Back off!!

So I got this comment on my blog which I did not allow because I thought it was way to trashy for these pages.
It’s strange how when people eat meat nobody at the table starts bitching and moaning because of the fact that that person eats meat, yet if you do not eat meat people always have negative comments to make, like –

It’s not healthy being vegan or vegetarian.

They try and con you by saying what about this point of view and so on and so forth…like arguing against your beliefs
Just some F.Y.I – I really don’t care what ignorant comment you are about to make, but either way, keep your uneducated point of view to yourself because no matter what people say, I’m still going to munch my veggies

A lot of the time people comment on the fact that my dog eats meat (another ignorant comment on what my dog does I should to…pish )

Well I did put my doggie on a vegan diet but she didn’t like it, she was a good sport and tried her best but it just wasn’t for her…there are many doggie diets that owners put their pets on but for my Blossom, she wasn’t interested – so I try my best to buy doggie food that isn’t tested on animal – ( no doggies don’t munch some food in the test station and say that they do or do not like the flavour, it’s a hell of a lot worse than that…)

But I do try my best and always give her vegan soy snacks, like a vegan sausage which she loves….
It’s not about what you don’t do but what you do.
If you recycle plastic and paper but not cans and food scraps then are you still a recycler – ofcourse!! Trying a lil is better than not trying at all
Any who guys, I’m off
Kindness and Hope

Kelly-Leigh

One itsy bitsy thing...please.

Urgh


I don’t know if I have ever told you that I get e-mails constantly from Fur Free South Africa…

Well they have recently come out with a new campaign – “Fur is Red”

It’s pretty gory but at the end of the day people need to face the facts…

You know I always get asked, ( being a vegan animal activist and all ) if I crave meat and cheese etc

You know to be frankly honest – YES ….I bet you didn’t want to hear that from me but it’s true, I do miss prawns with buttered garlic sauce or shrimp cocktail, a nice piece of medium rare meat from Spur or even some KFC chicken pops and boy oh boy I miss cheese so much!! Blue cheese, parmesan, chedder…Lindt chocolate or even as simple as yummy yogurt or a McFlurry from McDonalds.

I do really miss all of these things, but at the end of the day, all I miss is the taste…that’s it, just the taste.

If I had to think about what I am eating and where it came from and also what industry is providing it for me then things get complicated. I can’t think after years and years of not eating these things that I can put anything in my mouth that has a face. Really, I even get sick from watching the circle of life in action on the national geographic channel.

I started off being vegetarian, cause my theory was that I didn’t think that people shouldn’t eat meat I just didn’t believe in people over populating and creating such a huge demand that we have to mass produce animals in order to support our eating habits, plus we were ruining the earth in the process…so I stayed clear of all of it. Years later I found out what happens in the milk and egg industry, so I automatically cut that out….believe me it’s been really hard, but you learn and grow so it’s eventually worth it.

A struggle, yes, a test of my conscience, sure, but direly difficult….NO.

I even cut out all the products I use that are tested on animals, that was tough too, finding a decent razor was a mission…but where there is a will there is a way.

Plus I’ve even been warned by doctors that I need to eat fish…I’ve got bi-polar so they are very pushy on there omega oils and fish oil is the best so they try their best to push for me to eat meet as it will help make me less depressive….don’t get me wrong, I don’t walk around depro, it just helps if I become like that.

But I’ve stood my ground; hopefully it doesn’t bite me in the butt in the long run!

So the reason for this post…

You don’t have to go crazy like me and jump into the deep, you can cut out eating meat on one day…if every person cut out meat for one day of the week there already would be a huge difference! (just like meat free Mondays by Fry’s )

Or even if you change your shampoo to one that is not tested on animals.

All of these things help.

So my question and plead to you is this –

Change one thing in your lifestyle that you do now that will benefit someone other then yourself, someone you have never met, someone who doesn’t have a voice, someone who you can not only change but save a life.



One thing is how I started, and it is that one things that drives me everyday.

One thing.


Kindness and Hope

Kelly-Leigh

Blossom my lil Chihuahua :)

So I haven’t written in forever, mainly because there hasn’t been any good info on animal rights recently, just a huge hype about the seal hunt in Canada and Namibia, plus I’ve been super busy, life wise.

Candice Bender one of our fellow colleagues in Spread the Word, has now officially left SA and is currently in London….wow, how I wish to travel again…She’s definitely sparked something in me…

So basically this post won’t be about anything urgent or of much importance, it’s just a quick update of a hello.

It’s getting chilly these days, so I’ve wrapped my lil Blossom (my Chihuahua) in a cute pink playboy jersey…I must admit I do like to dress her up, she loves it because people give her so much attention when she’s in her lil outfits…although when it comes to winter and her jersey, she’s a very happy bunny cause she can keep all warm, she loves it.


Chihuahua’s are generally lovers of the sun, she sits outside in the sun all day long, so when it comes to winter and the warmth a welcoming jersey is defiantly up her street, she’s actuall’y quite spoilt, I even put her blanket over the heater for a few minutes before I go to sleep so that she can snuggle up all nice and warm, plus she sleeps inside, on the couch! I insist on that. She doesn’t like those cute dog beds that you get she love a continental pillow and since it’s a pillow and not a bed, I refuse to let her sleep on the cold floor, it’s a bit of a mission because I’m always cleaning the couch just to be on the safe side that there is no hairs.

Plus yesterday I gave her a candle lit, bubbled doggie bath…like I said SPOILT….
I just love her a lot so I feel a lil bit of spoils, is ok.
I haven’t heard to much in the animal world but I am listening out so if I hear anything, I’ll let you know.

So basically to cut this short, this is all about my lil chihuahua Blossom and to let you know that their breed is not yappy and not aggressive and that all they need is lil spoils.
 
Kindness and Hope
 
Kelly-Leigh
 
P.S. Keep EVERYONE in your family warm this winter ;)