Growing up Autistic, I believe my difficulties with communication strengthened my empathy for animals. It broke my heart that no matter how desperately and clearly they communicated their terror and pain, they were ignored and discounted.
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Sex With Animals: The Blurred Lines of Bestiality
I have five months to live. So I’ll try to be quick. I’ll share my journey with you until the end. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
5 Months To Live | Draw My Life
I was taken from my mother at birth. I’m trying to remember her. This is my story. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
Kidnapped At Birth | Draw My Life
I’ve traveled for 36 hours without water. It’s the dead of summer. I’m so thirsty. This is my story. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
36 Hours Without Water | Draw My Life
It’s time now. I have nothing left to give. I’m empty and ruined. This is my story. My beginning and my end. This is my final breakdown. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
My Final Breakdown | Draw My Life
I long to be empty. I ache with fullness. I can’t take any more. It’s getting harder to move. Harder to breathe. Harder to live. I hunger for hunger itself. This is my story. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
Never Known Hunger | Draw My Life
This video will open your eyes to the truth about our food industry. Come face to face with the real-life impact of your dietary choices. See where (and who) your food comes from.
Open Your Eyes
No one should have survived this. This short documentary captures an incredible rescue. Visit the crash site, come along on the search for survivors, and watch the impossible take place.
Alive By Accident | Part One – Impossible Rescue
An unlikely story of how a fatal crash saved eight lives. An accident, however brutal and horrifying, is a miracle of sorts—if you're on the way to your execution. Meet the survivors—each an individual in their own right.
Alive By Accident | Part Two – The Survivors
Discover the ONE THING that bacon-lovers and vegans have in common in my reaction to BuzzFeed’s viral video! What could possibly overcome the rivalry of the lovers-of-bacon and the praisers-of-plants?
BACON Lovers & VEGANS Unite!? | BuzzFeed Reaction
When Holocaust survivors speak, we should listen. In this video, survivors and their families share hard-earned lessons and shed light onto a deeper meaning of "Never Again".
Holocaust Survivors Speak: Lessons From The Death Camps
The Renaissance was a time of innovation and revolution within art, architecture, politics, science, astronomy, literature, and—veganism? Learn how the rise of humanistic individuality led to the acknowledgement of non-humans as individuals as well.
Vegans In The Renaissance | The History of Veganism Part Three
How far back does veganism reach? Is veganism a modern-day invention, or were there vegans in ancient times? In this first edition of The History of Veganism series, we start from the very beginning.
Vegans In Ancient Times | The History of Veganism Part One
The killing of Cecil the lion by American dentist Walter Palmer has created a worldwide uproar of disgust, anger, and indignation. But how different are Palmer’s actions from the everyday actions of the majority of the world’s population?
In Defense of Cecil The Lion’s Killer
The Yulin dog eating festival sparks enragement and controversy every year with a strong global outcry for its banishment. But, in all honesty, is it really that bad? How is it any different than what every other country is doing every single day?
Why the Yulin Dog Meat Festival ISN’T A BIG DEAL!
The numbers in this video are shocking. We are great at counting calories, measuring profits, quantifying just about anything. But when it comes to knowing our impact on other beings, we fall short. How many animals do we eat every year?
How Many Animals Do We Kill Every Year?
Ever wonder why vegans are so sensitive about things? Or why we seem to overreact so often? As a vegan, I’ve made this video in an attempt to show non-vegans what we see that makes as behave as we do. This is not a judgment and it’s not graphic. It’s simply me sharing what I see
What Vegans See | A Post for Non-Vegans
Do fish feel pain? Fish are often relegated to a somewhat sub-animal status. They are hard to relate to and not as emotionally expressive as other animals. But does this mean they don’t feel?
Do Fish Feel Pain?
Humans have long used our ability to experience complex emotions to distinguish ourselves from other animals. But is this ability really isolated to our species? And if non-human animals do have the capacity to emote, what does that say about how we treat them?
Do Animals Grieve?
Speciesism is the assumption of human superiority leading to the exploitation of animals. It is the false belief that non-human animals do not have nor deserve the same rights as we humans. It is the oldest form of discrimination on this planet
Speciesism: The Original Discrimination | ft. Gary Yourofsky
Recent developments at both the state and federal level are changing the legal classification of animals and animal cruelty—giving animals rights once only relegated to humans and deeming animal cruelty a top-tier felony.
