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Veganism in humans is pretty common. If you know any vegans, chances are they are a healthy weight and have less health problems than other people. But did you know that your dog can also benefit from this type of diet?

Yes, it's true - dogs naturally eat a lot of meat in the wild. However, they are omnivores, meaning that they can eat either plants or meat to stay healthy. If you'd like to improve your dog's lifespan and help them feel better overall, then a switch to a vegan diet might be in the cards.

What Makes up a Vegan Dog Diet

A vegan diet needs to be carefully crafted to make sure your dog gets all the nutrients it needs to stay healthy. You'll need to include a variety of plants, fruits, and vegetables, including:


  • Rice
  • Carrots
  • Broccoli
  • Leafy greens
  • Lentils
  • Beans
  • Quinoa


Because a dog needs a lot of protein in their diet, you'll need to make sure that at least one-third of their food intake is high-quality protein sources. For example, soybeans, pinto beans, and lentils are excellent choices for ramping up protein in a meal.

The remaining two-thirds of each meal should be comprised of raw and cooked vegetables, fruits, and whole grains. Just be careful when mixing in fruit with protein, as it can sometimes give your pup an upset stomach.

In particular, your dog also needs two essential amino acids: L-Carnitine and taurine. Sometimes, you won't be able to give your dog these amino acids through veggies alone, so you might have to supplement with pills or powder. Invest in sea vegetable flakes like kelp, which will give them important minerals not found in other foods.

How to Start Your Dog on a Vegan Diet

Now comes the hard part - transitioning your dog away from kibble and onto fresh, veggie-heavy fare. Whatever you do, make sure to transition them slowly. Cutting meat cold turkey out of their diet might give them a belly ache and make them refuse to eat. Instead, slowly start introducing a vegan diet until your dog doesn't realize the switch.

If your dog still doesn't want to eat, you can sweeten things up with a little bit of soy milk, nutritional yeast, or olive oil. They might also like the food better if you heat it up for them.

There are plenty of vegan dog food brands out there for you to choose from, including Vdog, Halo Vegan Dog Food, and Wysong Vegan Dog Food. If you're feeling ambitious, you can also create your own recipe, though this does take a bit more work.

Benefits of a Vegan Diet for Your Dog

There are loads of health benefits when you switch your dog to a vegan diet. Here are just a few of the improvements you might see:

Less bad breath
No more skin issues
Less allergies
No more obesity




Myths About Vegan Dog Diets

Unfortunately, there are a lot of misconceptions out there about how vegan diets affect dogs. In particular, many people think that dogs are carnivores and need meat to survive. This simply isn't true. Dogs and omnivores, just like us humans. In fact, they have the specific gene needed to break down starch from plants, which is one of the many differences that separate them from their meat-eating cousins, wolves.

Many people also think eating vegan decreases a dog's lifespan because they meat as their main protein source. However, many plants can provide the same amounts of protein as meat. In fact, some dogs even live longer with a vegan diet. The world's longest living dog was named Bramble and lived to the ripe age of 27 thanks to a vegan diet from puphood.

What are you waiting for? Switch your dog to a vegan diet today and see the changes in their health for yourself.


Resources

Foods to Avoid Feeding Your Pets

Vegetarian Cats and Dogs

Bramble – 27-year-old vegan Border Collie


Author : Chelsea River / Source : Simple Wag


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Somehow, killing Cecil the Lion, who belongs to an endangered species has become a hot topic of discussion world wide with multiple social media platforms reporting about this inane act by a man who can be best described as 'toothless', ironically also a dentist who has now apparently shut office after the news went viral. Well, its not the first time someone has 'sportingly' killed a wild animal and posed next to their prized trophy, for Fun ? We humans are responsible for the killing of countless animals everyday for food, which some believe is still better than killing them as a sport. The pain an animal goes through is the same whether we kill for food or just for kicks to boost our own egos.


The killing of Cecil the Lion has outraged thousands worldwide, and should sensitize us humans towards other animals we torment continually. Here are some interesting videos about the killing of Cecil the Lion making headlines all over ....





Jimmy Kimmel shares his thoughts on the Minnesota dentist who illegally killed a lion who was a local favorite in Zimbabwe.


A Minnesota dentist, Dr. Walter J Palmer has been identified as the hunter who killed Cecil the Lion, a popular attraction in Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park.


An interesting video from a Vegan about the positive side of this incident ...


