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Our Compass is a vegan abolitionist community focused on nonhuman animals, the harm and suffering inflicted on them due to human exploitation and speciesism, and the necessity of veganism as the only meaningful and humane response to support animals and their liberation from humans.
You cannot claim to be supportive of “the humane treatment of” and “the welfare of” animals if you use them in any manner: consumption, testing, entertainment, skin/fur, vivisection, etc. The moment you try to define how you use animals as “humane” or “ethical” or “high welfare” is the moment you’re just euphemizing to provide yourself and other humans comfort causing animal suffering.
With respect to non-human animals, there is nothing more humane than NOT exploiting them.
Non-human animals do not benefit from human-caused exploitation and forced violent death.
Their bodies do not belong to you.
Our Compass is a non-violent group for vegans and future vegans. Although veganism is about ONLY nonhuman animals, we also embrace equality towards human animals and reject homophobia, transphobia, racism, patriarchy, and sexism.
Please let us know if you have suggestions, comments, or questions (no honest inquiry or effort will be dismissed) or if you would like an alert or essay published: stacey@our-compass.org or via our Contact Us form.
I’m going to link a couple previous articles here that establish the suffering animals are required to endure in each “phase” of “animal agriculture” as documented via recent exposes and, predominately, industry data from the USDA; I’m sharing them again here due to the fact that “anag” is responsible for the incalculable suffering of TRILLIONS of animals violently killed each year for “food”, either directly consumed, or during the “process”, such as those killed for AI or those who are killed as infants outside a slaughterhouse.
You don’t kill and consume animals because you honestly believe that NOT killing and NOT consuming animals is INhumane or UNethical, correct?
Why cause animal suffering that you can easily NOT?
One of These Things Is Not Like the Other
And on a personal note to the antivegans: your big lies, deception, manipulation, dirty games, fake degrees, gaslighting, profitable tricks, and indifference to the suffering you effortlessly inflict on othesr: I don’t believe in karma, I always think, “What did animals do to deserve the relentless suffering and terror and violence they’re required to experience?”
But I can pose that someday, someone you respect or care about, will ask you, “WHY?” And you won’t be able to adequately justify your actions and why you were never held accountable for the cruelties you forced othesr to endure for years and years. May you be emotionally crushed with remorse and regret.
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We have added a VEGAN GUIDES section, which includes full-length, free guides to veganism, shopping, nutrition, cruelty-free products, etc. These are collected from various sources and are given openly for use; we hope you take advantage of the online versions due to environmental purposes, but should you need a hard copy, you will find associated links to request such. Please also note that throughout the site are icons that lead to various sites for these options as well.
Many other sections also include PDF resources illustrating a variety of important issues and providing information, facts, and advice. These are all available for sharing, copying, taking.
If you have PDF files that would be relevant, please let us know, we are very happy to provide them in completion online (such as those listed in the Vegan Guides section) or as part of our central PDF file distribution area.
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Wonderful!! We can’t have enough of this…until all cages are empty and all live free from exploitation and harm.
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Hello
I would like to bring yet another issue to your tables, so to speak. I am one of the Directors for a new group, National Urban Wildlife Coalition (NUWC). Our mission is to unite all wildlife enthusiasts and animal groups to combat what we have been helpless observers of.
Our wildlife management system is broken and corrupt. It has evolved into a hunting business, with states competing against each other for federal tax payer funds ENTIRELY hinged on selling more hunting licenses, recruiting our kids to hunt, and arranging hunting seasons to ensure a bumper crop of game animals each year.
Meanwhile, our society still thinks “we need hunting to save animals from starving to death”. We believe the maligning of animals to be nothing more than “disease ridden nuisances” – so that we will look away from these animals being trapped and used as live bait to train dogs to shred them alive.
Our government agencies (with ranchers deep in their pockets) kill hundreds of thousands of animals all year long in the name of crop protection. Their “predator management program” is against the very core of natural wildlife management.
Until the Pittman-Robertson Wildnerness Act (the gun tax program) is repealed, this will never change. Our wildlife will continue to be exploited, non-sporting enthusiasts will be ignored as “radical anti’s”, and citizens who deserve some of the $300+ million gun tax will be ignored as well. Hunters are 4% of our population. This monopolized management must change.
http://www.examiner.com/x-41663-Urban-Wildlife-Examiner~y2010m7d14-Wildlife-Conservation-has-an-agenda–our-taxes-ensure-unsound-management
In a few weeks NUWC site will go live at USwildlife.us There is now a Facebook page for the group.
We will pursue this goal with all we have, we intend to lobby and seek production of a documentary and/or TV commercials – we will not give up. But we need awareness. I hope you will help in any way you can.
Thank you.
Katherine McGill
561-262-8100
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Hi, nice to meet you !
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Thanks for creating this blog. We need blogs like this a lot.
I have received your email and I am working on my “new job”!
I will keep in touch!
😀
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You are amazingly brilliant! Thank you so much, I know you must be incredibly busy, whenever you have a convenient moment. In the meantime, I’ll stalk your blog and all the cool tricks you have! 🙂
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“The assumption that what currently exists must necessarily exist is the acid that corrodes visionary thinking.” – Murray Bookchin
Keep it up!
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Who are you?
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That pretty much explains who we are. Unless you mean names? There are a lot of us, I am Stacey.
