When we learned that humane education visionary Zoe Weil had recorded a new TED talk on farm animals, we couldn’t wait to learn more about it. Watch her TED talk READ ON
Farm Animals Take Center Stage in Zoe Weil’s New TED Talk
Patrik Baboumian, World Record Strongman: My Strength Is My Compassion
“Strength must build up, not destroy. It should outdo itself, not others who are weaker. Used without responsibility, it causes nothing but harm and death. I can lift the heaviest READ ON
Ezra, the Chicken Who Survived the Most Unbelievable Odds, Needs You!
Ezra is a strikingly handsome black rooster who was found in a cemetery by police after an eyewitness discovered him half-buried in the snow in front of a headstone. His READ ON
Bikini Turkeys and Prostitute Chickens: The Sexualized Death Wish
This short video piece featuring Carol Adams, author of The Sexual Politics of Meat, provides a very powerful snapshot of how chickens and turkeys are sexualized by popular culture, linking READ ON
Meet Louise: Free from Harm’s Latest Rescued Chicken
Louise is Free from Harm‚’s latest hen rescue. We responded to a call from Chicago Animal Control and Care who found her on the streets of Chicago. She has a READ ON
Wheat and the Marketer’s Narrative of Good and Evil
First, a few disclaimers. I am not a nutritionist. I am not gluten-intolerant. I am not, according to the University of Chicago Hospital, part of the roughly 1% of the READ ON
Virtual Chicken Sanctuary: Next Best Thing to Being There
We believe it is vitally important for people to connect with living, happy animals who have been rescued from commercial farming. Seeing these animals in a sanctuary environment allows people READ ON
A Female Chicken Befriends a Male Pitbull
Lucinda, our latest rescue found last month on the brink of starvation, has been rehabilitating at the home of one of our rescue heroines, Melissa Summer Pena. Lucinda’s getting stronger READ ON
Deconstructing the Dairy Is Natural Myth in 14 Steps
The dairy industry has most people believing that cow’s milk, and the cheese, yogurt, butter, ice cream and other products derived from it, are “natural” for us to consume. But READ ON
Dairy and Type 1 Diabetes in Children: The Science Explained
This video from Dr. John McDougall provides a clear explanation of how and why dairy products are thought to trigger type 1 diabetes in children and young adults, in addition READ ON
Vegan Diets to Help Children Thrive
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (the oldest and foremost authority on diet and nutrition in the U.S.) and the American Academy of Pediatrics both endorse vegan diets for children READ ON
Lucinda, Latest Chicken Rescue Needs Urgent Medical Attention
Our heroine, Melissa Summer Pena, rescued Lucinda today from Chicago Animal Control and Care (a kill shelter), describing her as the sickest looking bird she’s seen. In addition to being READ ON
The Voice of Sanctuary
“I do what I do simply because I cannot go back outside to the sanctuary and look them in the eye without conveying the information that I feel they would READ ON
Edith’s First Stairs: The Chicken Who Can Climb!
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 READ ON
Chicken Rescuer Says Hens from New Colony Cages as Damaged as Those from Battery Cages
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 READ ON
Damien Mander’s Journey from Sniper to Animal Rights Activist
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 READ ON
Leader of Vegan Food Company Says Vegan Not Right for Him
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 READ ON
No Morality = No Rights? The Case of Danita the Chicken
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 READ ON
Portrait of a Dairy Cow Auction House
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 READ ON
Interview with Dan Bodenstein, Author of Steven the Vegan
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 READ ON