Walter James Palmer, an American game hunter reportedly paid US$50,000 to a professional hunter, Theo Bronkhorst, to enable him to kill a lion. Cecil was allegedly lured out of the sanctuary where he was shot and wounded with an arrow. He was allegedly tracked approximately 40 hours later, and then finally shot dead with a rifle. He was then skinned and his head was removed. His tracking collar was missing from the carcass. It has been noted that the initial attempt to kill Cecil was with a crossbow which in some hunting circles, is viewed as requiring more skill and therefore superior to hunting with guns. This has led to accusations that Palmer was "showing off".

Palmer returned to the United States, then issued a statement that he relied on the expertise of his local professional guides to ensure a legal hunt and deeply regretted that his pursuit of an activity he loves and practices responsibly and legally resulted in the taking of this lion.


Killing animals for fun or for food isn't something we humans should be part of in the first place ... If only we understood the karma we accrue by acting unconsciously, unaware of the pain and suffering animals go through to be the "tasty" food on our plate.

Its time we make better choices for the future of this planet and all living beings we share this space with.

~ Mitakuye Oyasin ~


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... Greetings Dear One ...

Trust all has been well on your journey so far, in spite of the occasional topsy turvy rides life has to offer, bringing forth some new lessons for us to glean from. We might have been born and brought up in an environment where we were kept aloof and isolated from the pain and suffering of other animals who are killed to become food on our plates. We might find many reasons to justify why its ok for us humans to kill animals or take part in the consumption of their meat, fooling ourselves to believe that is the way mankind has lived for a long time.

By being part of the problem we are unconsciously intertwining our lives karmically with those of the animals, which are equally as important to the ecosystem as we are. Our continual onslaught on animals and its causative effect is a sign, a wake up call for humanity to change its ways before Earth decides to take out the trash. If we continue this destructive way of being, the spirit of Gaia will have no option left but to cleanse the negativity. Human pain is no different and no special as compared to Animals or other conscious beings who also feel emotions.

The recent Earthquakes in Nepal are a sign of Mother Nature responding to the pain of thousands of animals slaughtered mercilessly to please a Goddess. What we did was displease the Earth Goddess, Gaia, Spirit of Earth.

Here is an article which you might resonate with about why we should avoid killing animals ...

Animal Activist Board

A student asked whether to be on the board of an activist group that saves animals, but sometimes employs violent tactics as a form of protest. Rinpoche gave the following advice.

If you become part of an organization where humans can be killed, then that is more extreme than killing the animals, which is already so bad. Maybe it’s better not to be on the board.


Animal Sacrifice in Nepal [posted July 2011]

Rinpoche gave the following advice to center directors and students regarding animal sacrifice for a Hindu festival in Nepal.

Dear center directors, students and friends,

You might have heard the news about the 500,000 animals that are going to be sacrificed over two days on 24 November (the Gadhimai animal sacrifice festival, which happens every five years in Nepal.)

The Buddha boy wrote to the organizers asking them not to do it, but his request was rejected. It is a big Hindu festival, and now the Buddha boy is thinking to go there and try to stop it. I think unless you have special powers to display, people will not listen. It is a big religion, with not one hundred or one thousand followers, but millions. Now it seems to have become a problem in Nepal, like the problem with shoes and Hindus in Pashupati. Now, probably no matter what the reality is, they will think it is the Buddhists who are making problems.

My observation shows that the Buddha boy won't be able to stop it. Possibly some animal rights organizations might be able to help, but it's not certain. If Western organizations and people like Nobel Peace laureates ask, maybe it could help, but it would need many people.

It came out good to read the Golden Light Sutra one hundred times, so I have asked Kopan gompa to send some monks to read it at the stupa and make strong prayers for the sacrifice not to happen, to dedicate like that, and of course dedicate for world peace.

I would like to request the centers and students to read the Golden Light Sutra and recite the Padmasambhava prayer for removing obstacles and for quick success, for the sacrifice not to happen. This needs to be done quickly as the sacrifice is happening on 24 November.

Please recite any number of the Golden Light Sutra and the Padmasambhava prayer for removing obstacles and for quick success.

With much love and prayers...


The Karma of Killing Animals
[Posted: Jan 2006]
Rinpoche gave the following advice about killing animals.
Animals have feelings. They have the same mind as we have, and also want happiness, like we do. For example, if you suddenly touch them, they are immediately frightened. They get frightened if somebody beats or hits them with a stick. We also get frightened. If somebody throws cold water on our body, suddenly we feel a shock. It is the same for animals. They have the same mind, and it is very important what happens to them.

