#Repost @climatevegan (@get_repost) ・・・ Yesterday Toronto held its 5th annual March to Close All Slaughterhouses! We were just one of the many marches organized in dozens of cities across five continents! Once again in Toronto we had an incredible turnout with about 800 people standing up and raising their voices for the rights of the animals whose own voices are violently silenced. This video was taken during the “die-in”, in which activists paused their marching to lay on the ground as a way to symbolically represent the deaths of the trillions of nonhuman persons killed each year for food alone, and to be with them in solidarity, as the actual recorded screams of animals inside slaughterhouses as they were dying and watching their friends die, were played over a loud speaker for all to hear. So not only did the activists scream at the top of their lungs and from the bottom of their hearts on behalf of the animals, they literally broadcast their unheard screams for all to hear, thus in some small, yet incredibly powerful way, giving them their voices back. Here are the lyrics to the song, “Liberation” by Ernesto which was sung at the beginning of the march: “Let me be free; free from your tyranny; it’s all I’ve ever wanted; it’s all I’ve ever wanted…. everyday they will try to convince you that humane murder is justified, but believe me I don’t want to die…. Be the voices of the silenced… let love guide you towards justice; cause I want to be happy, safe, and free; just happy, safe, and free….” #marchtocloseallslaughterhouses #toronto #torontovegan #thesavemovement #animalrights #animalliberation #animallover #food #foodie #diet #adorableanimals #babyanimals #socialjustice #activism #animalactivism #ecofeminism #speciesism #govegan #vegan #vegetarian #intersectionalfeminism
#Repost @thesavemovement (@get_repost) ・・・ To quote one of our dedicated organizers @riahriot , “this is not a drill”!! The Save Movement will be participating in the #WarpedTour this year!! We will be holding vigils and generally speaking to the power that is bearing witness, with our first stop happening next week, June 16th in Seattle, WA. You can follow our travels online (link in the profile), so you’ll know just where and when to find us. We look forward to spreading the message of saving through love ‼️Visit our website thesavemovement.org for information on starting your own group. ‼️Send us an email at [email protected] to get started. ‼️Visit our store torontopigsave.myshopify.com #thesavemovement #torontopigsave #animalrights #animallovers #animalliberation #bearwitness #activism #animalactivism #socialjustice #justice #vegan #vegetarian #loveforall #animals #ecofeminism #feminism #intersectionality #speciesism #inclusivefeminism #compassion #love #peace #getloudfortheanimals #savemovementxwarpedtour
We are so excited to be a part of this tour and spread the message of bearing witness and speaking out passionately for the animals ,while coming from a place of love
To follow our journey and see when we will be visiting a city near you please click here.
Behind the scenes at “Ryding Regency” slaughterhouse in Toronto. This is the “holding pen” where they leave the cows to wait, anywhere from a few seconds, to a few hours, to over the period of an entire night (without food, and as far as we can tell, without water either), no matter how crowded and/or filthy the pen is, and no matter how cold/hot it may be outside, for their death. While you cannot see the “kill-floor” from this area due to the angles of the chutes that are used to squeeze the cows forward one-by-one, you can most definitely smell it and hear it, meaning that the cows can most definitely smell it and hear it; the gag-worthy, headache-inducing fumes emitted by the putrid mix of sitting blood and feces, and the at-times-extremely-loud mechanical clinking and grinding noises that would be scary-enough on their own, but in combination with the panicked bellowing of the soon-to-die and dying cows inside is utterly terrifying. These are their last moments, whether those moments last mere seconds or stretch over the entirety of a freezing Toronto winter night. If this isn’t torture, what is?
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In fairness to King Kong, if I had a tiny adorable primate in my hand I would also be very resistant to someone taking it away from me.
We all assume it was romantic, but maybe when King Kong looked at her he was seeing this:
Something like this really happened a couple of years ago at the Mefou Primate Sanctuary in Cameroon, run by Ape Action Africa (AAA). A western lowland gorilla named Bobo befriended a bushbaby for a couple of hours before releasing it back into the forest.
