All Discussions Tagged 'rescue' - Animal Rights Zone2024-03-28T12:51:43Zhttp://arzone.ning.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=rescue&feed=yes&xn_auth=noDolphin Family Help Seal Pup Survivetag:arzone.ning.com,2013-03-02:4715978:Topic:1243272013-03-02T05:06:23.380ZCarolyn Baileyhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/CarolynBailey
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">An incredible video has emerged of a family of dolphins helping a seal pup to avoid almost certain death. In the video, captured by a Canadian film crew, the exhausted baby seal struggles against the current as he drifts ever closer to the shoreline and away from the safety of the deeper waters. This seems to be another example of the cognitive ability and emotional, complex inner…</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">An incredible video has emerged of a family of dolphins helping a seal pup to avoid almost certain death. In the video, captured by a Canadian film crew, the exhausted baby seal struggles against the current as he drifts ever closer to the shoreline and away from the safety of the deeper waters. This seems to be another example of the cognitive ability and emotional, complex inner lives of individuals other than human. As more footage of such events emerge, it would be wonderful to think that humans will come to understand that these events are not as rare as we seem to assume. </span></em></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">Curious, they swim up to the struggling pup, and then, seeing his distress, offer him their help by nudging the pup gently back to deeper waters.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3">The remarkable video was captured by a Canadian crew working on a series of documentaries entitled Return to Shark Island for the nature channel Oasis HD.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="font-size-3"><font>Evidence of other animals lending a helping hand - or fin, or wing - is often recorded among many other species too.</font></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"></p> Article about keeping rescue hens - one of the vegan dilemmastag:arzone.ning.com,2012-09-08:4715978:Topic:1093982012-09-08T23:43:22.889ZKerry Bakerhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/KerryBaker
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<p>This issue gets raised reasonably regularly. Here is how one vegan answered critics about keeping rescued hens.</p>
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<p><a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/am-i-a-hypocrite-for-keeping-adopted-hens-and-advocating-animal-rights/?goback=.gde_1065857_member_160577650">http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/am-i-a-hypocrite-for-keeping-adopted-hens-and-advocating-animal-rights/?goback=.gde_1065857_member_160577650</a></p>
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<p>I agree with the response given to…</p>
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<p>This issue gets raised reasonably regularly. Here is how one vegan answered critics about keeping rescued hens.</p>
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<p><a href="http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/am-i-a-hypocrite-for-keeping-adopted-hens-and-advocating-animal-rights/?goback=.gde_1065857_member_160577650">http://freefromharm.org/animal-rights/am-i-a-hypocrite-for-keeping-adopted-hens-and-advocating-animal-rights/?goback=.gde_1065857_member_160577650</a></p>
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<p>I agree with the response given to the criticism. In addition, while we might all like to allow others to live as 'naturally' as possible we are constrained by laws and regulations specific to keeping animals, birds and reptiles. If I don't for example have a microchipped cat or dog here in Melbourne I can't register him or her. Should that animal get picked up by the council rangers he or she is under threat of being put down, so the difficulty is the risk to the animal.</p>
<p><br/>It's a bit of a Catch 22 problem in many ways. On the matter of Care2 I have noticed there is a very active bunch of trolls on that site who destroy any opportunity for objective and intelligent discussion about veganism or vegetarianism.</p> ARZone Podcast 46: Brad King - Farm Animal Rescue Australiatag:arzone.ning.com,2012-08-01:4715978:Topic:1065212012-08-01T13:32:42.924ZAnimal Rights Zonehttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/admin
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4"><em><span style="color: #000000;">Episode 46 episode features special guest Brad King.</span></em></span><br></br></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Brad King is the founder of Farm Animal Rescue Australia, a new sanctuary in Queensland Australia. Brad speaks with us about the needs of the rescued…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="font-size: small; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="font-size-4"><em><span style="color: #000000;">Episode 46 episode features special guest Brad King.</span></em></span><br/></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Brad King is the founder of Farm Animal Rescue Australia, a new sanctuary in Queensland Australia. Brad speaks with us about the needs of the rescued animals, the challenges of running a sanctuary, how connecting people with living beings is a great form of vegan outreach and education, the role of government in animal agriculture and much more. Approx 50 min audio podcast.