Reviving the Blog!

Well it's been over a year since my last blog post, and I've decided to revive the blog!

So what's new since my last post?

Well first of all, our family has changed!
We have new members in our household!
Unfortunately, we have also lost one of our degu family members recently.
On June 20th, we made the decision to end Kanta's suffering as he was quickly wasting away from cancer.

Rest in peace Kanta, my friend!

Gaara, Adrian, and Conner are still doing very well.
Our new family members are three chinchillas, Mouse, Tifa, and Neneko!

Tifa and Neneko are a female pair of friends that we adopted from the Edmonton Humane Society.

Tifa is the grey chinchilla, and Neneko is the white (mosaic) one!
They are the best of friends! They love dust baths, hopping and running around the living room, and cuddling with each other!

And this is Mouse, the chinchilla!



Mouse lives alone (Tifa isn't very nice to her!). Her story is unusual.
A couple were taking a walk under an apartment when she either fell or was thrown off a balcony and landed on one of their shoulders! They took care of her for a while but looked for someone else to take care of her because they felt they weren't suitable to care for her, so we offered to take her into our family!

She is a wonderful girl! She loves to be scratched on the chin, cheeks, and behind the ears! She loves to roll around in the dust of her little bath house. The tube she is in in the photo is her favorite sleeping/hiding place!

And another new addition to the family...a human one!
As of now, I am 27 weeks pregnant!


This ultrasound was done at 22 weeks.
We don't have a name for him/her yet and we don't know the gender because the legs were crossed!

Well stick around, because I will be blogging more frequently now!

Our Newest Family Members!

We adopted four male degus from The McDonald Family Animal Rescue a while back. They are all brothers and they are such wonderful animals! They love to play and explore and are really fun to watch! We let them out of their cages all the time while we are home. Kanta and Gaara share a cage because they are very bonded, but Adrian and Conner are in seperate cages because they kept fighting, so they were seperated for their safety.
But Adrian and Conner get to explore the living room alot and get lots of attention from us. The boys love their treats. Their favourite treat is walnuts. They don't get too many though because then they might not eat enough of their balanced pellet food! They also love timothy hay. They have wheels so they can run and get lots of exercise, toys with bells, chew toys, a hammock, various tubes and shelters, and a dustbath! They are wonderful companion animals, and we are in love with our new family members.
Here are some photos and descriptions of the boys!


Conner is the shyest one of our boys. He loves his timothy hay. He loves to pull the food dish off his cage.




Gaara loves to sunbathe. He will often stretch right out in the sun, flattening out like a rug! He also loves running on the wheel. He also loves to play with his brother Kanta, groom him, cuddle with him, and sleep in the nestbox with him. They are very bonded!




Kanta loves to use my lap as a lookout point. He loves to pull anything he can into the nestbox, especially paper and towels. He loves his brother Gaara very much and they spend most of their time together.




Adrian LOVES being groomed! He will let me groom him and then he will grooms me in return by nibbling on my fingers! Adrian seems to love chewing more than any of the other boys.

If you would like to see more photos, I have a photo set for them on Flickr.com. Click HERE to look through the set!

Best Animal Rights Activism Photos of 2007 Part Two!

Put up fliers for World Vegetarian Day. They stayed up there for about a full month :) Lots of people looked at them, and no one took them down.


Sign I made for Thanksgiving, trying to get the message out that we shouldn't hurt and kill others to be thankful for our own lives!


Pin against torturing animals for experiments. It's odd that people care so much about their dogs and wouldn't hurt them while they will buy whatever product looks pretty without caring to check if they are paying for animals (including dogs) to be tortured to test it!


Shirt I bought from RadicalRags.com, along with an assortment of fur leaflets I handed out.

Best Animal Rights Activism Shots of 2007!

Well I figured since it's 2008 now it would be a great idea to post my favourite activism photos of 2007! These are all my photos, btw.


My boyfriend with a sign at an animal cruelty protest in Disbury. We were there to demand that animal cruelty be taken seriously! We wanted a jerk who dragged a dog behind a vehicle to get a decent punishment for his sick act and not a slap on the wrist. He still hasn't been sentenced... http://www.v4a.org/?q=node/217


A pin I ordered from Vegan Essentials . One of my faves!


A wonderful message on a rock!


A leaflet against the wearing of fur, with some information fur wearers probably don't know: they could be wearing dog or cat fur! Although I think wearing the fur of a fox is just as disgusting as wearing fur of a cat, I do know that alot of people are hypocritical cuddlytarians who don't care about a fox because you can't "cuddle" her or "teach her cute tricks".


Me in one of my favourite shirts! I got this shirt from Compassion Over Killing!

I'm going to post a few more tomorrow morning because we have to go to bed now, since my bf has to get up early tomorrow for work! Until then!

BRRRR It's Cold!

Wow it's horribly cold out! I feel really bad for all those stray animals out there. And all those dogs that are left tied up outside by their cruel irresponsible "guardians".

I was so excited I was going to adopt a pair of degus from my friend's animal rescue ( The McDonald Family Animal Rescue ), but unfortunately it is way too cold (the drive is longer than an hour)! So now I might have to wait a few weeks. Oh well, they are safe and warm right now and that's what really matters!

I am definately ready for spring! Where oh where are you?

Peace to All Beings!

It's common to hear the phrase "Peace on Earth" around Christmas time, yet many people celebrate Christmas by hurting and killing sentient beings. What about peace for non-humans? For those who believe in God, why celebrate the birth of Christ by killing God's creatures?
You totally don't need to hurt anyone to enjoy the holidays! There are so many delicious vegan foods to eat. You could fill the table with so many animal-friendly goodies!
I found a nice letter to the editor of a news site I wanted to share, about celebrating the holidays without supporting animal suffering in the process!

Need some vegan recipes for a delicious Christmas dinner? Check out Animal Aid's recipes!
And here are a couple more sites for vegan recipes!:
VegWeb
VeganChef

What about ethical Christmas gifts? Check out Vegan Essentials, there you can find books (including many awesome vegan cookbooks), candles, jewelry, bath products, clothing and accesories, totebags, gifts for companion animals, candies, chocolates and other vegan snack foods, and more!

(If you like this comic check out Dan Piraro's site!)

Please Don't Eat Birds

A new turkey slaughterhouse investigation has been released, brought to you by Mercy For Animals:
http://www.mercyforanimals.org/HOR/

This is so horrific. It made me cry alot and it made me really angry..
I wish everyone who buys dead birds to eat were made to watch this.

On the lighter side, here is a comic about turkeys.

Protest Photos!

Just wanted to share some photos I've taken of two protests I've attended.



The first is a rodeo protest in Edmonton, AB. This one was kind of a scary protest as it seems rodeos attract a large amount of violent people. I can't even begin to describe the horrible things rodeo-goers said to us (one even assaulted a peaceful protester but didn't hurt her, he just threw a handful of ice and snow in her face though!)


For information on rodeo cruelty, please check out RodeoCruelty.com.

This is the sign I made.


































And these photos are for a fur protest held outside West Edmonton Mall. This one got a great response. Lots of smiles, waves, honks and thumbs up.


(Both protests were set up by Voice for Animals, http://www.v4a.org )
















































On March 10th I will be attending a Shrine Circus demo (for info on circus cruelty, visit Circuses.com). I will post the photos when I can!