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Justice for Wang Wang: How One Global Story Can Lay the Foundation for Change
It’s late in the evening, and a Trip A Deal ad for China comes up on the TV screen. Next to me, Banjo, the Labrador retriever, is settled in for the night on his bed. I talk to him softly,…
Adopt, Don’t Shop: Reflections from an Animal Shelter
A promising start It was November 2017; I had only been living in Brisbane for two years. Naturally, I knew that I loved working with animals and was looking for a new volunteering opportunity. “Don’t go to the RSPCA”, one…
I, Vegan: Veganism as Metacognition
You know the phrase: “You are what you eat.” Well, it turns out there is more to that phrase than what’s on the surface. Becoming vegan forms a large part of who we are; it becomes another carefully-woven thread in…
Wild Brumbies: Just Another Pest Apparently
It’s bizarre how humans assign animals into different categories based upon their own conscious and subconscious beliefs. Some animals are assigned as ‘pets’, others ‘food’ or ‘entertainment’. And then you have those animals that are labelled ‘pests’ simply because they…
For Your Health
A New Player in the Game We have all been a player in the game of Vegan Bingo: health version 2.0. And; yes, we can all tick off the dreaded: “So where do you get your protein?” question. I have…