Even if they can’t speak, can’t express themselves, animals can show their fear through their body. For example, they try to run away. Human beings can talk and complain, and they can bring court cases. Human beings can report things to the police. Human beings can do so much, but animals can’—they can do nothing. They can’t express their suffering. Human beings can talk about their fears. Whether other people accept your suffering or not, at least you can explain it and the other person can hear. Animals can’t, but you can see how they feel from their movements. If someone tries to attack them, they run away. They are afraid, which means they want happiness and not suffering. This is a very important point, that they have the same mind as us. If you kill them, you create the negative karma to be like them. For one hundred thousand lifetimes, you will have the karma to be born as an animal. For many thousands of lifetimes, you will suffer the consequences.

It is said in the teachings that if you kill one animal, because of that karma, you will be killed five hundred times by others. You will suffer in very hot hell realm for one thousand eons. It is also good to ask yourself how it would be if somebody killed you with a knife. How would you feel in that situation? For example, if you put your finger in hot water, can you bear that? You can’t bear it. It’s the same when you kill animals. There is no good result from it. There is no question about that.



Karma of Killing

Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had a pet snake, to whom he fed live mice.

My very dear Martin,

I have something to talk to you about, heart to heart, dealing with the suffering of animals. I heard that you have a pet snake, and that you have to feed the snake with mice. As you love the snake, of course you also have to love the mouse. The mouse is also looking for happiness and doesn't want to suffer. The mouse needs love from you, and wants help from you.

Also, it is mentioned in the teachings of the Buddha about the karma of killing. If you kill one sentient being, then for 500 lifetimes you will be killed by others. This is the result of one negative karma of killing. This is also explained by the fact that karma is expandable. If you plant one Bodhi tree seed the size of the tip of your finger, then from that comes many thousands of branches. All of that comes from one seed. Huge trees all grow from small seeds. So, you can get extremely large results from one small cause. In terms of our inner evolution, the effect is much greater. Not only does one suffer for many lifetimes, but the negative karma of killing obscures the mind. It becomes an obstacle to developing loving kindness and compassion for living beings, to developing the altruistic mind to attain enlightenment in order to liberate sentient beings, and to achieving liberation by removing the gross and subtle obscurations and therefore to achieving enlightenment. Therefore, we can’t do perfect work for sentient beings by freeing them from suffering and bringing them to enlightenment.

All of this comes from negativity such as killing. Because the motivation is non-virtuous, then the action becomes non-virtuous, negative karma. This obscures the mind, and then it is difficult to see the reality, the ultimate nature of the “I,” and the nature of one’s own mind. One is unable to realize this. Without the wisdom realizing that nature, there is no other realization that can illuminate the root of the sufferings of samsara, and the root of delusion and karma, that ignorance of not knowing the nature of the self and mind. Without that wisdom, you can’t cut the root of samsaric suffering, the cause and there is no way to liberate yourself from delusion and karma—no end to samsara. You have to suffer endlessly. Then, you can’t liberate others from samsaric suffering and its cause.

So, if you have to take care of the snake, and the snake doesn’t eat vegetarian food, you have to engage in killing. That is discriminating. You give love to the snake but not to the mouse. They all want happiness and do not want to suffer, and they all want you to give them love. If you let the snake go, it will kill other animals. The solution, either way, is problematic.

The solution is to develop your mind on the path as quickly as possible, to liberate yourself from karma and delusion, enter the Mahayana path, and eliminate the subtle defilements so you have omniscient mind and are able to read all sentient beings’ minds. You are able to see their karma, wishes, characteristics, level of intelligence, and are able to see directly all the methods to help them. You have perfect power, and compassion for all living beings without discrimination. You can do perfect work for all sentient beings. You can liberate them by having all the means, especially bringing them from happiness to happiness, up to full enlightenment. You don’t have to reincarnate again and again in samsara and experience so much suffering of hunger, thirst, hot, and cold. Meditate on the fact that all happiness depends on so many sentient beings. For example, when a house is built, many worms and ants have to be killed. Many hardships are experienced by those beings. Again, for food and clothing, many beings have to be killed. For one plate of rice, so many beings have to be killed. It is the same with our clothes made of silk or animal skins. Many beings have to suffer for our comfort and survival. If you liberate yourself and don’t have to reincarnate, then there is so much relief for sentient beings, so many sentient beings don’t have to suffer. You are liberated from samsara, and you are freeing other beings from having to suffer. By revealing methods, especially by revealing Dharma, you can liberate many beings and bring them to enlightenment.

