Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist

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On Sunday, volunteers with The Save Movement gathered outside Gathercole's Slaughterhouse to bear witness to the hundreds of sheep and cows being transported the facility where their lives will be stolen from them.

Watching these animals sweltering in anguish on the trucks was difficult to witness because it was obvious how badly affected they were by the elements.

When I arrived to set up at the vigil, there were already two transport trucks waiting outside the slaughterhouse gates, which open at 3pm.

These poor animals had already gone without food, water or shelter throughout the arduous journey to the slaughterhouse, only to be forced to wait over an hour in the scorching heat before they were finally able to be unloaded.

When multiple trucks arrive within quick succession of one another, the wait-time for unloading always increases.

We bear witness not because we enjoy doing so, but because we feel a moral obligation to be there in solidarity with those we are unable to save; and because they deserve to know that, at least to SOME humans, their lives matter.

I'm so sorry that this world has failed these beautiful animals so egregiously, but we won't stop showing up until the trucks do.

Being vegan is a start, but it is not enough, we NEED more activists if we are to have any hope of creating the change the animals need in this world.

Please, watch Dominion (2018) on YouTube or go to DontWatch.Org and share it with the people you care about.

Together we can help bring an end to the horrific violence and create a world that ensures ALL animals live free from harm.

If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan!

✏: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist
📸: Vegan Stace for Animal Save Movement Melbourne Animal Save Melbourne Cow Save Melbourne Sheep Save

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Gathercole's Slaughterhouse Vigil - Sunday 7 January 2024

Every month for the past six months, this driver has avoided stopping for the vigil by entering the facility through the exit gate.

As we have an agreement with the slaughterhouse allowing us to bear witness here, they work with us to ensure both the safety of the animals and the safety of vigil volunteers - this month, they made sure the exit gates also remained closed so that we would have the opportunity to offer love to all the animals being transported to the facility.

This young female cow was all alone with eight young sheep. Given how young she is, it is likely that she was either unable to be forcibly impregnated, or unable to produce milk, hence, sent to be slaughtered at a fraction of her natural life-span. She couldn't have been more than two years old.

Staring into the eyes of these innocent animals you can see the fear and confusion - they know that they have not come to a place of safety, but one of fear, suffering and death.

You can help end this cruelty, go vegan and start speaking up for the animals today.

Watch Dominion (2018) on YouTube or go to DontWatch.Org to see the truth that these industries want to keep hidden from you.

If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan.

✏: Vegan Stace for Animal Save Movement Melbourne Cow Save Melbourne Sheep Save and Melbourne Animal Save
📷: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist

Yesterday, animal rights activists with Animal Save Movement gathered outside Gathercole's slaughterhouse to bear witness to the innocent animals being brought here to be unnecessarily killed.

Every single time you choose to purchase a product that comes from an animal, you are voting with your dollar to ensure that these horrific industries are able to continue exploiting and mercilessly murdering sentient beings.

All they want is to live and yet we steal the only thing they possess in this world, their life.

You can help end the suffering.

Go vegan today and start speaking up for the innocent victims of these industries, the animals need us.

Watch Dominion (2018) on YouTube or go to DontWatch.Org to see the truth these industries don't what you to know.

✏: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist
📸: Vegan Stace for Melbourne Animal Save Melbourne Cow Save & Melbourne Sheep Save

Yesterday, we gathered at Diamond Valley Pork in Laverton North to bear witness to the pigs being trucked to their deaths.

In the space of two hours, we saw 12 trucks, 10 filled with baby pigs between 5-6months of age and 2 trucks filled with sows, mother pigs who have had their bodies exploited their entire lives and then sent to be killed once their bodies can no longer produce enough babies for humans to eat.

This holiday season, will you choose to be their saviour, or the reason that they suffer.

If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan.

✏: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist
📸: VeganStace for Melbourne Pig Save
Melbourne Animal Save and Animal Save Movement
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Last Sunday, Melbourne Animal Save Melbourne Cow Save and Melbourne Sheep Save held a vigil for Sheep and Cows outside the gates of Gathercole's Slaughterhouse in Carrum Downs, an outer suburb of Naarm (Melbourne).

This was the second truck full of sheep that we saw that day and, although I only recorded the first half of this truck stop, it was the hardest of the day.

I focused my energy on one sheep in particular, his entire body was shaking in fear.

