It's Time.
Every. Day.
THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND
BOTH ARE VICTIMS. We steal the life of one and destroy the moral compass of the other
When Will We Ever Learn
We Didn't Even Make It This Far
PALM OIL AND POLLUTION
DOUBLE TROUBLE: A VICTIM OF VIVISECTION
RSPCA: HYPOCRISY IS OUR MISSION
FORKETTING THE RIGHT TO LIFE
INDEFENSIBLE
THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE
MALE CHICKS: THE ULTIMATE HELPLESS VICTIMS
STOP EATING ANIMALS
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
EVERY TWELVE SECONDS
Why Love One And Kill The Other?
STOP THE INSANITY
WAR OF INJUSTICE
BUT IT'S HAPPY MEAT
SO THIS IS SPORT?
WELCOME TO THE PARTY
WE ARE ALL 269
EXECUTION OF THE SOUL
THE FLIES OF INTOLERANCE
THE MOST VIOLENT WEAPON ON EARTH IS THE TABLE FORK
SOMEONE NOT SOMETHING
THE LIES BEGIN EARLY
KILL TO DRESS
PEACE
IT'S THEIR HOME TOO
NOT TOO MANY WINNERS
IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST
I AM NOT A TRINKET
I AM NOT A TRINKET
FEELING COMFORTABLE NOW?
NEVER AGAIN
ABOLISH SLAVERY
UNSUSTAINABLE
MEMORIAL
ALL ARE INDIVIDUALS
PHILIP WOLLEN, OAM
THREE LITTLE PIGS.
TICK TOCK
THERE IS NO PLANT B
WAR ON INJUSTICE: TODAY'S GUERNICA
THE TSUNAMI IS UPON US T
It's Time.
Every. Day."This isn’t about Jews or about the victims of the Holocaust, it’s about the extermination of innocent lives who are deemed worthless. It’s about recognising the forgotten victims who are suffering under the very ideal that was responsible for the Holocaust: some lives don’t matter, those “we” classify as “worthless”. It’s about extending compassion to ALL victims and it’s about the unnecessary, systematic slaughter taking place Every Day.I think those who are offended by this are offending the memory of those victims who, through their own suffering, were capable of extending compassion beyond themselves. They are not comparing themselves to animals, they are comparing their suffering to the suffering of “others”. One such person is Edgar Kupfer-Koberwitz, who wrote this while imprisoned at Dachau Concentration Camp:“I eat no animals, because I don’t want to live on the suffering and death of other creatures — for I have suffered so much myself, that I can feel other creatures’ suffering, by virtue of my own.I am so glad when I am not persecuted; so why should I persecute other creatures or have them persecuted? I am so glad when I am not captured; so why should I capture other creatures or have them captured? I am so glad when nobody harms me; so why should I harm other creatures or have them harmed? I am so glad not to be injured or killed; so why should I injure or kill other creatures or have them injured or killed for my sake?”Some may reject the use of such a strong symbol that represents such a dark chapter in human history but this is NOT a symbol of iconic evil toward Jews, it’s a symbol of evil toward ALL THOSE CONSIDERED INFERIOR, lives deemed worthless by people who felt superior with NO justification for it. What better symbol than that? One which the majority of people see as symbolic of an atrocity, and rightly so. What they fail to see, and what the artist is trying to get them to see, is that the foundation of that atrocity is the same as that used to exterminate other beings who suffer and are victims of the same violent ideal.Some may question the level of barbarity shown toward victims of the Holocaust with what they may consider “humane” treatment in the exploitation and slaughter of animals. However, the point is not how it’s done, it’s that it’s done. We are exterminating BILLIONS of lives, mass extermination, for no good reason, just because we can: holocaust. We have NO justification for doing so. It’s killing innocent lives (human included) and it’s killing the planet.This piece is exposing the mechanism that lies behind the holocaust of innocent lives that is not specific to the Jews. The mechanism that “other” lives who “we” deem worthless are not important. It’s attacking the nazi ideal, not the Jews or the victims. It’s siding with the victims, being their voice.Those who side with the victims are not comparing themselves with the victims. Most of us are aware that we are not the victims, that we are privileged, and that they are the true victims. It’s called compassion, not identification, something seriously lacking during the Holocaust of WWII and something absolutely lacking today.Some