by Sandra Kyle | Jul 21, 2022 | Environment, farming, Veganism, wildlife
On a working holiday in London in 1970 I looked out my window and saw snow for the first time. The light dusting that fell overnight had settled on trees and rooves, and I thought it looked beautiful. Even the summer was chilly as I recall compared to Auckland, and...
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 16, 2022 | farming, Sentience, Veganism
Two steers made a brave effort to escape their fate in a slaughterhouse in Aotearoa New Zealand this week. The speciesism that values some non-human lives over others sealed their fate. On Monday 11th July a cow who had been running around the streets in a...
by Sandra Kyle | Jul 5, 2022 | farming, Veganism, wildlife
In this brilliant article by Erin Anderssen we learn about the magical octopus, who evolved in a different way, and on a different Earth than the one we know. Proposals to farm them must not go ahead. Read the article here See also
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 | Jun 30, 2022 | Poetry/Fiction, Veganism
In this poignant story by 16 year-old Lily Carrington, a mother cow watches helplessly as her calf is taken away from her. I do not have a name. I have a number. 1803. My black and white hide quickly becomes sodden as the taunting rain explodes like a...
