Activist Diaries

Wild Horse Roundup in Colorado Criticised by Animal Rights Activists

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the US state of Colorado is rounding up hundreds of wild horses in the north-western part of...

The Hardest Thing About Going Vegan

It’s not giving up cheese.  You probably love dogs. Or maybe it’s cats. Even if you don’t particularly like them I bet you think people...

Greyhound Racing Protest and Slaughterhouse Vigil

On the way to the sheep and bobby calf slaughterhouse today, a beautiful cello piece was playing on the radio. What is it about...

‘I’M SORRY FOR LAST WEEK’ – Slaughterhouse Vigil

Slaughterhouse Vigil, 25 July 2021. I have always believed there is much more good in human nature than bad. We are ignorant, yes; broken, yes;...

Gandhi, the Sheep, and Regan Russel – A Very Eventful Slaughterhouse...

Last night I watched Richard Attenborough’s 'Gandhi' on Maori TV. In an early scene, Gandhi as a young lawyer in South Africa, was opposing...
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Greyhound Racing Protest – How Is This Okay?

Greyhound Racing Protest, 9 June, 2021 Today at our greyhound racing protest Lonia, Anna, Betty and I were joined by Rob McNeil, an animal activist...

When I See an Animal Suffering, I Suffer Too

I read yesterday that to be an animal activist is to go around all the time with a broken heart, and occasionally to be...

The Faces of Commitment – Slaughterhouse Vigil

Yesterday there were 31 activists (if you count two dogs, which I am) who had made the journey from other centres to support Whanganui...

An Eerie Sight at the Slaughterhouse

“It’s desolate at night”, Betty said when she arrived. She found me standing on my ladder trying to comfort the cows as pigs screamed...

No Reprieve For These Mothers

Diary of an Activist - Slaughterhouse Vigil, Whanganui NZ, 9 May 2021 I saw a nature doco on telly this morning. One segment was shot...

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