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please listen <a href="http://ia600700.us.archive.org/25/items/ArzonePodcast46BradKing/ArzonePodcast46-BradKing.mp3">H E R E</a>, or or visit <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/arzone-podcasts/id446960406">this webpage to subscribe using iTunes</a>, or click <a href="http://arzone.ning.com/page/podcasts">here for a complete listing of all ARZone Podcasts</a>.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The individuals cared for at the Farm Animal Rescue Australia sanctuary have been rescued from the animal agricultural industry, some having been part of the horrors of concentrated animal feeding operations.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Farm Animal Rescue’s new 55 acre base of operations, just north of Brisbane, includes a 45 acre sanctuary, 8 acres of native rainforest, plans for an education centre, cabins, campgrounds and office space for Farm Animal Rescue staff members.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Farm Animal Rescue will not only be taking in and caring for numerous neglected and “used up” individuals, but will also campaign against other animals being used as commodities at all.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Please visit Farm Animal Rescue's website at <a href="http://www.farmanimalrescue.org.au/Site/Home.html">http://www.farmanimalrescue.org.au/Site/Home.html</a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038392643?profile=original"><img class="align-center" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3038392643?profile=original" width="300"/></a><a href="http://www.farmanimalrescue.org.au/Site/Home.html"></a></span></p> What do you think of people eating eggs?tag:arzone.ning.com,2012-04-09:4715978:Topic:900832012-04-09T11:18:52.909ZKath Worsfoldhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/KathWorsfold
<p>To explain, I have met a couple of people recently who eat eggs while claiming to be vegan. One person had an aunt who had rescued chickens, whose eggs she and her aunt ate. Another runs an animal sanctuary, and her family eat the eggs their rescued chickens produce.</p>
<p>Now, in a completely different instance (not the same people), today I was raked over the coals on FB. A person had put up a photo of a dozen eggs in a carton, saying "yummy, healthy eggs". I (thinking the pic was of…</p>
<p>To explain, I have met a couple of people recently who eat eggs while claiming to be vegan. One person had an aunt who had rescued chickens, whose eggs she and her aunt ate. Another runs an animal sanctuary, and her family eat the eggs their rescued chickens produce.</p>
<p>Now, in a completely different instance (not the same people), today I was raked over the coals on FB. A person had put up a photo of a dozen eggs in a carton, saying "yummy, healthy eggs". I (thinking the pic was of ordinary eggs, or "free range" eggs) disagreed and said I thought all eggs were cruel, posting a link to the Peaceful Prairie site that explains about chicken exploitation.</p>
<p>This caused several posts rather bullying me, and saying how doted on these peoples' hens are, how they'd had the best vet care - no expense spared, and how tired they were of "zealots". I apologised, saying I hadn't realised they were rescue hens. Then they challenged me, saying they had 34 rescue hens, how many did I have? I replied that I had only 25 rescued roosters, so they were ahead of me there. I had apologised twice to these two women, but it didn't seem to appease them.</p>
<p>I think these women are "animal lovers" but not vegans, if you get my drift (quotation marks used intentionally). They have saved and rehabilitated quite a few animals of different species.</p>
<p>So, what do you guys think of all this? What is the morality of it? My take on it is - OK it's not hurting those particular hens, but there would never be enough of this type of eggs to go around, so it's best to set an example of not eating them at all. Since I am vegan and don't use any animal products, I don't have to make this decision, but what about other people? Would anyone be justified in eating rescued hens eggs?</p> Who is Saving Animals? ~ Kezia Jaurontag:arzone.ning.com,2012-01-12:4715978:Topic:770002012-01-12T04:54:53.914ZCarolyn Baileyhttp://arzone.ning.com/profile/CarolynBailey
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://thethinkingvegan.com/call-to-action/who-is-saving-animals/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">The Thinking Vegan Blog</span></a></span>, written by Kezia Jauron</span> <br></br> </h2>
<div class="entry"><p>Many vegans lament that there are dog/cat rescuers and other animal activists in their communities who are not vegan. I’m…</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">From <span style="color: #3366ff;"><a href="http://thethinkingvegan.com/call-to-action/who-is-saving-animals/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3366ff;">The Thinking Vegan Blog</span></a></span>, written by Kezia Jauron</span> <br/> </h2>
