To lighten things up; we need to show you this.

Here in England there is one simple rule – when the Queen is on your patch she always leads the way, and everyone else follows.

That is apart from when you are a duck named Olive; then you lead the way and the queen of England follows you !

Watch the video here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-48875995/when-the-queen-met-olive-the-duck

When the Queen met Olive… the duck

The queen rounded off her royal engagements in Scotland with a visit to Edinburgh’s Gorgie City Farm where she was given a guided tour by volunteers and Olive, the four-year-old duck who “thinks she’s human”.

The Farm’s fortunes have changed considerably, avoiding closure in 2016 after a successful fundraising effort; its chief executive Iain Herbert described the Queen’s visit as a great honour.

Her Majesty the Queen of England.

Olive the Duck – with keeper.

With heartbreaking new footage from a British dairy farm, today we’re shining a light on the cycle of cruelty that exists in every glass of milk.

Filmed by one of Animal Equality’s investigators, this short non-graphic video is a moving reminder of how the bond between mother and calf is cruelly and routinely broken on dairy farms.

Shortly after a cow gives birth, her baby is taken away from her. Usually, they’ll never see each other again. Much like humans, cows have strong maternal instincts. They will call out for their calf for days or even weeks after they’ve been separated.
The milk this cow produces for her calf will instead be taken from her to be sold. She’ll be forcibly impregnated every year, putting her and her calves through a cycle of cruelty that ends with their slaughter.

We know how much suffering takes place in the dairy industry, but so many people are still unaware. Please, share this video with your friends and on social media, and help us spread the word about the torment cows endure for every pint of their milk sold.

Thank you,

https://animalequality.org/

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Naked women on milking machines, conveyor belts that transport newly born babies to a shredder: Such difficult to bear motifs can be seen in the exhibition!

The Miniature Museum “Miniatur Wunderland” in Hamburg makes various exhibitions on almost 1,500 square meters model area.
The rooms are home to the largest model railway system in the world but it also keeps attracting attention with political messages. This happened last week with animal welfare scenes that were built into the mini-landscape and deliberately provoke. The model makers had posted photos of the individual scenes on Thursday on their Facebook page..

This poster campaign  against mass animal husbandry raises criticism. In the model railway exhibition mini-posters hang on which, for example, women are connected to milking machines, babies are driven directly after birth in the shredder or people sitting in mast stands. 

On the most dramatic subject, childbearing women are seen as chickens in laying batteries whose babies are automatically sorted on a hoop. “Stop the boy shredding!” is the slogan to it.

One of the founders of Miniatur Wunderland, Frederik Braun, explains  that the visitors and the Facebook fans are actually responding positively.

“Good idea, very creative,” comments one user.
Another praises: “Great! It’s great that you show so much backbone, even if you certainly snub some of your customers / visitors.”

“I’d say 95 percent say it’s nice to look at the mirror and shocking when you look at this role reversal. Many say that you have to change things and also say that the hardest part is to start with yourself” so Braun.

But the Farmers Association Schleswig-Holstein called the action on Facebook “abnormal” (!!!) A dispute between farmers and the Miniatur Wunderland had set in, which has been going on for days!

The massive protests of the farmers against the animal welfare posters in the Miniatur Wunderland continue and put the managing directors Frederik and Gerrit Braun under considerable pressure. “Never before have we stung so badly in a wasp’s nest that we suddenly feel the concentrated rage of a powerful farmer’s association”, so Braun.

On criticism and angry protests, the makers are set. Con-Founder Frederik Braun had previously said in a “Spiegel” interview: “I’d rather lose a few guests than my soul.”

What he does with his twin brother theme, they really care about. “Of course the miniature wonderland gets so much attention, but that’s not why I do it.”

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/panorama/id_86002230/hamburg-miniatur-wunderland-wirbt-mit-schock-plakaten-fuer-tierschutz.html

My comment: Hate, anger, shitstorm, war … we all know that from the farmer.
The farmers’ association in Germany is one of the most powerful authorities. Now that the peasants have the boundless support of the incompetent and unscrupulous Agriculture Minister Julia Klöckner becomes even more outrageous and impudence.

But the peasants have to mobilize. It does not look good with them und theri Minister. Undercover investigations, lawsuits for violation of the animal protection law, bad image in the media …It’s getting serious.
And now this “abnormal” exhibition in Hamburg …Oh God!
That’s why they write long posts in Facebook against the exhibition day and night.

Let them work a bit..
Except torment animals, beat animals, tie animals in chains, slaughter animals, the  farmers are doing nothing else and that is not job.
This is live out of criminal energy, which is subsidized by our tax money.

My best regards to all, Venus

With thanks to Stacey for keeping us informed about activities in Canada and the USA.

https://our-compass.org/2019/07/01/watch-unprecedented-animal-rights-protest-at-pig-farm/

Source Sentient Media
By Matthew Zampa

A sign posted inside the farm read, “What happens in the barn, stays in the barn,” an explicit reminder of the industry’s aversion to transparency.

At 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 28, a group of 50 Meat the Victims animal rights activists entered Excelsior Hog Farm, owned and operated by a board member of the British Columbia Pork Producers Association in Canada. Once activists were inside, Meat the Victims organizers reported that the facility promptly went on lockdown. The activists didn’t budge. They stayed to bear witness, pleading with farmers to help the distressed animals, many of which were found pregnant and dehydrated.

