Monthly Archives: August 2014

Sophia

As we wandered through the free range egg farm, we saw many things. Injured chickens, sick chickens and then we saw Sophia trapped under a grate. Who knows how long she’d been there. This particular farm is seen as one of the best free range farms in Australia. Stuck and unable to move, unable to…

Pirate

After 18 months of living with 60,000 other hens at a free range egg farm, Pirate found herself watching all her shed mates being chased, caught and thrown into a truck to be taken to slaughter. Pirate hid and survived with a handful of other hens who dodged the rough hands of the workers. She…

Two Vegan Girls Interview

In May 2013, I was interview by Two Vegan Girls for their blog. Please visit their website and their facebook page at www.facebook.com/TwoVeganGirls. I am very grateful to them for their support.   AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INSPIRATIONAL TAMARA KENNEALLY   A couple of weekends ago I was browsing the Facebook page for one of my…

Pepper

One crisp night in May, 2014, we wandered into a free range farm. Half the sheds on the property were caged hens and the other half was what is termed “free range” These sheds were huge, with access to the outside being about the size of a small courtyard. We came across an open shed….

Sweetness (aka Rascal)

Sweetness was rescued on 6th of July, 2013. Whilst documenting a battery egg farm, my friend and I saw a lone hen standing in the middle of a cage surrounded by cages apon cages filled with thousands of trapped hens standing on wire. We both stopped at her cage, looked at each other and decided…