<div class="entry"><p>Many vegans lament that there are dog/cat rescuers and other animal activists in their communities who are not vegan. I’m with you, believe me. I get it. It is shocking when humane societies serve animals on plates at fundraisers. It is a head-scratcher that someone who works to save whales would order sushi in a restaurant, failing to recognize he is destroying the ocean habitats and food chains that support those whales.</p>
<p>I understand your frustration that nonvegan companon animal rescuers don’t recognize that a pig is every bit as lovable as a dog, and a turkey can be just as cuddly as a cat. They work hard for one or a few species but not every species – just like there are people who feel called to get active on behalf of sea turtles, elephants, wolves, or other specific animals.</p>
<p>Although it would be wonderful if more dog/cat rescuers were vegan, I’d also like it if more vegans gave a crap, and actively helped animals in need. Not eating, wearing or exploiting animals is the absolute bare minimum a person can do. It is the default setting. It is the <a href="http://www.abolitionistapproach.com/">“moral baseline,”</a> as some say.</p>
<p>Over the years I’ve worked with people and organizations who rescue dogs, cats, birds and other domestic pet species, those who are doing the dirty work of animal liberation. There should be much more respect, and less derision, for “dog and cat people” from the vegan community.</p>
<p>The animal rescuers I know do things that most vegans wouldn’t deign to do – such as run into traffic with a leash in one hand and a can of dog food in the other; wake up every two hours to bottle-feed kittens, crawl through mud to save a lost cat who scratches the hell out of them as a thank-you, cut the chain embedded in the neck of an auto yard pit bull who has never known a kindness from a human, pay their unemployed neighbor’s vet bill, not to mention clean up piles upon piles of shit.</p>
<p>Animal rescuers are willing to trap, trespass, surveil, steal, and otherwise do whatever it takes to do the right thing for an animal, right now, regardless of what the law says. As activists, most of us don’t hold a candle to these people. Too many vegans do very little to proactively help animals.</p>
<p>But what about the estimated 100 animals a year we save by being vegan? Let’s not strain ourselves patting each other on the back.</p>
<p>Going vegan doesn’t “save” 100 animals a year. 100 animals don’t go to sanctuaries or aquaria each year because you are vegan. In theory, you are preventing the future births of 100 animals a year. But with the realities of animal agribusiness, I’m loath to consider that anything more than theory. The minor losses the vegan population causes to animal processors are more than made up for by government subsidies and bailouts, plus exports to developing countries.</p>
<p>Ordering a pizza without cheese or buying cruelty-free makeup doesn’t make you a hero. Going to a potluck or a protest a few times a year is a nice opportunity to have your picture posted on Facebook so other people can congratulate you for changing the world. We should do those things. They feed us – literally and emotionally.</p>
<p>But there are no photo galleries for people who spend their entire weekend doing home checks to make sure that companion animals are being adopted by loving families instead of creeps. There are no awards for people who foster yet another animal because the “owners” are having a baby and don’t want him or her anymore, or people who go out night after night to trap homeless cats so they can be treated for mange, vaccinated, and fixed. They don’t get a prize for every box of starving abandoned kittens they find on the side of the road or every injured, bleeding dog they rush to a 24-hour vet. It is thankless, unglamorous work. It saves animals.</p>
<p>So be kind to dog and cat rescuers. Befriend one who isn’t vegan. Walk some dogs, scoop some poop, volunteer at an adoption event, help feed a feral cat colony. Buy them lunch and ask why, since they do so much for animals, they aren’t vegan yet. Give them <a href="http://vegan.com/cookbooks/">a popular cookbook</a>. Take them grocery shopping. Find out how you can be supportive and encouraging.</p>
<p>Then find out how you can do more for animals than signing a few online petitions and clicking ‘like’ to give a nonprofit a dollar.</p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://www.adoptapet.com/pet6542561.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://uploads.1-800-save-a-pet.com/images/pets/4/6/7/85250742.jpg?336w&width=200" width="200" class="align-center"/></a><p class="wp-caption-text" style="text-align: center;">A rescuer spotted "Reese" running across Exposition Boulvard in South L.A. near USC. She was one foot away from being killed by a van. When she got to campus, people helped catch her, but would do no more. To adopt Reese email SCAadoptions@yahoo.com.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>Los Angeles area rescues with vegan cred:</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Animal Rescue, Media & Education" href="http://arme.tv/">ARME</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Stray Cat Alliance" href="http://www.straycatalliance.org/">Stray Cat Alliance</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Strangest Angels" href="http://strangestangels.org/">Strangest Angels</a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Molly's Mutts and Meows" href="http://www.mollysmuttsandmeows.org/">Molly’s Mutts and Meows</a></p>
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