The conclusion is that we can do practices now to liberate these animals from the realms of suffering. It is the same for hell beings and hungry ghosts. This is the solution, so that they don’t have to suffer for a long time through killing each other. We should focus on this method to liberate these beings as much as possible, so they don’t have to suffer. This is only through practicing Dharma. This is my advice to you.

Probably the best thing is to let the animals go and pray for their higher rebirth. You can do meditation practice to purify negative karma and pray for higher rebirths. You can chant the five powerful mantras and dedicate them to their higher rebirth and to meeting the Dharma. This is one small example of how you can benefit them.

Practice not harming others, and benefiting them as much as one can. You can reveal the wisdom of Dharma and educate other people in this way. This brings peace and happiness to oneself and others. You and others don’t have to be born in the lower realms. Even if they aren’t liberated from suffering and its causes and don’t get enlightened in this lifetime, they can still achieve all the causes enlightenment in the future.

So, please practice compassion for others. From that comes not harming others, and the thought to benefit others. Since you are a good-hearted, good-natured person, this is my humble advice to you.

It is good to know more how to benefit others, how to fully liberate them, how to achieve a good rebirth in your next life, liberation from samsara, and also full enlightenment. You can recite prayers and mantras so that animals can hear them. It would be good, according to my observations, to recite the mantra of Maitreya Buddha. The benefits of reciting this mantra are:

1. You are never born in the lower realms.

2. You will have continuous material and mental prosperity.

3. You will be born as a wheel turning king in future lives for thousands of eons (according to the life of a deva, which is much longer than a human life). A wheel turning king has the most power and wealth in one universe. He is unique in that universe, the only one.

4. You will abide in the 10 virtuous actions.

5. Even if you are not enlightened during Buddha Shakyamuni’s time, you will be born as one of the first disciples at the time of Maitreya Buddha. You will receive a prediction of your enlightenment from Maitreya Buddha. Sooner or later you will achieve enlightenment.

Reciting this mantra would be most beneficial for all beings, not just your snake.

Another mantra to recite is the Stainless Pinnacle mantra. It is extremely powerful and also a great healing mantra. If a fully ordained monk broke his root vows and was destined to go to the lower realms, this mantra would release him from the lower realms.

Buddha Shakymuni told Ananda that anyone who hears the Medicine Buddha mantra would not be born in the lower realms. Reciting it every day frees you from all suffering and brings every benefit, including success in this life, up to enlightenment.

The essence of the Buddha’s 84,000 teachings are the teachings of the Prajñaparamita—this is the heart of the Buddha’s teachings. There are many volumes in the Prajñaparamita, the elaborate version which has 12 volumes, the middle version which has 3 volumes, and the short version which has 80,000 stanzas. The very heart of it is called the Heart of the Wisdom. This is the teaching that Buddha cherishes the most because it is the method to release sentient beings from the suffering of samsara, and its root: ignorance. When you have time it is good to recite the whole prayer. If not, then just recite the mantra.

Also, to help guide you on the foundation of the path to liberation and enlightenment, it is good to read any of the short lam-rim prayers, to plant the seed of the whole path.

Another way to benefit animals is to take them around holy objects, such as statues, stupas, and scriptures, especially those containing relics and mantras. Take your snake around these holy objects as much as you can. Make prayers to achieve bodhicitta for the snake and all sentient beings. Make a prayer to realize emptiness.

“In all my lives, may I never be separated from the victorious one, Lama Tsongkhapa, acting in person as the Mahayana guru,
May I, my family, friends, and all other sentient beings never turn aside, even for an instant,
From the excellent path praised by the victorious ones.”

