Rebel Rebel, you’ve torn your dress Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess Rebel Rebel, how could they know? Rebel Rebel, I love you so She was named after a David Bowie song because that’s exactly who she is, she is a complete Rebel. When there’s a chicken on the wrong side of the fence…
Righty – leader, father and protector. That’s our Righty. Righty arrived in August 2011. He came from a sheep farmer on the outskirts of town. He was heard talking in the pub about two wethers he was going to take to the sales the next day because they were “useless”. A hand was put up,…
At 12.30pm on January 30th, 2015 I received a phone call. The caller was upset, she said “This place is disgusting Tam. There’s swarms of flies everywhere. There’s pig skeletons. It’s horrific”. I hung up with a heavy heart with images of intensive piggeries I’d visited in the past in my mind. Ten minutes later…
The beauty of animals captivates me. Their truth, instinct and innocence grounds me. All I ever wanted to do was to be surrounded by animals, they tell you exactly who they are through their eyes and their behaviour. Humans create so much pain for so many animals and without a voice they can’t tell their…
Her desperate plea for help. There she stood, in that bare paddock at the back of the abattoir. She had no food. She was starving. She hadn’t been milked for some time and her udder was full and painful. As soon as she saw us, she mustered up all the strength she had left and…