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	<title>Free From Harm</title>
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	<description>For the Vegan and Closet Vegan in Us All</description>
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		<title>Compassionate Poison Gas for Chickens in Europe</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While a utilitarian might make a valid case for why we should do whatever we can to reduce the suffering of animals right now, such a position ignores the deeper, more menacing and sociopathic disease that plagues our predator society. There will be no paradigm shift in the way humans cause themselves and other animals to suffer if our sole focus is alleviating the symptoms of the disease, rather than treating the cause. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/compassionate-poison-gas-for-chickens-in-europe/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Vegan Child in a Nonvegan Urban Wasteland</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a small, blue collar post-industrial town, amongst many shuttered and boarded up store fronts and aging steel mills on the horizon, we stumbled upon a Mediterranean restaurant. Sahara turned out to be a real-life oasis in this urban desert, both literally and figuratively, offering a delicious buffet which the proprietor proudly indicated was mostly vegan! <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-vegan-child-in-a-nonvegan-urban-wasteland/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edith&#8217;s First Stairs: The Chicken Who Can Climb!</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Intelligence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I continually marvel at how chickens observe and sometimes follow what we do. On her third day with me, Edith the Cornish Rock chicken hen who was recently salvaged from a trash bag, comes to me when I gesture or call to her. But even more remarkable, Edith climbed her first flight of stairs to join me at the top, but only when I encouraged her to do so. On the other hand, when I did not call or gesture to her to climb the stairs, she remained below. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/ediths-first-stairs-the-chicken-who-can-climb/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chicken Rescuer Says Hens from New Colony Cages as Damaged as Those from Battery Cages</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My personal opinion and that of people I know who have rescued enriched colony caged hens is that there is no difference in health between the battery and colony caged hens. I also believe from evidence I have seen that there is not much difference between barn versus free range hens either. Because of the laws, free range hens can be kept indoors in barns with not much room to move around (like broiler chickens), and this is marketed as “free range.” <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/chicken-rescuer-says-hens-from-new-colony-cages-as-damaged-as-those-from-battery-cages/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Damien Mander&#8217;s Journey from Sniper to Animal Rights Activist</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 00:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational / Inspiring Talks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meat-eating is strongly associated with cultural perceptions of masculinity and power. The idea that meat-eating and killing are "manly" is constantly reinforced through advertising and other forms of cultural narrative that tell us who we are. This macho mythologizing of meat helps explain why women are more than twice as likely as men to be vegetarian. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/damien-manders-journey-from-sniper-to-animal-rights-activists/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Edith: Latest Rescued Chicken, Found in a Plastic Bag on a Busy Street</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-a-our-latest-rescued-chicken-found-in-a-plastic-bag-on-a-busy-street/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-a-our-latest-rescued-chicken-found-in-a-plastic-bag-on-a-busy-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 02:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call from a Facebook friend that a chicken had been found in a plastic bag on the street near another Chicago poultry market — still alive, as if she were just trash. The kind young man named Javier who'd first taken her home realized, after a few weeks, that he could not properly provide for her as a companion in his apartment. Please read the details of her story and consider making a tax-deductible donation to help her out. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/edith-a-our-latest-rescued-chicken-found-in-a-plastic-bag-on-a-busy-street/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Virus: Easier to Blame the Voiceless Victim Rather than the Perpetrator</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 16:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Breeding pigs, or “hogs” as they are known in the trading of futures, is big business. So when an incurable virus is discovered in the country’s leading pig producing state, Iowa, you better believe that the nation’s top ranking USDA staff, veterinarian experts and pig industry officials will be on the case (paid for by your tax dollars). <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/pig-virus-easier-to-blame-the-voiceless-victim-rather-than-the-perpetrator/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Visit to a Local Live Poultry Market</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/my-visit-to-a-local-live-poultry-market/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/my-visit-to-a-local-live-poultry-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:31:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Investigations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This short, non graphic video documents my visit to a live poultry market in Chicago. I posed as someone interested in having a business like theirs and asked if I could take some photos. They agreed. I then just let the video roll. What I found was even worse than I would have imagined. The only way to describe this  place is a squalid hell on earth with a level of suffering I had never seen before. Shops like this are marketed as the "buy local," "sustainable," "free range," "pasture-raised" and "organic" alternatives to factory farming. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/my-visit-to-a-local-live-poultry-market/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Spiked Nose Ring: A Symbol for All Dairy Cruelty</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11429</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voltaire once wrote, “If we believe absurdities, we will commit atrocities,” and nowhere is this principle seen more clearly than in the billion dollar lies and bizarre cruelties of the dairy industry. It is a testament to the power of dairy advertising that otherwise intelligent adults can be made to believe that it is not only natural, but necessary to drink the breast milk of another species. In trying to expose this absurdity, one encounters even more absurd defenses and practices. This video is a perfect example, demonstrating the heartless cruelties visited on animals in the dairy industry. