Last Saturday was the annual Montgomery County Farm Tour, an event that Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary participates in as part of their fund raising. The crowds were much smaller than usual and we all blame the weather which was around 98F with a heat index of 104F. It was hot, but we made $5,000 for [...]
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Nice to see Karen back to posting! Many of you have been asking what has happened to DawnWatch. After 10 years of regular coverage DawnWatch alerts were indeed sparse during the second half of last year, when I was losing Buster Dawn and focused on little else. Then the excitement around The Cove, culminating in [...]
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Yes, I should’ve posted about this a long time ago, but I’m still mostly posting to Mina’s blog, for now. But how can you resist cute piglets? Izzy and Morty arrived at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary on the day they were born, September 19, 2009. They’re the runts of a litter born to a mama [...]
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Today was my first day back at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary since January 24, when we helped rescue Patches, a pig, from a muddy mess. When I got there my friend, Deb, informed me that Norman had died recently. (You can read her post about Norman on her blog Invisible Voices.) Norman is the first [...]
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Here’s yesterday’s DawnWatch Alert about Mercy For Animal’s outstanding undercover investigation of cruelty at a dairy farm. The factory farm corporations are trying their best to prevent these investigations into their heinous practices, so if you’re still consuming dairy products it’s time for you to step up and watch. This evening, Tuesday January 26, ABC [...]
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Some of my dear friends have made donations to Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary, where I volunteer, in Mina’s honor. Mina visited the sanctuary back in August during her last quarter of chemotherapy. You can read about it on Mina’s blog and on Deb’s “Invisible Voices” blog. Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary is a 400 acre non-profit [...]
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Here’s a DawnWatch Alert about Jonathan Safran Foer’s essay about giving up animal flesh. It’s long but very good and if you haven’t read it already, sit down and read it! The Sunday October 11 edition of the New York Times Magazine is called “The Food Issue.” You’ll find many strong articles in it, all [...]
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I’ve seen this story in a few tweets, so here’s Karen Dawn’s synopsis of the NY Times front page story. If you eat meat, you need to read this and learn the dangers of your choice. The Sunday, October 4, New York Times has an article on the front page, titled, “The Burger That Shattered [...]
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A follow-up guest post from Kestrel Just when I thought I had learned the depth of depravity of the pork industry, I found this new piece of information from Twyla Francois of Canadians for Ethical Treatment of Farm Animals (CETFA) and posted on Youtube: “Millions of piglets are killed inhumanely each year in Canada by [...]
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Ever been asked that question, vegans? It seems to be the last resort of some omnis when they’re challenging your veganism. I don’t get challenged very often, mostly because I don’t hang out with assholes, but I’m ready if I’m ever asked this question. No, my dog is not vegan. She’s a canine, a relative [...]
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