Pray that the snakes and all beings, when they die, are immediately born in a Pure Land or obtain a precious human rebirth, meet a perfectly qualified Mahayana guru, practice the path, and obtain all realizations. It is good to do this for anyone for whom you want to pray. Then it is excellent to dedicate in the following way:

“Due to the merits of the three times created by me, buddhas, bodhisattvas, and all other sentient beings, wherever I am—whatever universe, world, country, area, or place, just by my being there in that universe, world, country, area, or place, may those beings purify their negative karma and never be born in the evil realms. May this cause them to have faith in refuge and karma, and to generate loving kindness, compassion, and bodhicitta immediately in their hearts, and immediately heal all their sickness and free them from spirit harm. May it cause great bliss in the hearts of those affected by depression, and people suffering from relationship problems. May it fill up their hearts with incredible joy, and all peace and happiness. And may it cause them to have a most meaningful life by actualizing the path. May suffering be pacified, and those needing money find wealth. May they realize that the purpose of their lives is to actualize the path to enlightenment. May those looking for a guru find a most qualified guru and those wanting teachings receive perfect teachings and achieve realizations. May those wishing to do retreat find a place to meditate and achieve all realizations. May they never experience war, disease, torture, poverty, the dangers of fire, water, earthquakes, and all natural disasters. May I become wish-fulfilling for all sentient beings.

May nothing become negative karma, and everything become Dharma. May all beings achieve enlightenment quickly, by actualizing the path.

Due to the merits of the three times created by me, buddhas, bodhisattvas, and all other sentient beings, which exist, but do not exist from their own side, may I, who exists, but does not exist from my own side, achieve Guru Shakymuni Buddha’s enlightenment, which exists, but does not exist from its own side, and lead all sentient beings, who exist, but do not exist from their own side, to enlightenment by myself alone.

Just as the brave Manjushri and Samantabhadra too,
Realized things as they are,
I, too, dedicate all these merits in the best way,
That I may follow their perfect example.

May the teachings spread in all directions and flourish in this world, in my mind and in the minds of all sentient beings.”

By circumambulating animals around holy objects and reciting mantras to them, we help them achieve good rebirths, meet the teachings, achieve liberation and then enlightenment. They can purify every trace of negativity, the seeds and their imprints. They are able to complete all the realizations of love, wisdom, and power, and so do perfect work for others.

You should recite prayers and mantras verbally, aloud, so that they leave positive imprints on their minds, to help them achieve enlightenment—that which is the cessation of all stains of the mind, gross and subtle, and completes all the realizations—the fully perfected state of mind, peerless happiness.

It would be much better to buy meat from a shop for your snake. You could try to disguise it is a mouse, and although the snake still has some karma of killing, it would not be complete. Also, if you give a toy mouse to your snake, he might learn that mice are no longer edible, and maybe he will not want to eat them any more.

I hope you don’t collapse or faint, overwhelmed with all this advice.

With much love and prayer...


Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche


Source : http://www.lamayeshe.com/


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For long, humans have been closely associated with Felines. In Ancient Egypt, Cats have played an important role in shaping their history as we know it, also evident in the depiction of their gods and goddesses in the half human and half feline form. Some of the Egyptian gods also have the Canine form, such as Anubis. It is no coincidence that the Sphinx faces the star Sirius, also known as the "Dog Star". Sirius is in the constellation 'Canis Major' or the 'Big Dog', hence the word 'Canine'.



The Canines and Felines (Felidae and the Canidae) as we know them are both from Sirius A and exist as fully evolved, crystalline light beings, non physical from our perspective. The household versions of these beings we see on Earth are in fact physical formats, genetically engineered by the Sirians to assist humanity in ways we are just beginning to understand as a species.

The Cat's purr falls well within the 20-50 hertz anabolic range, and extends up to 140 hertz and is known to assist in bone growth/fracture healing, muscle and tendon repair, pain relief, swelling reduction, dyspnoea (shortness of breath) and to improve mobility of joints.


There is also an old veterinary saying which states, " If you put a cat and a bunch of broken bones in the same room, the bones will heal."





Cat's purring is often compared to the Dhikr, the rhythmic chanting of the Sufis , which is used in many Islamic hospitals as a healing process.


Being around a cat when one is not feeling too well definitely helps as it hastens the healing process. Lying down next to a purring cat when one has a migraine helps one feel better as the healing frequencies alleviate the symptoms and this has been noted in many families which keep cats as pets. If only we had the sensitivity to understand animals and other lifeforms around us, perhaps we would have been a less aggressive species, more in tune with the natural way of life, living in harmony with other members of the Earth Tribe.

"I have studied many philosophers and many cats. The wisdom of cats is infinitely superior."

- Hippolyte Taine



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Tippi Degre, is truly a 'real wild child' having grown up among untamed animals in the African wilderness. Tippi was born in Namibia to French wildlife photographer parents, Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert. Tippi spent her childhood playing with wild animals including lion cubs, a mongoose, a snake, a cheetah, baby zebra, giraffes and crocodiles.

