The MLA is giving itself and the cruel live export industry a pat on the back.

According to its figures, for 2007, 99.9% of cattle and 99.2% of sheep exported arrived alive at their destination after “being well looked after”.

I would like to see what they define as being well looked after, considering the animals have spent weeks at sea. I would also think it would be safe to say that they were probably kept confined to their cage, and give no exercise during the trip.

Then there are the appalling conditions that the sheep and cattle are forced into when they get to the importing country. These animals are slaughtered in ways and means that are illegal in this country. Below is video footage of an Animals Australia investigation in September of this year (2007) of the way that Australian sheep are treated when they reach the middle east.
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Once again the C$IRO has shown that it can no longer be relied on for impartial research.

One would have thought that after the controversy create by the release of its “Total Wellbeing Diet”, which is basically Atkins by another name, and partially funded by the Meat & Livestock Association (MLA), that they would have learnt their lesson.

Once again the C$IRO has got into bed with the MLA.
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After some weeks of trialing different CMS scripts, and playing with them, I have finally managed to get www.ausvegan.com up and running.

The site is live at the moment, and whilst it may be a little bare in spots, over the coming weeks, I will be adding new content to the pages, adding more links, and finding more articles to include.

With all the things that have been going on in the media lately there will hardly be a shortage of things to write about.

I will be continuing my series on vegan fitness, discuss whether Al Gore should have really got a nobel peace prize for his “documentary”, and the usual many more…

Thanks for stopping by…

Out here in Australia we are bombarded with advertising propaganda that is telling us that meat is the “main meal”, that we owe our development to red meat. That dairy is essential for development, that it is needed for strong bodies etc. The funny thing with these ads is that that is just what they are, advertising. They are usually paid for by the Meat & Livestock Association or the Australian Dairy Association. These organisations have a vested interest in promoting these products. Any research that, is promoted by these organisations should be viewed with “a grain of salt”. It is only natural that groups like the MLA or ADA would only publish favourable ‘scientific’ research, just the same as the findings that are published on this site.
Being a ‘pro-vegan’ site, of course there will only be articles about how bad meat is, and I make no apologies for that. I believe people should be informed about both sides of the argument and make up their own mind based on all the facts rather than advertising with emotional triggers.
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I think that all these people in the racing and associated industries have to be one of the most selfish groups of people ever to be written about. Every news report, article in the paper, and radio segment is saying how much money these poor hard done by people are loosing. Yet nothing is said about the condition of the horses, how they are feeling, what drugs they are getting pumped with, and so on.

Industries face challenges all the time, it is the ones that can weather the storms that need looking after and protecting. Not those that only have an “entertainment” value. I was involved in the transport industry for a few years, and there is still yet to be any adequate government assistance for it. Fuel costs are rising, registration is rising, roads are getting crappier, and still there is no hand out from the government. And there is still yet to be a Royal Commisssion into fuel.

The racing industry is stopped by an outbreak of Equine Influenza, and now they want money and to point the finger at someone.
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Reading the 2005/2006 annual report from the RSCPA (Qld) some dreadful statistics come to light.

From page 11 comes this.

The “kill rate” for all shelters in Qld was 56%; thankfully, this rate has been falling when compared to the past 2 years, with 63% in 2004/2005 and 73% in 2003/2004.

The highest incoming source is owners surrendering their animals, and the dominant types of animal surrendered were cats.

To the RSPCA’s credit, the re-homing rate is ever so slowly increasing, in 2005/2006 the rate was 29% up from 27% and 24% for 2004/2005 and 2003/2004 respectively.
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25 August 2007.
All movement of horses withing a 10km exclusion zone of the Centennital Park Stables has been stopped today, due to an outbreak of Equine Influenza. This has also stopped all the race meeetings in NSW, Qld, Vic, SA and WA. This is good news for the horses who won’t have to be subjected to cruel and inhuman treatement, just so gamblers can get their fix.

Unfortunately, this probably means that horses throughout this country are going to get pumped full of a coctail of drugs in an effort to prevert this from spreading or infecting any further horses.
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