According to AAA’s Facebook post (where you can also find additional photos and video):
Our silverback gorilla Bobo made a surprising new friend this week – a wild bushbaby! Caregivers discovered him cradling the tiny primate during their morning checks, and were amazed to see him handling it with the utmost care – proving that gorillas really are the gentle giants of the forest. Bobo’s group-mates were desperately curious, particularly his favourite female Avishag, but he kept them all at a distance, making sure that no one disturbed his new friend. Bushbabies are usually nocturnal so it is very rare to see one, and even rarer to witness this kind of interaction. The little bushbaby was happy to play in Bobo’s arms, hopping off to explore the grass nearby, before returning to Bobo’s hand. When the game was over, Bobo walked purposefully off on two legs to deliver his friend safely back into the trees.
Incidentally, the western lowland gorilla (which has the best species name of all time: Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is the largest primate in Cameroon, and the bushbabies happen to be the smallest primates in Cameroon.
Yesterday (June 10th 2017), Toronto held its fifth March to Close All Slaughterhouses, along with dozens of other cities across five continents! Once again we had an incredible turnout with about 800 people participating!
As with the years before, we marched down all the major streets at the city’s core. We also did the die-in, where the activists laid down on the ground to symbolically represent the trillions of animals we tragically lose to the animal agriculture industry every single year, and to show solidarity. As we lay silent on the ground, screams recorded from dying animals inside actual slaughterhouses is broadcasted over a loud-speaker. Most likely, anyone passing by has never even seen the front of a slaughterhouse, let alone heard the horrific sounds that resound from inside; this is intentional on the part of the industry because, as Paul McCartney famously said, “if slaughterhouses had glass walls we would all be vegetarian”. This is one of the reasons for why the die-ins are such incredibly powerful demonstrations; they bring attention to the voices of those who are violently silenced. A newer addition to the march was the inclusion of a Direct Action Now disruption inside a “Whole Foods”, where some of the activists walked in and around the store while holding up their signs depicting the disturbing and heart-shattering reality that was the life of the animal whose flesh a customer is contemplating purchasing. These actions are called “disruptions” because they do precisely that, they disrupt the “normal” act of shopping for animal products, and in so doing, disrupt the speciesist mindset that allows for this shopping in the first place. Finally, towards the end of the march, a memorial was held for all the beautiful angels who have fallen victim to this incredibly cruel and violent system we have developed,.during which flowers and other items were symbolically laid beside pictures of a few of these lovely beings, who represented the plight of their entire species. All in all, it was an incredibly moving and powerful event, and we are CERTAIN that we planted seeds of compassion in many minds, and that at least one person will make a change in their lifestyle in order to show love, the love that we know each and every one of you has, even if it is currently buried deep inside, to all persons, whether animal or human.
#Repost @thesavemovement (@get_repost) ・・・ To quote one of our dedicated organizers @riahriot , “this is not a drill”!! The Save Movement will be participating in the #WarpedTour this year!! We will be holding vigils and generally speaking to the power that is bearing witness, with our first stop happening next week, June 16th in Seattle, WA. You can follow our travels online (link in the profile), so you’ll know just where and when to find us. We look forward to spreading the message of saving through love ‼️Visit our website thesavemovement.org for information on starting your own group. ‼️Send us an email at [email protected] to get started. ‼️Visit our store torontopigsave.myshopify.com #thesavemovement #torontopigsave #animalrights #animallovers #animalliberation #bearwitness #activism #animalactivism #socialjustice #justice #vegan #vegetarian #loveforall #animals #ecofeminism #feminism #intersectionality #speciesism #inclusivefeminism #compassion #love #peace #getloudfortheanimals #savemovementxwarpedtour
We are so excited to be a part of this tour and spread the message of bearing witness and speaking out passionately for the animals ,while coming from a place of love
To follow our journey and see when we will be visiting a city near you please click here.
Did you know that sea urchins in the wild wear shells, rocks, leaves, and algae as hats? It’s theorized that they use the hats to help weigh them down and to protect them from predators. They might even help protect the urchins from UV rays and help camouflage them.
In aquariums apparently urchins kept taking parts of the exhibit to use as hats - including items like baby corals. To help keep the exhibits intact, staff started printing small 3D hats for urchins. These hats were not only functional - but made aquarium urchins so much more fashionable than their wild friends.