believe that animal agriculture, or breeding, exploiting and killing animals, is not cruel. Wikipedia: “Cruelty to animals, also called animal abuse or animal neglect, is the human infliction of suffering or harm upon non-human animals, for purposes other than self-defense or survival.” We do not NEED to eat meat, dairy, eggs or wear leather, wool or otherwise harm and kill animals for food or clothing. It’s not self-defense and it’s not for survival. Doing those things is animal cruelty. Simple. And we do it to millions of animals on a daily basis: “Every Day”.The message of this piece, even though it may use confronting images, is to help people notice how disconnected and ill we’ve become. This is systematic daily unnecessary violence and it’s coming back on us as disease, obesity, war, famine, and general destruction. We reap what we sow." ~ Julie McHenry
THE FUTURE OF HUMANKIND
BOTH ARE VICTIMS. We steal the life of one and destroy the moral compass of the other
When Will We Ever Learn‘Never again’ should not be about what others shouldn’t do to us. It should be about what we shouldn’t do to others. ‘Never again’ means that we must never again perpetrate mass atrocities against other living, sentient beings." ~ Dr Alex Hershaft (Holocaust survivor)“In the early 1970’s I visited a slaughterhouse. They wouldn’t let me on to the kill floor, but I got to visit the storage areas. And I saw piles of hoofs and skins, hearts, livers and skulls, bearing solemn testimony to the living, feeling sentient beings who were no more. It was an unreal deja vu all over again. I tried to reject it as a coincidence. But the parallels with my memory of Treblinka were overwhelming. The use of cattle cars to transport my family to their deaths, the crowded housing in wood crates, the deception, the piling of bodies in pits, and the emotional detachment of the perpetrators. Then I saw the quote from my literary hero and 1973 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and the dreaded comparison started making perfect sense: “To the animals, all people are Nazis. To the animals, all life is an eternal Treblinka.” ~ Dr Alex Hershaft (Holocaust survivor)
We Didn't Even Make It This FarMale chicks are useless to the egg industry. They dispose of chicks by grinding them up alive in macerator machines, or throwing them into garbage bags to slowly suffocate.
PALM OIL AND POLLUTION
DOUBLE TROUBLE: A VICTIM OF VIVISECTION'At a minimum, vivisection restricts nonhumans to highly confining environments. Routinely it inflicts pain, physical injury, and extreme deprivation. Usually it entails death. Each year in the U.S., vivisection kills at least tens of millions of animals. Like other forms of speciesist abuse, vivisection survives with the aid of language that falsifies.Vivisection torments and kills innocent individuals. Evil is no less evil when its victims are nonhuman. Because vivisection is unjust, it is, and always has been, wrong. When society progresses beyond speciesism, this evil practice will end.' ~ Joan Dunayer
RSPCA: HYPOCRISY IS OUR MISSIONRSPCA: For all creatures great and small unless donations, greed and tastebuds call.
FORKETTING THE RIGHT TO LIFE
INDEFENSIBLE“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ~ Elie Wiesel (1928 - 2016)
THE DEATH OF INNOCENCE
MALE CHICKS: THE ULTIMATE HELPLESS VICTIMSMale chicks are useless to the egg industry. They dispose of chicks by grinding them up alive in macerator machines or throwing them into garbage bags to slowly suffocate.
STOP EATING ANIMALS"The most violent weapon on earth is the table fork." - Mahatma Gandhi.
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
EVERY TWELVE SECONDSFrom a Perth Vet: “During my veterinary degree I visited a number of standard Australian abattoirs. Nothing prepares you for the smell and sight of blood covering every surface or the thrashing animals on hooks meters from your face. Cattle wail in line for their turn to die while staring directly at the “kill” floor” as their friends have their throats slit in front of them. With any fast production line mistakes happen and often animals are killed while fully conscious and struggling to escape. There is so much hidden suffering which happens right here in Australia when turning animals into food – just to satisfy the trivial interest of “it tastes good”. Every meat-eater should visit an abattoir.”
