I’ve watched some horrific videos in the past of slaughterhouses, but I cannot watch this one. But if you can stomach it, watch it because it will change the way you view corporate farming and perhaps even change you.

At this particular slaughterhouse in Vermont, USDA inspector apparrently did not enforce the required humane laws for the treatment of these calves. These animals were treated with the most unspeakable abuse  and cruelty. Treatment of infant calves are merciless.

Here’s a quote from Humane Society: “In one scene, a worker attempts to skin a calf who is still alive, directly in front of a USDA inspector. This government official tells the worker, on hidden camera, that if another USDA inspector saw this, the plant would be shut down, but he allows the abuse to continue. In another scene, the slaughter plant’s co-owner, who has claimed in press reports that he had no knowledge of cruel treatment at his facility, is shown shocking downed calves with electric prods in futile attempts to force them to stand. Prodding one calf to stand up, he says to the animal, “There ain’t nothing wrong with you, sh*t box.” At one point he jokes that one of the staggering calves “looks like you on a Friday night,” referring to the USDA inspector, who laughs at the co-owner’s joke.”

This story was exposed on CNN also. You can do two things: 1) Donate to the HSUS here to help them spread the word and enforce stricter federal policies on factory farming, or write to Ask USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack to act immediately to prevent this cruelty from happening at other slaughter plants.

Deep in Alaska, the aerial hunting of wolves continues this winter. More than 1,000 of these precious predators, the wolves have been chased to exhaustion and gunned down in deep snow. The animals die an slow agonizing death, crawling and suffering and trying to get away, or until the shooter sends a final execution shot into their heads.

Defenders of Wildlife and many people around the nation are trying to urge Congress to pass the vote to end this barbaric practice and from spreading to other states like the Montana, Idaho, Wyoming. More and more government representatives and senators are getting on board.

Spread the word and if you can, donate to help Defenders continue to fight for the lives of this fast-disappearing species.

It is disturbing to me to recently learned that wildlife INSIDE Yellowstone National park, a protected piece of territory by the U.S. allows the Dept of Fish and Game to approve the killing of wildlife, especially wolves, an endangered specie. The misinterpretation of why wolves need to be killed for the sake of farming in nearby territories and controlling of population is absurd.

The killing of a top predator in any wild territory can have devastating chain reaction for the rest of the foodchain and wildlife. People don’t realize that, if you kill off the predators, that will contribute to the overpopulation of animals down the food chain, and like a domino effect, more of them will need to be eradicated because there is no more top predator to control that population.

It is true that everyday, a wolf or a wolve pack, including PUPS are cruelly killed in the Northwest. Recently, more than 60 wolves in the family, have been killed in Idaho and Montana, including Yellowstone’s famed Cottonwood Pack and a radio-collared female from Idaho’s Phantom Hill Pack. This time, they’ve left the newborn pups to die and starve through the coming brutal winter months in that region.

Please take action by and learning more, or donate to the Defenders of Wildlife.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supposed to be the agency watching out for our environment and helping to protect our wildlife. But now it has considered approving two new POISONS (Rozol and Kaput-D) to eradicate this already declining species across the Great Plains. As if killing wolves in Yellowstone is not enough, an endangered species. This method of eradication is extremely cruel – it causes the prairie dogs to slowly bleed internally and to die an excruciatingly death. The chemicals also may set off a chain reaction of secondary poisoning that can kill other species in the same territory or within the same food chain, according to Defenders of Wildlife, like ferrets, foxes, badgers, bald eagles, owls and hawks. Please take action now and sign this petition!

PETA has designed a new iPhone app, BNB “Be Nice to Bunnies“. It’s a simple directory for those who wants to know what consumer products or companies test or don’t test on animals. I had no idea that so many of my favorite brands do testing, now thanks to this I will find alternatives. It’s not the most interesting app, but it is useful indeed for those who want to minimize their impact on animal suffering. $1.99 from your iPhone app store or learn more here.

Below is from the Care 2 petition site – please take a moment and go to this link and sign the petition against this mass killing. It is no different than what they are doing over in China, where they spread false fears about diseases to citizens. Instead of euthanising the animals, they should help as many adopted as possible.

“The Los Angeles County Department of Health has contracted with the Carson Animal Shelter to trap cats at various locations across the county.  Hundreds, maybe thousands, of vaccinated, spayed, healthy cats will be killed.  Feral cats are not adoptable. These cats are no more of a threat to human health than the pets that walk through our neighborhoods every day.  This will cost the struggling taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, based on calculations from previous mass trappings.  Now is not the time to be spending, and killing is not the answer.”

The brutal killing of pilot dolphins, part of the whale family, began again this year in the harbor or Taiji, and the ocean is filled with blood. It is a horrific sight for those who don’t know. These animals are extremely endangered. They not only swim in our increasingly toxic oceans, they are often accidentally caught in fisher harpoons and drown. They’re also hunted for traditions by certain native American tribes (but usually once a year) and for food in the Asian regions, and many more other species of whales are at risk. People don’t realize that they are very much a big part of the ocean ecosystem, and their disappearance will severely impact the balance of all living creatures. There is currently little or no laws around this barbaric practice, but this is changing and we can only hope that more attention is given to it in the media. Please read Hayden Panetierre’s blog post at Social Vibe here. Sign the petition and spread the word. Below are some pictures from the site.

You can also visit the official site for the The Whaleman Foundation to learn more.

via Social Vibe

via Social Vibe

via The Whaleman Foundation

This just makes me mad, really mad. I don’t care if it’s kids who didn’t know any better, or some adults with nothing better to do. WHY would anyone do this to an animal? We need to enforce animal welfare laws that punish these perpetrators. Thank goodness, the kitty is ok. See story here.

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I know I’ve been lagging a bit this summer. I will be posting very soon – thanks for visiting my blog!

It is my birthday wish today and in the near future, that there will be no more animal cruelty in the world. My cat gave me a big kiss – can’t get better than this!