As always, I started singing a Buddhist mantra "Om-man-ne-pad-me-om" to try and calm the animals. After I stopped filming I continued singing to him, the other sheep nearby watched on curiously as I gently stroked his head and snout until he closed his eyes, leaning his face into my hands and finally stopped shaking.

I stared into his eyes the entire time, singing softly and wishing more than anything that I could take him away from this wretched place.

I wish I could have done more than merely stopping the fear-induced convulsions that were shaking his entire body - it wouldn't be long until the fear returns, herded into a metal chute to have a captive bolt-gun discharged against his head before having his throat slit.

There is nothing "humane" about what will happen to him, there will be no more loving touches or softly-spoken words - there will only be fear, pain and death.

It was very clear that these sheep had been used for their wool and, that they had finally been sent to slaughter after being shorn over and over again, their rough and patchy coats still showing visible shearing marks.

I spent almost 20 minutes in total with the one sheep, as this truck was instructed by the drover to remain outside while the previous truck was unloaded.

Only ¼ of the sheep were unloaded here, the rest were taken on to a different slaughterhouse, including the beautiful boy who I spent most of my time with.

Vigil volunteers witnessed the truck driver physically throwing sheep off the transport, which may have been the reason that the slaughterhouse refused to accept the entire truck-load of animals.

They will all suffer in agonising fear, they will all soon be gone from this world - but for 20 minutes, they were seen, they were loved and, they will never be forgotten by those of us who had the opportunity to bear witness to their precious lives.

If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan.

✏: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist for Animal Save Movement
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Today, volunteers with The Save Movement gathered outside Diamond Valley Pork slaughterhouse in Laverton North, just outside the city of Naarm (Melbourne) to bear witness to the pigs being trucked to their deaths.

None of these precious individuals have done anything to deserve the cruel fate that awaits them. In the early hours of tomorrow morning they will be herded into cramped gondolas and gassed in CO² gas chambers before having their throats slit. If they are unlucky enough to still be conscious after having their throat slit, they will then experience the excruciating pain of the scalding tanks as they are repeatedly dragged under the boiling water by metal fins.

Pigs are smarter than dogs and are known to form loving relationships with their family members. Most of the pigs on these trucks are just babies, sent to their deaths at only five or six months of age - the rest are mothers who have had their reproductive systems repeatedly exploited by force until they are considered " spent" and sent to be killed along with their children.

If you consume animal products, you are paying for their suffering.

You have the power to end this cruelty. Go vegan, share this video and encourage others to live a compassionate life also. Not contributing to this injustice is only the first step - the animals need us all to use our voices and speak up for them as, without us, their suffering goes unheard and unseen.

"If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan!" - VeganStace

✏: Vegan Stace - Animal Rights Activist for Melbourne Pig Save Melbourne Animal Save & Animal Save Movement
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🎶: "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"

Yesterday Melbourne Animal Save held a vigil for the animals outside Gathercole's Slaughterhouse in Carrum Downs, Victoria.

During the vigil, two trucks arrived at the facility, both filled with cows who were being transported to their deaths.

On the second truck, as can be seen in the video, one cow was pinned on the floor of the vehicle - it was so severely crowded that there was no way for them to be able to stand up, so they just lay there being trampled by the other cows.

Most of the cows on this truck looked extremely young and there even appeared to be some bobby calves amongst them.

I alerted the drover at the facility about the downed cow trapped in the back of the truck and he went to check on them as soon as the vehicle pulled up to the unloading dock.

Although the staff at the facility seem empathetic towards the welfare of the animals that are delivered to them, the reality is that they are still going to suffer horrendously once they are led to their deaths.

Forced into a metal box they will all have a captive bolt gun pressed to their head as they fight desperately to get away from it, then their throats will be slit.

It can take a large animal anywhere from five to ten minutes or more to bleed out and, unfortunately, the use of captive bolt stunning remains quite ineffective as pin-point accuracy is required to render an animal unconscious and, obviously, cannot be attained when an animal is fighting to get away from the hands of their killer.

Regardless, stunning practices make no impact on an animal's capacity to feel pain, so even though their motor function may be impaired, they can still feel everything that happens to them, including having their throat slit.

You can help end this cruelty - go vegan, share this video and encourage others to do the same.

If you really loved animals, you'd live vegan.

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