Why Love One And Kill The Other?"The remains of someone’s pet? The remains of someone’s dinner? No, the remains of someone.All animals are someone. Each has a thinking mind, a beating heart and unique experiences.Step away from the destinctions you've been taught about who is food and who is a pet and see them for who they really are. The category they’ve been assigned to does nothing to protect them from pain and fear. Whether they have fur, feathers or skin, they are like you: an individual who wants to live." - Julie McHenry
STOP THE INSANITY
WAR OF INJUSTICE“For the animal kingdom, the Holocaust never ended.” ~ Philip Wollen
BUT IT'S HAPPY MEAT
SO THIS IS SPORT?
WELCOME TO THE PARTY"Poor countries sell their grain to the West while their own children starve in their arms. And the west feeds it to livestock. So we can eat a steak? Am I the only one who sees this as a crime? Every morsel of meat we eat is slapping the tear-stained face of a hungry child." - Philip Wollen"Vegans are constantly told, "Why don't you care about humans?" We do. More than 70% of the world's soy, wheat and corn is fed to animals for humans to consume, leaving close to one billion humans in food poverty and starvation. Imagine the numbers that could be fed if the world went vegan? If you really cared about humans, you'd go vegan, too." - Gary Smith
WE ARE ALL 269“269” is a calf who was born into an Israeli dairy farm. His life will be cut off not long after it started. By branding his number on our bodies, we show our solidarity with the victims of the animal holocaust all around the world, remembering to never forget." - 269life
EXECUTION OF THE SOUL“Every year Australia exports millions of animals, packed on board ships that can carry over 100,000 animals. They are exported to countries with either no anti-cruelty laws or inadequate welfare standards. Many die on board from injuries, heat stress or disease. Numerous reports document abhorrent cruelty ranging from animals being stranded at sea to animals being re-routed and “culled” by unqualified personnel resulting in them being mutilated and buried alive. Torture has been documented at the point of slaughter such as tail twisting, eye gouging, and blatant sickening cruelty.Many protest the trade because of this cruelty. I’m not against it for any of those reasons. They are just symptoms of a disease, a disease of cultural blindness to injustice.Animals are sentient. They have subjective experiences and are capable of fear, joy and pain. Their lives belong to them. Trade is when one party transfers the ownership of goods in exchange for something from the buyer. Animals are not commodities. We trade what does not belong to us. We trade the lives of others for soulless financial gain or for the fleeting taste of flesh on the palate. What value does that have in comparison to the value of the life and liberty of a sentient being? Not enough in my opinion.Live animal export is indefensible. There is no logical, rational argument that supports trading the lives of other animals that does not equally support trading the lives of other humans who lack the power or capacity to defend themselves. Both should be considered immoral in a world striving for justice.” ~ Julie McHenry / Vegan Info
THE FLIES OF INTOLERANCE
THE MOST VIOLENT WEAPON ON EARTH IS THE TABLE FORK“Vegans can no longer be silent in this the most important social justice change… any more than we could have [remained silent] by just not owning slaves and saying slavery was a choice. Some things are so wrong they cannot be tolerated. Time is short and creating a vegan world has become crucial to saving it from possible destruction. It has become everybody’s business what we eat.” – Shirley Wilkes Johnson
SOMEONE NOT SOMETHING
THE LIES BEGIN EARLY
KILL TO DRESS
PEACEThe swastika is an ancient religious icon and was a symbol of peace and spirituality until Hitler stole it.