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://freefromharm.org/videos/farm-animal-investigations/the-spiked-nose-ring-a-symbol-for-all-dairy-cruelty/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Dalai Lama to Speak at Kentucky Fried Chicken YUM! Center in Louisville</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/dalai-lama-to-speak-at-kentucky-fried-chicken-yum-center-in-louisville/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/dalai-lama-to-speak-at-kentucky-fried-chicken-yum-center-in-louisville/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 13:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sailesh_Rao</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When we first heard about the Dalai Lama event in Louisville, what struck us most was the venue where his teachings on “Engaging Compassion” would be held: the Kentucky Fried Chicken YUM! Center. We began brainstorming as to how His Holiness could reconcile his message of compassion with the decidedly uncompassionate corporate sponsorship of the venue where he’s delivering it. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/dalai-lama-to-speak-at-kentucky-fried-chicken-yum-center-in-louisville/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sanctuary Life Reveals Who Chickens Really Are</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/sanctuary-life-reveals-who-chickens-really-are/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/sanctuary-life-reveals-who-chickens-really-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11423</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had an unexpected visit from a new neighbor and her two children who were really interested in meeting the Free from Harm chickens. The mother, Joanna, had taken her children to a working farm called Prairie Crossing where they have “free range” organically-raised hens. This gave them an opportunity to compare what life is like for chickens on a small organic working farm to my backyard urban sanctuary, as I like to call it. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rescue-stories/sanctuary-life-reveals-who-chickens-really-are/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making Peace with Animals and Ecosystems</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/making-peace-with-animals-and-ecosystems/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/making-peace-with-animals-and-ecosystems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Anderson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veganism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11399</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We create our human ecology with our behavior. This is how we establish relationships with our external environment that includes other people, individuals from other species, and the entirety of ecosystems. Our behavior and the relationships that arise from it are at the center of every issue that troubles us: human overpopulation, loss of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems, poverty, the violated rights of individuals from other species, climate change, waste, and social and economic injustice, to name a few. The good news is that we can make better choices. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/veganism/making-peace-with-animals-and-ecosystems/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Tribute to Motherhood</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/a-tribute-to-motherhood/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/a-tribute-to-motherhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 13:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Levine</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products & Psychology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Mother’s Day, we honor mothers, motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. Attachment Theory, a theory of child development, recognizes the importance of the relationship between a child and her primary caregiver. John Bowlby, affectionately referred to as the father of Attachment Theory, developed this theory by studying evolutionary biology and ethology, in addition to psychology. In fact, it was Lorenz’s imprinting study with geese that showed that attachment behavior is innate and important for survival. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-psychology/a-tribute-to-motherhood/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Annie, Get Your Gun: Sexual Violation of Dairy Cows in 14 Steps</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/the-sexual-violation-of-dairy-cows-14-step-process-of-artificial-insemination/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/the-sexual-violation-of-dairy-cows-14-step-process-of-artificial-insemination/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 18:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Capps</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Artificial insemination (A.I.) is the most common method of breeding dairy cows in the United States, accounting for nearly 80% of all dairy cow pregnancies. (1) Like all mammals, cows must give birth in order to produce milk. Around 10 months after calving, the quantity of milk that dairy cows produce decreases substantially. (2) In order to achieve profitable milk yields, dairy producers re-impregnate cows once a year after a short period of “drying off.” <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/the-sexual-violation-of-dairy-cows-14-step-process-of-artificial-insemination/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Leader of Vegan Food Company Says Vegan Not Right for Him</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/leader-of-vegan-food-company-who-doesnt-believe-in-going-vegan/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/veganism/leader-of-vegan-food-company-who-doesnt-believe-in-going-vegan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 14:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Veganism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11335</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While vegans often hear from non vegans that the vegan lifestyle is “not for them,” the new leader of a company that sells vegan products to at least a majority vegan customer base should be held to a higher standard and perhaps a more thoughtful and courageous assessment of what veganism is all about. Instead Bate’s makes a transparent appeal to the majority, a majority that is grossly misinformed about the true ethical and ecological impacts of their food choices. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/veganism/leader-of-vegan-food-company-who-doesnt-believe-in-going-vegan/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Farmer&#8217;s Change of Heart about His Chickens</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/animal-rescue-stories-videos/a-farmer-who-had-a-change-of-heart-about-his-chickens/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/animal-rescue-stories-videos/a-farmer-who-had-a-change-of-heart-about-his-chickens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 02:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rescue Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11310</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This a moving, non graphic video that tells the magnificent story of one farmer of caged egg laying chickens who apparently had a change of heart and released them to Edgar's Mission farm sanctuary in Australia. For the first time in their lives, the rescued chickens in this video are getting an opportunity to exhibit their natural behaviors. The video highlights some of the chicken's most basic pleasures in life: stretching and flapping their wing, sunbathing, dustbathing, scratching in the earth and forming social bonds with others in their flock.  