Benloka’s Xmas video appeal – Posted in: Uncategorized

An avid and dedicated supporter of the Ahimsa slaughter-free milk campaign, Benloka has a special message for us: Let’s make this Christmas a season of goodwill for all men…and cows! Click here for Ben’s special video message: http://www.thelotustrust.org/ahimsa-appeal.html

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Everybody hurts – including cows – Posted in: Uncategorized

“Everybody cries and everybody hurts”.  The famous R.E.M. song provided the highly emotional soundtrack to the “Helping Haiti” earthquake appeal.  We naturally empathized with the sufferings of our fellow human beings and responded charitably.  Yet how often do we think about whether our other companions on this planet – the animals – are also suffering; not because of natural disasters like earthquakes, but because of what we as human beings do to them? Many people…

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Animal welfare concerns Britons more than food safety – Posted in: Uncategorized

EU-wide survey shows while cloning and GM foods dismay other countries, here livestock conditions cause the most worry. Britons seem more worried about the welfare of farm animals than health risks from food, an EU-wide survey revealed today. While concerns in the UK over pesticides, pollution, bird flu, BSE, GM foods, food additives and salmonella have all fallen significantly in the last five years, those over the treatment of livestock have risen. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/nov/17/britons-animal-welfare-food-safety The intervening years…

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