IT'S THEIR HOME TOO"A diet based on animal foods is a primary driving force behind the most serious environmental problems we face: the ongoing extinction of species, rain forest destruction, air and water pollution, loss of water resources, global warming, dependence on foreign oil, proliferation of disease, topsoil loss, drought, forest fires, desertification, habitat destruction, and even war and terrorism. This information is not publicized, however, and our understanding of it is suppressed, because eating animal foods is the elephant in our living room that we all pretend not to see - unrecognised behaviour that destroys our family but is taboo to confront or discuss." - Dr Will Tuttle
NOT TOO MANY WINNERS"Horses are strong, majestic beings with a level of power and grace that few other animals possess. Their value is intrinsic and we should respect their lives and guard their freedom.Horses bred into the racing industry have no freedom and their lives are not respected. They are bred to run and win, or die. There is enormous “wastage”, as horses are discarded if they fail to make the grade or even when they stop winning. Many end up as horsemeat. Majestic, strong, elegant beings whose lives and freedom are stolen and, in return, they are reduced to flesh." - Julie McHenry
IN THE BELLY OF THE BEAST In the belly of the beast lies the inevitable destruction of our planet.
I AM NOT A TRINKET
I AM NOT A TRINKET"Elephants are living treasures. Nature's gardeners. Nature's great teachers. Tragically some people don't give a damn. They prefer the dead treasure to the living one. The ivory. We must challenge this so-called 'trade' with all our might and shame on those who would condone it." - Virginia McKenna
FEELING COMFORTABLE NOW?
NEVER AGAIN‘Never again’ should not be about what others shouldn’t do to us. It should be about what we shouldn’t do to others. ‘Never again’ means that we must never again perpetrate mass atrocities against other living, sentient beings." ~ Dr Alex Hershaft (Holocaust survivor)“In the early 1970’s I visited a slaughterhouse. They wouldn’t let me on to the kill floor, but I got to visit the storage areas. And I saw piles of hoofs and skins, hearts, livers and skulls, bearing solemn testimony to the living, feeling sentient beings who were no more. It was an unreal deja vu all over again. I tried to reject it as a coincidence. But the parallels with my memory of Treblinka were overwhelming. The use of cattle cars to transport my family to their deaths, the crowded housing in wood crates, the deception, the piling of bodies in pits, and the emotional detachment of the perpetrators. Then I saw the quote from my literary hero and 1973 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and the dreaded comparison started making perfect sense: “To the animals, all people are Nazis. To the animals, all life is an eternal Treblinka.” ~ Dr Alex Hershaft (Holocaust survivor)
ABOLISH SLAVERY"150 years ago, they would've thought you were absurd if you advocated for the end of slavery. 100 years ago they would've laughed at you for suggesting that women should have the right to vote. 50 years ago, they would've objected to the idea of African Americans receiving equal rights under the law. 25 years ago, they would called you a pervert if you advocated for gay rights. They laugh at us now for suggesting that animal slavery be ended. Someday they won't be laughing." - Gary Smith
UNSUSTAINABLE“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
MEMORIAL
ALL ARE INDIVIDUALS"Waking up to the animal holocaust is deeply painful. Not only are you confronted by the sheer size of it all, 10 billion land animals in the US, 58 billion globally each year, but when you share what you have learned with your friends and family members, who you deeply respect and love, they show indifference at best. You feel like you have come upon genocide that everyone is trying to hide and ignore. And you can no longer participate. And you can no longer keep quiet. And then you are painted as militant, extreme, judgmental, et al. It is deeply painful on so many levels." ~ Gary Smith.
PHILIP WOLLEN, OAMPhilip Wollen, OAM.Watch his powerful speech at the Animal Holocaust exhibition.
THREE LITTLE PIGS. Humans! Give me a wolf any day said the three little pigs.
TICK TOCK“Only 100 billion people have every lived. 7 billion people live today. And yet we torture and kill 2 billion sentient living beings every week! 10,000 entire species are wiped out every year because of the actions of one and we are now facing the sixth mass extinction in cosmological history. If any other organism did this a biologist would call them a virus. It is a crime against humanity of unimaginable proportions.” ~ Philip Wollen
THERE IS NO PLANT B
WAR ON INJUSTICE: TODAY'S GUERNICA
THE TSUNAMI IS UPON US T
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