People Ensuring Animal Care Exists
Article By Kali Nelson “I admire everyone who does what is right for the animals, even when that comes at a heavy personal cost.” Even as a child, Ali Valentine’s connection to animals was a big part of her life. She believed animals deserve better, and as a result, she was raised vegetarian. Later in life, she cut out eggs and …
Article By Kali Nelson “Ever since I was a kid, all of my imaginary friends (and most of my loyal real-life companions) were animals. I was always dragging something home: a lost cat, a mangy dog, an injured bird or bunny.” Like many animal lovers, Kat Krylov always had a dream of running a sanctuary. While for most people that dream …
Article By Taryn Szedlak Carrie Shogan and her family went vegan instantly when she made a connection with a pig named Momma. She adopted Momma and her two daughters from a breeder. At the time, she wasn’t aware all three pigs were pregnant and the breeder was “dumping her stock”.
Article By Taryn Szedlak Kitchensink Rescue Farm & Sanctuary, in Roberts Creek, British Columbia, is currently home to horses, a cow, pigs, goats, sheep, chickens, cats, dogs, and even a lizard – hence the name “kitchensink”.
Article By Taryn Szedlak Jaye Dueck, the founder of Eden’s Way Farm Sanctuary, has been vegan for over 10 years and vegetarian since she was 12 years old. She grew up on a cattle ranch in Northern Alberta and was involved in 4-H for horses and cattle. Having to sell her steer at the end of each year was devastating …
Article By Taryn Szedlak At Arion Therapeutic Farm in Kelowna, BC, there is something special about everyone. That’s why founder Heather Henderson took her time choosing the name and logo. “Arion is Greek mythology – unique and more symbolic. In the logo, the right leg has a hand instead of a hoof” says Heather. “The hand represents special needs and …
By Zoe Peled I have some qualms about the term “plant-based”. Though we have seen a few versions of the term in discourse, for the sake of consistency in this piece, I am going to remove the quotations and use the hyphenated spelling.
“I’m not doing enough. I can do more. Animals are suffering and dying everyday; if I can do more, then I should and must do more.”
By Carrie Shogan | Little OinkBank Pig Sanctuary – sanc·tu·ar·y /ˈsaNGk(t)SHəˌwerē/ noun noun: sanctuary; plural noun: sanctuaries 1.1. a place of refuge or safety. “his sons took sanctuary in the church” – My story of sanctuary is not pretty. I did not follow my own advice when becoming a sanctuary. The word never entered my head, let alone the ponderance …
In 2019 we had two farm animal sanctuaries close their doors here in British Columbia, Canada. From the experience of working through those two closures, as well as discussions with farm animal sanctuary owners who have watched many others come and go before, we would like to share our findings. Although it will be obvious to some, we have found …