BREAKING NEWS In Animal Rights! FBI Re-Defines Cruelty
Meet the cow who beat all odds. He escaped slaughter and now lives free on SASHA Farm animal sanctuary. Sanctuaries are so vital to the animal rights movement. They are safe houses for refugees, providing shelter, food, water, and , most importantly, freedom.
Cow Escapes Slaughterhouse & Finds Sanctuary At SASHA Farm
If you've ever said "I respect your choice to be vegan, so you should respect my choice to eat meat," please watch this video. Is eating meat, dairy and eggs a choice? And should it be equally respected as the choice to be vegan?
Is Eating Animals A Personal Choice?
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How Autism Connects Me With Animals
Growing up Autistic, I believe my difficulties with communication strengthened my empathy for animals. It broke my heart that no matter how desperately and clearly they communicated their terror and pain, they were ignored and discounted.
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Vegan Thanksgiving Guide: Recipes, Relatives And Reality
Thanksgiving can be intimidating for new and existing vegans. Leave it to this guide to help you navigate a Vegan Thanksgiving like a pro! Now that’s something to be thankful for!
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Alive By Accident | Part Two – The Survivors
An unlikely story of how a fatal crash saved eight lives. An accident, however brutal and horrifying, is a miracle of sorts—if you’re on the way to your execution. Meet the survivors—each an individual in their own right.
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Alive By Accident | Part One – Impossible Rescue
No one should have survived this. This short documentary captures an incredible rescue. Visit the crash site, come along on the search for survivors, and watch the impossible take place.
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Why Dairy Is Never Humane
Is there such a thing as humane dairy? The source of milk is no big secret: it comes from cows. But that’s about as far back as most people trace milk’s journey to our refrigerated grocery case.
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Sex With Animals: The Blurred Lines of Bestiality
Bestiality. Even the word itself is a taboo! Most people think bestiality is some rare perversion in the darkest corners of the Internet. But what if bestiality is actually a part of your everyday life?
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The Viral Ad Campaign Run By Animals
What happens when the animals we eat get to make their own ads? What would they say to us? How would it change what we eat and how we think of them? This is the exact premise of Go Vegan World
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Should Kids Watch Slaughterhouse Footage?
The use of graphic footage and imagery is one of the more heated debates within animal activism. This already controversial issue is profoundly intensified when one adds in the question of showing graphic content to children.
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LIVE At An Iowa Turkey Slaughterhouse: Thanksgiving Truth
These are the faces of your Thanksgiving “dinner.” They are sentient, terrified beings, crammed together, covered in their own feces. This is nothing to be thankful for. Streamed live from a turkey slaughterhouse in Iowa.
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Why I’m A Vegan Against Animal Welfare
As a vegan activist should you be for or against animal welfare. What is the difference between animal welfare and animal liberation?
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Moms Defend Rape, Kidnapping & Murder!
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Pork Industry On Trial: Water For Pigs Charge Backfires
What happens when compassion is a crime? Activist Anita Krajnc found herself facing 10 years in prison for giving water to the thirsty. In this interview, Anita shares powerful words about the importance of her trial.
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I’ve Lost All Hope For Humanity…
There is no excuse for this. They were all babies—less than 6 months old. It doesn’t have to be this way.
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Kids! Say NO WAY To ZOO DAY!!!
This video is for kids and adults alike. If you’re like me, you LOVE animals! Going to the zoo can be really exciting. Today we’re going to talk about why even though it may be fun for you and me, the zoo isn’t a happy place for the animals.
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The Best We Have To Offer? | How Ireland Exposes “Humane” Farming
Most people are against factory farming—but what about grass-fed, free-range, humane? Nowhere is animal agriculture more idealized than the rolling green landscape of Ireland. Let’s take a close look at the very best we have to offer and see if the ideals live up to their promise.
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Giving up riding is incomprehensible to most horse lovers. So what would lead a lifelong trainer, trader, and rider of horses to not only walk away entirely, but even question the concept of domestication itself? Hear Ren Hurst’s incredible journey.
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LIVE At A UK Slaughterhouse & Gas Chamber
It’s one thing to watch footage from a slaughterhouse; it’s another to watch as it’s happening in the moment. Come face to face with the humane myth. This is not far away. It’s right in your own backyard—all over the world.
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My morning in the beautiful rolling English countryside. In the middle of a quiet, lovely field, down a wooded lane. Come with me to see what’s really happening all around you.
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Are Halal And Kosher Slaughter Humane?
