@Pomegracias @algorithm @emilydoesastro #veganpower :mastosunglasses:
This world needs more #vegans

#Mahlzeit #vegans

Take at a look at these empathetic, caring, and compassionate #Farmers from #Australia that love their animals so much and consider their welfare at the forefront of their minds, not the 💲💰💲 in front of their eyes. 🐑🐏

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-08-24/farmers-shooting-sheep-rather-than-selling-them-at-low-prices/102766038

If the sheep are going to get killed by getting shot in the head at a loss, rather than sent to the slaughterhouse (to get killed for a profit), why not just send them to a sanctuary for free and just let them live out their lives? What difference does it make since you won't be making money on them anyway?

I suppose the transport cost to the sanctuary would be a barrier. Among other issues I wouldn't be privy too.

I do know one thing though, and that is that those sheep are sentient. They feel pain, sadness, happiness. And they would have rather not been shot in the head or sent to a slaughterhouse. A shred of empathy, caring, and compassion will tell you that.

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism #GoVegan #VeganForTheAnimals #AnimalRights #AnnoyingVegan

Currently reading this chapter on the crossover between #animal #lab #experimentation and the finding of a #gay #gene from a #critical point of view. Cather more to #vegans and #antispecists, there are some nice parts that will interests #zoos out there.
I have a PDF of the whole book if anyone is interested, there are some texts specifically on zoosexuality I plan on reading.
https://www.academia.edu/49113338/Queering_our_Relations_with_Animals_Multispecies_Sexuality_Beyond_the_Laboratory

Plans to tackle sewage problem in rivers

#pollution #riverpollution #satire #vegan #vegans #vegetarians

Thérèse Coffey (Minister for Pollution) has come up with a four point plan to deal with the sewage problem by tackling it at the source. The toilet tax is coming. Vegans are also part of the problem with their unnaturally firm turds.

"So. There are turds in the rivers. How big are these turds? Swim round them you lazy gits".

https://daily-twerk.com/politics/plans-to-tackle-sewage-problem-in-rivers/

#vegans #vegetarians #fart #farts #politics #globalwarming #climatechange #NoAgendaBannedCamp #meme

If I had the means, land, resources, etc. to create an #AnimalSanctuary, I think I would create a #cat sanctuary. For all the poor, old, unwanted cats out there, to potentially be their forever home, or possibly their temporary home before they get adopted in a true forever home with a loving family. I would need a lot of fencing and wire to ensure no wildlife encounters and escape occurs! 😂

Second on my list would be a #chicken and #rooster sanctuary (kept separately of course*), where they can have space to live out their lives in peace. I have been thinking about chickens and all other forms of birds lately, in terms of a #veganism perspective. A recent estimate** in terms of the number of land animals killed for food (that huge number you always see #vegans ranting on about), is now estimated at 92.2 billion for 2023. The majority of those individuals would be birds of one sort of another, primarily chickens. 🐔🐣

Thinking about it some more, I came across this piece by #KarenDavis of #UnitedPoultryConcerns and the unfortunate views of #PeterSinger*** when it comes to his viewpoints regarding chickens:

https://www.upc-online.org/thinking/peter_singer.html

I say unfortunate, as the "Father of Animal Liberation****", it really saddens me to see his views exposed so clearly and his disdain for chickens shown so plainly. I suppose he is being practical/centrist/unemotive/etc. in his views, and perhaps he is trying to reach more people, by appearing more flexible and open, so that others out there that are not yet #vegan would consider the option of becoming vegan and embrace this philosophy for life. But really, not to be that #AnnoyingVegan, but he almost sounds like a #Flexitarian, being open to eat what he can when travelling, not upsetting hosts when invited over to dinner, and being ok with backyard hens and their eggs.