Meat the Victims protests are part of the animal rights movement’s effort to create more transparency and accountability in the animal agriculture industry, not just in Canada, but the United States, Australia, Britain, and anywhere there are farm animals suffering. Check out footage of the unprecedented demonstration at Excelsior Hog Farm here.

Nearly 200 animal rights activists gathered outside of an industry-leading pig farm in an industry-leading country: to bring awareness to the crimes of animal agriculture. On the back of the shirts worn by the demonstrators, Meat the Victims adorned this simple truth, “One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

In a sweeping act of defiance, activists can be seen sprinting past the “No Trespassing” signs and attempting to gain access to the pig farm. In doing so, they put themselves at certain risk of facing criminal trespassing and breaking and entering charges. “That’s okay,” said Amy Soranno, a spokesperson for the group of activists who made it inside the facility. “We’re challenging the law. That’s what we came here to do.”

Soranno was later taken into custody. The rest of the activists walked peacefully off the property, many with tears streaming down their faces, holding peace signs and white flowers in their hands.

Excelsior Hog Farm is located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, a community that earns a higher dollar per acre of agricultural land than any other city in Canada. More than 1,000 pigs are currently being held at the facility.

The following excerpt is from a statement released by Meat the Victims activists (May 4, 2019):

“Once we arrived at the farm and began filing out of buses, we could hear dogs barking and sirens blazing in the distance,” stated a Meat The Victims participant. The group jogged down a long path, heading for the back of the farm, stating what they saw when they arrived was just the beginning of a “horrific nightmare.” “The first thing we saw was dumpsters full of dead rotting pig carcasses, my heart was racing, and hands were shaking, I didn’t have any fear of being caught, but was so terrified of what we were about to witness inside.” Due to the secrecy of animal agriculture, many people have never seen inside an industrial animal farm. The group’s goal was to bring the truth to light.

Soon after the group arrived, around 140 activists formed a protest outside of the facility, and 65 activists (fully dressed in biosecurity suits, masks, and booties) attempted to go inside. Of the 65 activists, 50 successfully gained access into the farm. “As I stepped inside, at first all I saw was darkness, but as my eyes adjusted, I began to see hundreds of eyes curiously looking at me, my stomach sunk.”

The activists inside occupied a room full of gestation crates. “Gestation crates are used to immobilize pregnant pigs for weeks on end,” stated an activist, continuing “we occupied an entire row of crates and documented the animals’ heartbreaking existence. The air was nauseating, the concrete slatted floors were cold and filthy, many of the pigs could barely fit into the crates–with their legs, tails, and noses hanging out, pushed against the metal bars. All of these pigs had various cuts and sores, and were conducting unnatural repetitive behaviors, showing signs of insanity.” At least one pig appeared to be lying in a pool of her own blood, with a severely bruised face, and the group witnessed a pig having a miscarriage. “The hundreds of pregnant mothers had a variety of different markings spray painted on their bodies, one row of females in particular really struck me–the pigs were all facing the concrete wall, unable to turn around,” stated an activist.

“This just goes to show that there is no right way to do the wrong thing. This farm is as good as it gets.”

The activists refused to leave the facility until the owner of the farm agreed to allow accredited media inside, to which the farm eventually agreed. Based on information passed between the outside and inside groups, the media tour was delayed by three hours while the farm cleaned-up specific areas and decided who would be allowed in. Eventually, five out of the 11 news outlets were approved. The investigative outlet The Intercept and CTV News were of the group who were removed from the tour. We had full bio suits available for anyone entering the barn, but the farmers were not concerned about this. Therefore media, farmers, police, and even the vet went in without any protection.

Throughout this delay, activists begged the farm to help the most distressed animals. “In exchange for immediate veterinary care, we agreed to leave the gestation room, but the vets who arrived only took a brief look at any animals,” stated an activist who was inside. The activists also pleaded with the farmers to give the pigs water, of which their trough was empty upon the activist’s arrival. “These pregnant pigs were so dehydrated, desperately nudging their trough and frothing at the mouth.” The farmers eventually agreed to give the pigs water.

The media tour went roughly as the Pork Producers Association wanted it to go, but nothing could hide the cruel reality of animal agriculture. Excelsior hog farm is owned and operated by a board member of the BC Pork Producers Association, and Excelsior is considered an industry leader. “This just goes to show that there is no right way to do the wrong thing,” stated an activist. “This farm is as good as it gets.”

A sign posted inside read, “What happens in the barn, stays in the barn,” an explicit reminder of the industry’s aversion to transparency.

Since the negotiations had been met, the group of activists inside agreed to leave. The police informed them that they were all under arrest for trespassing and breaking and entering and that they could possibly be charged eventually, but would otherwise be free to go.

“We celebrated our accomplishments,” stated one of the activists. “But none of us will forget those we left behind.”

Read Sentient Media’s breaking news coverage from Excelsior Hog Farm.

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Chickens used by McDonald’s are among the most abused animals on the planet. Bred to grow so large so fast, they often can’t walk without pain. Hundreds of brands—including Burger King, Starbucks, Subway, Jack in the Box, and Denny’s—have committed to banning the cruelest practices inflicted on chickens. McDonald’s has not.

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