The debate over halal (حلال) and kosher (כשר) ritual slaughter is a hotbed of religion, politics, corporate greed, systematic abuses, and special interests. Amidst all the controversy, the core question remains: is it possible to end the life of another being in a way that is kind?
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Why EGGS Are Never Humane | Babies In A Blender
The truth about eggs in under 4 minutes. Eggs are an everyday staple for people all around the world. Beyond their polished surfaces and convenient packaging lies the truth of their production. In the harsh light of reality, the everyday is revealed as extreme.
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Are We Born Vegan? | Parents Speak
Most kids love animals. Yet most kids are raised eating animals. Despite this disparity, raising children vegan remains controversial. Few would argue that a child is far more likely to play with an animal than murder and consume it.
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60 Second Shot of Hope
60 seconds may not seem like much. But it only takes a minute to change everything. With all the hours of heartbreak in the world, take 60 seconds to find the hope to keep fighting.
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JUST SPEAK! – Raw Animal Activism
This was when my words failed me. When my speech fell apart before my eyes. This is me—raw and unscripted. Effective activism does not require elegance. Compassion does not require a college degree. The animals need every voice.
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The Last Day Of Your Life
Today is the day you die. You have right now. This very moment. And nothing more. I’d like to tell you it will be peaceful. I’d like to tell you there’s nothing to fear. But today, on the last day of your life. I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU.
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Filming Murder, Finding Hope | Earthlings Creator Interview
Most people take great pains to avoid confronting the heartbreaking reality of where our food comes from. Then there are those few who run towards the truth with eyes open. Even fewer somehow manage to find hope amidst the horror. Writer and director Shaun Monson is one of these fewest of the few.
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Never Known Hunger | Draw My Life
I long to be empty. I ache with fullness. I can’t take any more. It’s getting harder to move. Harder to breathe. Harder to live. I hunger for hunger itself. This is my story. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
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The Cow Who Changed Texas Forever | Rowdy Girl
In Texas, where steak is its own food group and cattle ranching is a way of life, one cow—aptly named “Rowdy Girl” has spurred an astounding revolution: the conversion of a Texas cattle ranch into a Vegan Farm Animal Sanctuary!
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Do Animals WANT to Be Eaten? | Suicide Food
Do Animals WANT to be eaten? According to commercials, apparently so! From smiling suicidal animal mascots, to homicidal acts against other animals, to self-cannibalism, all the way to erotic seducation of their killers.
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Do Fish Have FEELINGS? [For Kids!]
This video is for KIDS! [but adults can watch too] We’re going to talk about FISH FEELINGS! We’ll learn about whether fish can feel pain and how even though they look really different than us, they have families, friends, and feelings!
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BACON Lovers & VEGANS Unite!? | BuzzFeed Reaction
Discover the ONE THING that bacon-lovers and vegans have in common in my reaction to BuzzFeed’s viral video! What could possibly overcome the rivalry of the lovers-of-bacon and the praisers-of-plants?
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Forcing Kids to be Vegan? | Parents Answer
Raising kids vegan is brainwashing, right? Vegan parents force THEIR beliefs on their children and severely limiting their choices. With all the concerns of a vegan diet and the social difficulties faced by kids seen as “different” is it fair, or even safe, to raise kids vegan?
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The Greatest Lie Ever Told | Slam Poem
This is the greatest lie ever told. Whispered to us as children. A deception so deeply entrenched in our collective unconscious we buy into it without question. Become complicit in its propagation. This is the lie we tell ourselves. Listen closely. Unlearning isn’t easy.
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Is Abortion Vegan? | The Pro-Choice Dilemma
What is the vegan stance on abortion? Can vegans be pro-choice? This video delves into the moralistic minefield of the abortion debate in relation to vegan ethics. We’ll look at the various arguments posed by either side.
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My Final Breakdown | Draw My Life
It’s time now. I have nothing left to give. I’m empty and ruined. This is my story. My beginning and my end. This is my final breakdown. Please watch. Please listen. Please hear me. I’m not the only one.
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Why Wool Is BAAAD! [For Kids!]
This video is for kids! [but adults can watch too] Today we’re going to talk about wool from sheep. We’ll learn about why taking wool from sheep isn’t very nice and how YOU can be a superhero to sheep everywhere by saying NO to wool!
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How To Shut Down A Slaughterhouse [Not Graphic]
How do you shut down a slaughterhouse? These activists risked everything when they locked themselves inside a slaughterhouse gas chamber, bringing the facility to a halt. We pay others to kill our animals and there’s a reason why the process is kept hidden.
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