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/animal-rescue-stories-videos/a-farmer-who-had-a-change-of-heart-about-his-chickens/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rejecting the Egg Bill Means Rejecting Cages</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animals-and-the-law/rejecting-the-egg-bill-means-rejecting-caged-birds/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animals-and-the-law/rejecting-the-egg-bill-means-rejecting-caged-birds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 03:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>United_Poultry_Concerns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animals and the Law]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11315</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the terms of the 2013 Egg Bill sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California and Rep. Curt Schrader of Oregon, barren battery cages would be phased out over a 20-year period and replaced by “enriched” cages as the dominant housing system for hens in the United States. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animals-and-the-law/rejecting-the-egg-bill-means-rejecting-caged-birds/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Tiger Eating Her Cubs and Bad Animal Behavior</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/bad-animal-behavior/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/bad-animal-behavior/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11298</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Tibor Machan, a leading opponent of animal rights, cites the example of a mother tiger eating her cubs as evidence of the absence of morality in animals (1). And he claims that rights don’t exist for animals because of their lack of morality. He could have just as easily cited a number of other examples where animals show a high level of empathy toward one another, like a mother cow licking her calf. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/bad-animal-behavior/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No Morality = No Rights? The Case of Danita the Chicken</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/no-morality-no-rights-danita-the-chicken-proves-otherwise/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/no-morality-no-rights-danita-the-chicken-proves-otherwise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 03:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Intelligence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Danita displays a strong interest in protecting her flock. Her actions would seem to reflect that she has a sense of moral duty to her flock. But the way she acts to protect her flock is not based on instinct or the carrying out of a repetitive and thoughtless action. On the contrary, the way she responds to a perceived danger to the flock varies in each situation that she is presented with. It also varies based on her disposition that day. It seems reasonable to conclude that she is making executive decisions based on a variety of circumstances unique to each situation. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/no-morality-no-rights-danita-the-chicken-proves-otherwise/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Lone Goat among Our Shopping for Things</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-roadside-goat-was-a-someone-not-a-something/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-roadside-goat-was-a-someone-not-a-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 03:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11264</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While visiting a busy garden center today, I almost walked right past this goat who was watching me and everyone else intently. His eyes pleaded with us for attention, but no one even knew he was there. He didn’t utter a sound or move around much at all. Maybe people just thought he was a landscaping statue. I was at first delighted to discover him there. As I approached him, though, I sensed a very lonely perhaps neglected animal, in a small lot attached to a dilapidated old house and no one in sight. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/the-roadside-goat-was-a-someone-not-a-something/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Francione on Bridging the Gap between Belief and Action</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/francione-on-bridging-the-gap-between-belief-and-action/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/francione-on-bridging-the-gap-between-belief-and-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 18:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational / Inspiring Talks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this short and concise video clip, Francione astutely describes the root of our problem with animals which is also the basis for his theory of animal rights. We say we believe that animals should not be harmed unnecessarily and yet 99% of our use of animals can only be described as unnecessary and pleasure-based. “The best justification we have for inflicting pain, suffering and death on 10 billion animals a year is that they taste good. I regard that as moral schizophrenia.”  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/videos/educational-inspiring-talks/francione-on-bridging-the-gap-between-belief-and-action/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rescue of Vita the Dog Shines Light on Carnism</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/rescue-of-vita-the-dog-shines-a-light-on-carnism/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/rescue-of-vita-the-dog-shines-a-light-on-carnism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 03:18:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Vita is a lucky dog that was rescued moments before being sent to a slaughterhouse in China. The rescue of Vita shines a light on carnism. In our culture we don’t send dogs to slaughter. It’s not culturally-acceptable to eat &#8230; <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/rescue-of-vita-the-dog-shines-a-light-on-carnism/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/rescue-of-vita-the-dog-shines-a-light-on-carnism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
