by Sandra Kyle | Jul 16, 2022 | Fiction/Poetry, Slaughterhouse, Veganism
‘Molly’ the lamb journeys to the slaughterhouse, where she watches her friend be killed. Next, it’s her turn. This is a story about a lamb. She doesn’t have a name, but for the sake of this narrative lets call her Molly. Molly...
by Sandra Kyle | Jul 4, 2022 | Slaughterhouse, Veganism
End Animal Slaughter editor Sandra Kyle states the obvious: Animals understand what others of their species are saying to them. And just as with us, some are artists! I do regular slaughterhouse vigils locally here in Whanganui, New Zealand. Like most other...
by Sandra Kyle | Apr 11, 2022 | Slaughterhouse
Millions of animals are killed in slaughterhouses in New Zealand every year – but very little is heard about the people doing the work there. Here Gaylene Smith, a former abattoir worker and current Animal Rights activist, describes her job working as a...
by Sandra Kyle | Mar 4, 2022 | Activism, Fiction/Poetry, Slaughterhouse
Animal Activist and poet Monika Arya had a brief encounter with a mother pig on her way to slaughter, and left a trace of kindness in a pain-filled life. Meet a mother named 940 Womb weakened Spirit eroded Her boys turned to bacon Girls glued to gestation...
by Sandra Kyle | Feb 22, 2022 | farming, Slaughterhouse
On a hot New Zealand Summer’s day activists recorded a truckload of pigs arriving at a slaughterhouse, panting and showing signs of stress brought about by the heat. The story made the mainstream media and prompted End Animal Slaughter contributor Dr Lynley...
by Sandra Kyle | Sep 14, 2021 | Sentience, Slaughterhouse, Uncategorised
In this moving article, End Animal Slaughter contributor Mike Shaw recalls his job as a slaughterhouse worker, his ‘epiphany’ as he was about to kill a young boar, and his view on slaughterhouses now. I didn’t do well at school, in fact I didn’t do...