I guess it is easy to bash on someone that has done so much for the animal rights movement, but I do think that it is important to call out people, no matter how loved or famous, if some of their views dont correspond to the rest of their actions and stated beliefs and philosophies.*****

In the meanwhile, I will continue imagining all the animals I will try and save one day, but really I am more grateful for the many (though not enough) sanctuaries out there that are currently giving animals of all sorts (least of all, chickens) a safe presence, away from the living nightmare that is the reality of the majority of their species existence. 🌱

#GoVegan
#AnimalRights
#VeganForTheAnimals

*Probably easier than trying to desex poultry!
**https://blog.humanesociety.org/2023/06/more-animals-than-ever-before-92-2-billion-are-used-and-killed-each-year-for-food.html
***I have tooted about him before: https://aus.social/@Pece/110410557870768867
****I think this is given to him by others, I have never seen him claim this title.
*****Not that I am famous, but I am happy to be called out by my actions and words if they are not aligned and happy to make corrections accordingly.

#memes #meme #vegans #vegandiet

The two #vegans in my life said these #IceCream bars from #Aldi are fantastic!

#Vegans

#Vegetarian alert! (#Vegans don't consume dairy, so irrelevant)

Baskin-Robbins uses gelatin made from beef in their Rocky Road

"A Baskin-Robbins spokesperson said that the company clearly informs customers that the flavor contains gelatin.", but ofc no mention of source. https://www.boston.com/news/food/2023/08/01/hindus-call-out-mass-based-baskin-robbins-for-gelatin-made-from-beef-in-their-rocky-road/

Adult wasps are vegan and will turn up at outdoor events to tell you about it.

#wasps #insects #pests #vegan #vegans #picnic #barbecue #facts #QI #notQI

Meat eaters jump to
"get off your high horse" very quickly when talking to #vegans. I think it's cause it's hard to eat a horse when someone is sat on it

@bjornjohann
🥥 #Vegans of the world, stop arguing long enough to rejoice! 🥥

@housepanther I am not sure of the effectiveness, but some #vegans are pushing a #ClimateChange angle because the "do it for the animals/they feel pain/they suffer" has been spoken about for decades, from the original founders of #TheVeganSociety to #PeterSinger in 1975 with his book #AnimalLiberation to the present (and interestingly his update to the book which got released this year has the climate as a big topic). Even though that is the best reason to #GoVegan, it seems to have increased the total vegans in the world to a few percentage points, which is a very slow change of pace for a movement that wants total abolition of animal exploitation.

Going with the climate change angle might lead to more people realising that #veganism is the long term solution. If not for the animals sake, then at least for humanities very own survival, since the contributions to animal agriculture to the environment is not insignificant.

Some things that went right this week (via @PositiveNewsUK) 💪

🎗️End of #AIDS in sight
🇨🇴#Amazon deforestation in #Columbia down
🦅#Species return in UK
🌱Green source of #B12 discovered for #vegans
🛠️ #Refugee #Repair shop in UK
🫑#FoodSecurity boost

https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-29-of-2023/

Conservative by-election losses explained

#byelections #immigrants #LGBTQ #news #politics #satire #Tories #vegans #vegetarians

The Conservatives suffered two defeats in the by-elections yesterday. Labour took Selby and Ainsty, and the Liberal Democrats won the Somerton and Frome by-election by more than 11,000 votes. The Tories are upbeat as they blame everybody except themselves.

https://daily-twerk.com/politics/conservative-by-election-losses-explained/

@Santhosh_Selvaraj #vegans
Check out Dr. Dean Ornish on heart disease........

In 2 weeks time am unearthing a monster size water melon radish and it’s already massive as is but just give it two more weeks and you’ll all see it.

#vegans
#vegetablegarden
#growerbutnotashower
#funkyveg

I read a nice story by #JordiCasamitjana describing #Veganism as a big mansion. I found the metaphor quite nice and it was fun to pick out and figure out who all the people or statues were. I am sure avid #vegans will be able to tell who is who. I had to read the explanation at the bottom to figure out who all the people were and get some of the symbolism.

https://veganfta.com/2023/06/26/welcome-to-the-vegan-mansion-2/

#Vegan #GoVegan #AnimalRights #VeganForTheAnimals