Bhodi was found on the side of the road on the Northwest side of Chicago on the evening of December 19th, 2016. Learn about his story and the implications it READ ON
Bodhi: The Story of an Abandoned and Rescued Rooster
The Chicken Chronicles: Tales from the Coop
Beyond being a food source, what do we really know about the chicken, a bird species that has been evolving since the time of the dinosaurs? The Chicken Chronicles is READ ON
Is An Excuse-itarian Diet Keeping You From Living Your Own Values?
Colleen Patrick Goudreau’s rousing talk, “From Excuse-itarian to Vegan,” has reached nearly 100,000 viewers on youtube, and is a great tool for empowering others to live their own values of READ ON
Volunteer Spotlight: Mihir Shah
Mihir Shah is a custom jewelry designer and gemstone wholesaler from Chicago. He was born into a vegetarian (Indian Jain) family. Although non-violence is one of the main precepts of READ ON
Baby Hen Found Near Death Off Busy Street
Rosa is a tiny little red hen only a few months old who a kind young lady named Jessica found lying motionless off of the side of a busy city READ ON
Duckling Couple Rescued and Provided a Forever Home!
Early this month, an animal control officer spotted a duckling couple who had been abandoned in a retaining pond in a suburb of Chicago. She named them John and Grace. READ ON
Fictions, Facts and Food Choices: A Presentation by Robert Grillo
We are what we eat, but what are the powerful forces shaping our food choices? This is the key question explored in Robert Grillo’s presentation, Fictions, Facts and Food Choices. READ ON
A Mother At Last
In a natural environment, chicks would spend much of their first weeks of life peeping out from under their mother’s wings, or exploring by her side, feeling nurtured and protected. READ ON
Six Challenges to “Humane” Animal Product Claims
The movement to treat farm animals better is based on the idea that it is wrong to subject them to unnecessary harm; yet using and killing animals for their flesh READ ON
Comparing Animal Deaths in Production of Plant and Animal Foods
In the last several years, a number of arguments have gained traction by claiming that if vegans factor in the amount of animals killed in the harvesting of plant crops, READ ON
Breaking the Food Chain Myth
Claiming to be at the top of the food chain is a popular justification for eating animal products and an affirmation of our ability to violently dominate everyone. Yet justifications READ ON
One Survivor’s Story of Whole Foods Humane Hoax
They named her Mei Hua (Beautiful Flower), the sweet little hen DxE rescued from near death inside of a living hell, a Whole Foods egg supplier. Check out this moving READ ON
Hunting for Wildlife Population Control and Ethical Eating?
Hunters sometimes argue that if they were to stop hunting, the deer population would explode. This is a false argument, because if hunting were to stop, we would also stop READ ON
Animals Eat Other Animals, So Why Shouldn’t We?
Many people insist that eating animals is “natural” — and therefore morally neutral — because other animals eat animals. But it’s important to realize that, with a few exceptions, when READ ON
Interview with Robert Grillo, Founder and Director of Free from Harm
This interview with Free from Harm founder and director Robert Grillo was recently published by the Eugene Veg Education Network and conducted by Lin Silvan, Executive Director of EVEN and READ ON
How a Turkey Became My Best Friend
When I went to the kitchen to do dishes, he would stand intently by the sink and watch me do the dishes, he was so curious about my activity. He READ ON
May All Creatures Be Happy and Safe
The timing of my introduction to Jesse was particularly synchronous. The song Jesse sent me, Waiting for the Birds to Strike, arrived just after co-investigator Olivier Berreville and I returned READ ON
Revolting Videos of Turkey Breeding
Domestic turkeys have been bred to be so large, they cannot mate naturally, so hens are forcibly “inseminated” several times. Males are masturbated to get their semen. A “milker” at READ ON
Melanie Joy Presentation: Speaking Truth to Power
In April of 2013, Free from Harm helped organize what would be remembered as a very special, unforgettable event, featuring social psychologist and author Melanie Joy, who spoke to a READ ON
Animal Law 101: What Is “Necessary” Animal Suffering?
In her new TED Talk, animal rights attorney Lesli Bisgould delivers a terrific overview of the problems with our legal system in protecting animals from the institutions that exploit them READ ON
