Podcast Episode 03: 16 Feb 2011

Running a day late, Episode 3 of the AusVegan.com podcast is ready to be listened to. In this episode, I have a chat about: Some interesting items I have found in the paper recently. Court cases brought against those in animal agri-business. Why welfare reforms do nothing to limit the use of animal products, and … Read more

Podcast Episode 02, 08 Feb 2011

After what felt like forever, I finally finished Episode 2 of the AusVegan.com podcast. In this episode, I talk about two places to get vegan food here in Brisbane. Vege Rama in the food court of the Myer Centre on the Queen Street Mall, and The Loving Hut in Mt Gravatt. I also talk about … Read more

Podcast – 04 February 2011

This is the first podcast for AusVegan.com

Nothing much is really discussed, as it is just a short one to make sure that all the different bits of software that need to talk to each other are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

Beefex 2010: 05-07 October 2010

For those that don’t know what Beefex is, and I must say that I didn’t until I read the brochure.  Beefex is, and I quote, “the pinnacle event of the Australian Lot Feeders Association”.  This event is held every two years, and this year it is being held at the Royal Pines Resort,  on the … Read more

If we remain silent, who will speak up for us?

The latest raid by the FBI on the home of Peter Young should serve as a wakeup call to every vegan activist worldwide.  Regardless of whether you agree with what he did in the past or any of the allegiances that he may have, the execution of the warrant could potentially open the doors for similar harassment of others in the future.

The fact that a judge signed off on the warrant that included the terms ‘go vegan’ and ‘straightedge’ is of a great concern to all, as these are almost daily used words by most vegans.

In these days of governments being all touchy feely about things relating to homeland security and terryrism, things just seem to be going overboard.

The time has come for every vegan blogger, Facebook page creator and so on to start cross-posting and sharing links about everything that happens to a group or individual in the name of veganism and Animal Rights.  It is irrelevant whether you agree with whatever tactics are used, the fact of the matter is that whatever happens to them will soon happen to the rest of us.

It reminds me of the poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller, which I have paraphrased below.

THEY CAME FIRST for the ALF activist, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an ALF activist.
THEN THEY CAME for the MDA Activist, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an MDA Activist.
THEN THEY CAME for the Abolitionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t an Abolitionist.
THEN THEY CAME for me and by that time no one was left to speak up.

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Swift Australia

Following on from my post the other day about Teys Bros, here is information about another company that profits from the slaughtering of animals. Swift Australia: Dinmore: 2 Lock Way RIVERVIEW QLD 4303 Daily Capacity 3,400 per day. Employs 2,281 people Toowoomba: Cecil Plains Road PURRAWUNDA VIA TOOWOOMBA QLD 4350 Daily capacity 1,100 beef cattle. … Read more