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		<title>Industry Claims Torching Udders of Dairy Cows Painless, Prevents Mastitis</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/industry-claims-torching-udders-of-dairy-cows-painless-prevents-mastitis/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/industry-claims-torching-udders-of-dairy-cows-painless-prevents-mastitis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 00:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11227</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just when I thought I knew all the common, standard industry practices in dairy farming, I find something even more bizarre and cruel. The sound in this video is said to be “turned off” since it is for “trade show purposes” but one wonders if the sound of the cows confined to stalls and having their udders torched would reveal how unpleasant this experience is for the animals. The claim that the cows feel no pain from having a flame in contact with their sensitive udders is “udderly” ridiculous. We share the same kind of pain receptors with cows. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/industry-claims-torching-udders-of-dairy-cows-painless-prevents-mastitis/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Humane Washing Our Consumerist Souls</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/humane-washing-our-consumerized-souls/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/humane-washing-our-consumerized-souls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 04:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Products and Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humane Farming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11211</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Animal agriculturalists, chefs, and consumers desperately want to believe the myth that animal products labeled organic, humane, and sustainable are morally and ecologically defensible. They promote the washings as cover for their beliefs. They choose not to see the abusive and unsustainable nature of meat, dairy, and eggs. They pledge allegiance to an adjustment to factory farming, nothing more." <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-products-and-culture/humane-washing-our-consumerized-souls/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lee Hall&#8217;s Excellent Answer to Why Care About Animal Rights</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/lee-halls-excellent-answer-to-why-care-about-animal-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/lee-halls-excellent-answer-to-why-care-about-animal-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Rights]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11204</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lee Hall, the Vice President of Legal Affairs at Friends of Animals, provides a great answer to the question, why care about animal rights? Hall's clip is part of series called Exploring Rights for Animals by Gooseberry Productions. Hall is the author of On Their Own Terms, Capers in the Churchyard: Animal Rights Advocacy in the Age of Terror and Dining with Friends: The Art of North American Vegan Cuisine. You can follow her on twitter at VeganMeans or visit the Friends of Animals vegan website by the same name. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/lee-halls-excellent-answer-to-why-care-about-animal-rights/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Portrait of a Dairy Cow Auction House</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/portrait-of-a-dairy-cow-auction-house/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/portrait-of-a-dairy-cow-auction-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Will Anderson provides a vivid and personal portrayal of his experiences inside an auction house for dairy cows in his new book “This is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology.” The following passage comes directly from his book: <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/portrait-of-a-dairy-cow-auction-house/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Unforgettable Stop on the Way to the Farm Sanctuary</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/an-unforgettable-stop-on-the-way-to-the-farm-sanctuary/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/an-unforgettable-stop-on-the-way-to-the-farm-sanctuary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Animal Cruelty Investigation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When a Facebook friend of mine Corvus Strigiform sent me this photo he took of caged ducks in a transport truck, I immediately thought of Suzanna, the Pekin duck I saved a few years ago from slaughter. And I realized that Corvus had provided me with a strong visual counterpart of the fate I spared Suzanna who now lives in a sanctuary near Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-cruelty-investigation/an-unforgettable-stop-on-the-way-to-the-farm-sanctuary/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chickens Can Form Bonds with Us But Can We Reciprocate?</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/chickens-can-form-bonds-with-us-but-can-we-reciprocate/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/chickens-can-form-bonds-with-us-but-can-we-reciprocate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Grillo</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Farm Animal Intelligence]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Chickens will readily form an emotional attachment with us. It’s not a question of “can they” but of “can we reciprocate?” Sleepy Doris, pictured here, looks up into my eyes for reassurance and recognition, just like a dog. Stroke her back and she has the reassurance she needs and will go back to nuzzling up against your side. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/farm-animal-intelligence/chickens-can-form-bonds-with-us-but-can-we-reciprocate/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Dan Bodenstein, Author of Steven the Vegan</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/book-reviews/interview-with-dan-bodenstein-author-of-steven-the-vegan/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/book-reviews/interview-with-dan-bodenstein-author-of-steven-the-vegan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For me, it was important that the book taught about being vegan through compassion, not fear, and not anger. There's enough negative emotions like that in the world, and I didn't want to contribute to it. Parents seemed to like the message the book portrays. It educates the concept of being a vegan, without pushing "being a vegan" on people.  <a href="http://freefromharm.org/book-reviews/interview-with-dan-bodenstein-author-of-steven-the-vegan/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Closer Look at the Wagner Farm Animals</title>
		<link>http://freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/wagner-farm-animals/</link>
		<comments>http://freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/wagner-farm-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Free From Harm Staff Writers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Photo Galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wagner Farm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freefromharm.org/?p=11144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The town of Glenview, IL has a tax-paying resident who has stood up for what she believes is the right thing to do for the animals at Wagner Farm (a public working farm in Glenview) for 12 years now, even while confronting a relentless barrage of criticism, ridicule and even villianization for standing her ground, defending the animals and attempting to save their lives from slaughter. Even against these great odds, Debby Rubenstein, president of Wagner Farm Rescue Fund, has managed to rescue 82 animals from Wagner Farm and find them forever-homes where they can live out the rest of their lives. <a href="http://freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/wagner-farm-animals/"><span class="meta-nav">... READ ON</span></a>]]></description>
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