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*The SUN:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> I have never seen the Sun with it's white rays of light that shine down to the Earth.. I have never heard the birds sing in the morning that greet the new day. I have never seen the wind blow gently through a field of wild grasses. I have never looked out at a vast landscape in the distance. & I have never looked up to see the eternal blue sky. Where is the sun? Where is the beautiful sun? I want to be intimate with the Sun, the wind & the sky. But, I will never see this Sun that I so deeply yearn for.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*MY BIRTHDAY:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> I am a Baby calf. I was born on an industrialized factory farm in August 2010. It was a noisy day at the farm. My mother gave birth to me & I fell to the cold cement ground here in this concrete building. My mother licked me & I felt her gentle touch. I nursed with her & slept near her for only a precious few days. Then an angry Homo Sapien man with a rope & a stick beat me & lead me to my new home: A cage. I struggled with this human & I cried to my mother. I did not want to leave her. I remember seeing my sad mother fade away in the distance as I was taken away. I never saw my mother again.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*MILK, YOGURT & CHEESE:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> I was born so that humans can eat dairy products such as Milk, cheese, butter & yogurt. My mother will go off now to give her cow's milk to humans – rather than to me. I am only a byproduct of the dairy industry. I will be slaughtered for veal, baby calves liver, leather shoes & leather coats.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*CAGES:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> Now I am here alone in this small cage, in a fluorescent lit, cold cement building with ammonia fumes & desperate animal sounds. I am fed unpleasant food. I am injected with antibiotics & hormones to plump me up for slaughter. I can not move around. I want to run & jump as all baby animals do. I want to run in a meadow & see the wild flowers & hear the sparrows sing. But, here I am in this alienating, existential & lonely Homo Sapien industrialized factory farm.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*CRAZY:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> Some of the other baby calves are going crazy. One of them bites at the cage & rocks back & forth all day. Another baby calf hits his head against the cage & kicks the walls trying to escape. & Another calf just lays there all day staring out into space.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*HOMO SAPIENS:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> The humans who work here are emotionally disturbed people. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*George:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> There's George who hates animals; He swears at the animals & he beats them; He has a rage deep down in his soul; He was abused as a child; Now as an adult he likes the power & control he has over animals; He enjoys getting revenge on animals for all the shame & humiliation he endured as a child. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*Larry:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> Then, there's Larry who is part of the human conspiracy against animals; Larry says that God told man to dominate, conquer & exploit animals for human use; Larry doesn't care whether animals feel pain or fear; Larry has turned his brain off in order to kill & eat animals; Larry in turn teaches his children the party line -- that it's okay to harm animals for human use.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*VEAL MEAT, BABY CALVES LIVER & LEATHER COATS & SHOES:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> A Restaurant, a Grocery store & a Clothing store put in an order for: Veal meat, Baby Calves liver & a Leather coat & Leather shoes – on a Monday. So my farmer calls in a work order for a transport truck on Tuesday & slaughter time on Wednesday. On Thursday I will be the special entrées of the day: Veal with wine & Baby calves liver with onions. On Friday I will be hung on a rack as a leather coat & on display as leather shoes for sale.</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">*SLAUGHTER:</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> It is February 2011. I am now 6 months old & it is time for me to be slaughtered. I am anemic & weak; I am covered in sores & my spirit is broken. A frowning human comes to take me away this day; He uses a pitch fork to prod me out of the building onto the truck. I stumble into the back of the truck, pushed by other baby calves. When the truck is full, we travel off to the slaughter yard. It is a cold day & the wind blows & I shake. One of the sick baby calves falls to the floor of the truck & is stepped on by other calves; That baby calf dies there alone on that crowded truck: haemorrhaging out, with a broken hip -- while no one in the universe cares. When we arrive at the slaughter house I hear frightening sounds, the cries of the dying in the distance. We walk down a long dark path, in single file. I am so afraid. I have given up all hope. Now it is my turn to die. My life is about to end. Good-bye mother, good-bye other baby calves, good-bye planet Earth. The human puts an electric bolt gun up to my forehead. I hear a loud zap. Electricity races through my head & body; I see lightning; My head & body burn; I stiffen, then I breathe my last breath & I fall to the Earth. & I die. </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Mary Hamer </span></p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> </span></div><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Andalus; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Australian Sunrise'; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus">Animal Rights Advocacy Group</span></p> <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Australian Sunrise'; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus"><font color="#33cc00">SUDESH KUMAR FOUNDATION</font></span></p> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Australian Sunrise'; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus"></span> </div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Australian Sunrise'; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus">Email: <a href="mailto:animal.rights@sudeshkumar.org"><span style="COLOR: green">animal.rights@sudeshkumar.org</span></a></span></div> <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Australian Sunrise'; COLOR: green; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Andalus"></span> </div></span> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0