She also befriended the Bushmen and the Himba tribe people of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries and to speak their language. Tippi later moved with her parents to Madagascar and then to France, where she became a celebrity. A book of her adventures, "Tippi of Africa" was published and translated in several languages. In Paris, Tippi attended a local state school for the first two years, but was then homeschooled because she was found to have little in common with the other children in Paris.

Here is a short trailer from an upcoming documentary film titled, "Tippi : Bridging the Gap to Africa" ...




Here are some pictures of Tippi while she was growing up in Africa along with other older wild animals who seem to be quite comfortable around her ... Some really powerful, thought provoking images which should make us more sensitive towards animals and help us reconnect with our Earth family.









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Being one with the universe for some is more real than just a deeply profound spiritual statement. It is a way of living this life from a place of love and spiritual awareness, where one can see through illusions of separation and the so called hierarchy among other life forms and intelligences that co-inhabit this sacred space we share. Amelia Kinkade is an Animal Communicator who has dedicated her to the welfare of animals. She starred in couple of Horror flicks early on in her life which made her quite popular and well known in the social circuit.

Shortly after her starring role in Night of the Demons Part 1, Amelia discovered her astonishing abilities in being able to enter not only the minds of the wild characters she plays in the movies, but also the minds of wild animals. She went on to create history in the publishing world as well--first by making the controversial world of animal communication main-stream with her books and popular seminars, then by publishing three books on Amazon in one day! Amelia is the author of Straight From the Horse’s Mouth: How to Talk to Animals and Get Answers and The Language of Miracles: A Celebrated Psychic Teaches You to Talk to Animals (RandomHouse and New World Library), Soulmates with Paws, Hooves, and Wings; Aurora's Secret; and The Winged One.

In the following conversation with George Noory on the Coast 2 Coast radio show, Amelia Kinkade shares her experience with animal communication and what she thinks about the importance of awakening to our deep, inherent connection will all there is and will ever ebe ... [ (for some reason i typed 'ebe' instead of 'be', then realized maybe it should be 'ebe', for some funny reason :) ]





Supreme Master TV interviews Amelia Kinkade :



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Have you ever experienced communicating with Animals or Birds ... without having said a word or uttered a sound ? Telepathic communication with other intelligent entities is something we humans too are capable of doing, if only we can get past our limiting, fear based thoughts and perceptions of the external world ...

Anna Breytenbach is one such person who has dedicated her life to what she calls interspecies communication. She sends detailed messages to animals through pictures and thoughts. She then receives messages of remarkable clarity back from the animals.








Anna can feel the scars hidden under a monkeys fur, she can understand the detailed story that is causing a birds trauma, she transforms a deadly snarling leopard into a relaxed content cat - the whole animal kingdom comes alive in a way never seen before - wild birds land on her shoulders, fish gather around her when she swims, and wild unfamiliar baboons lie on her body as if she is one of their own.


Here is another working link, in case the ones above don't work ...




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Earthlings is an award-winning documentary film about the suffering of animals for food, fashion, pets, entertainment and medical research. Considered the most persuasive documentary ever made, Earthlings is nicknamed “the Vegan maker” for its sensitive footage shot at animal shelters, pet stores, puppy mills, factory farms, slaughterhouses, the leather and fur trades, sporting events, circuses and research labs. The film is narrated by Academy Award nominee Joaquin Phoenix and features music by platinum-selling recording artist Moby. Initially ignored by distributors, today Earthlings is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world. “Of all the films I have ever made, this is the one that gets people talking the most,” said Phoenix. “For every one person who sees Earthlings, they will tell three.”


In 1999, writer/producer/director Shaun Monson began work on a series of PSAs (Public Service Announcements) about spaying and neutering pets. The footage he shot at animal shelters around Los Angeles affected him so profoundly that the project soon evolved into EARTHLINGS. The film would take another six years to complete because of the difficulty in obtaining footage within these profitable industries. Though the film was initially ignored by distributors, who told Monson that the film would “never see the light of day and should be swept under the rug,” today EARTHLINGS is considered the definitive animal rights film by organizations around the world.


Nation Earth was established to produce documentary films on socially urgent issues. EARTHLINGS, released in 2005, was the company's first feature film and is the first of a documentary trilogy. The company is currently at work on the second installment, UNITY, which will explore the unifying force of consciousness found in nature, animals and humankind. UNITY is scheduled to be completed in 2009.

For more information please see www.unitythemovie.com.


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