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I would just like to say thank you for all the work you do here keeping he rest of us informed on important issues concerning the welfare of animals…..
Also adding this is done in an orthodox manner without all the threats, bashing and such….although I do join in those tactics and do not oppose them whatsoever, at the same time I feel this manner of fighting animal cruelty shown here, is as much needed as any other…
We all need to fight what ever way we can….
This creates a diversity of armies, therefore hitting “all” targets….
Thank you & Keep up the great work. !!!
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Would it be possible to include our Petition currently on Change.org under your FUR/SKIN section.
I am the Founder of Protection 4 Animals where we rent land and buildings so we can take in all Animals that, where it appears we are there last chance. My wife and myself are non funded, receive no donations and look after the Animals ourselves.
With enough support gathered from Social Media such as Compass, Change.org, Our Blog, Twitter and FaceBook our hope that within a year we can register as a charity, raise funds, receive donations and work at this full time and help more Animals. Our Policy is once we take an Anima in, it has a home for life and lives out it’s natural life safe and loved.
Please support Protection 4 Animals on Change.org by clicking: http://www.change.org/protection_4_animals
By clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-raccoon-dogs-being-skinned-alive-in-china-for-fake-ugg-boots-suffering-slow-sickening-horrendous-deaths will take you to me, and if we have not already done so, become friends or send a message.
In the mean we would be very grateful for your kind support by signing our petition President of China: Stop Raccoon Dogs Being Skinned Alive in China for Fake Ugg Boots it would really be appreciated.
You can also read more information on the background of this petition Raccoon Dogs Skinned Alive for fake Ugg Boots and other articles on our blog http://protection4animals.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/raccoon-dogs-skinned-alive-in-china
We can now also be found on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Protection-4-Animals/209786769090038?sk=wall
You can follow Protection 4 Animals Twitter @P4Animals
Protection 4 Animals recently started Stop Fur Trade which can be found on twitter @StopFurTrade and on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/StopFurTrade-Protection-4-Animals/294957717181999?sk=wall – early days yet!
Best wishes and thanks again,
Mike
Mícheál Caomhánach
Protection 4 Animals
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Hi there! I have nominated you for the Shine On Blog Award. Do with it what you will. http://girrlearth.com/2013/05/13/receiving-and-giving-the-shine-on-blog-award/
-Best,
Girl for Animal Liberation
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Awesome! Thank you so much, Girl for Animal Liberation, I am honored! 🙂
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my pleasure!
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Could I stay here forever?
You are remarkable.
Am in awe of the work you are doing.
Thank you from the depths of my heart~
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Please stay forever! The thought is mutual, thank you for all you do!
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I am only one, wish that I could, be more, do more, but alas there is only me~
And one is not enough, the animals need a village to protect them~
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I know we all wish we could do more, we need a universe! But maybe this story will help:
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,
“Well, I made a difference to that one!”
The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved. – adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley
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OMG, you are so right.
The next time I feel depressed because nothing seems to be changing, I will remember this story.
I do know this, 3 short months ago when I began my Blog on Word Press, I felt so alone with a small, completely ignored Blog on Google.
I was convinced that no one cared about all of the terrible things that were being done to animals globally.
Now, with a small army of over 400 responsive, caring followers and closing in on 8,000 hits I feel a bit empowered.
They are out there, I just needed to find them~
Thank you Stacy.
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Congratulations, I have just nominated you for the Inner Peace Award.
There are no requirements, only that you pass this blessing on to other Bloggers like yourself, who pursue and promote peace~
For more about this, please come look here:
http://walkingwiththealligators.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/my-last-award-for-now/
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Hey Stacey! I think you’re one inspirational chica, so I nominated you for The Most Inspirational Blogger Award. I know life is busy, so accept it only if you want to. Even if you don’t accept, you deserve it girlfriend! Here’s the link: http://honkifyourevegan.com/2013/08/23/i-hit-the-jackpot/
Have a great weekend! Celeste 🙂
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Hello! Congratulations, I have nominated you for the Shine on Award for blogging. Please go to the site listed below. You need to tell some things (about 7) about yourself, and nominate 7 or more bloggers and notify them of the rules and that you have nominated them. Shine On! Let me know if you have questions. http://veganlynx.wordpress.com/2013/08/25/shine-on-award/
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Congratulations!
I have nominated your blog for the Awesome Blog Content Award.
More about this nomination is at http://telania.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/awesome-blog-content-award/
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Hi there. I have nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award. Please visit this link: http://animalmikelane.com/2013/10/16/the-versatile-blogger-award/. Congratulations and thank you for inspiring me with your blog! (Lol, I guess you’re used to this sort of thing.)
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Awesome, thank you so much, Michael! (And I never could never get tired of such!) Thanks for your support and for visiting.
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I have nominated you for an award. If you do not accept wards – no problem. Simply interpret this as my admiration for your tireless work and sharing your wonderful posts with us all. ~ Amelia 🙂 http://mungaiandthegoaconstrictor.me/2013/12/16/thanks-for-the-nominations/
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Hello,
It is my honor and privilege to nominate your blog for the Awesome Blog Content Award. If you already have the award, please excuse my mistake and accept the nomination as a sincere statement of my appreciation for your excellent work.
I posted the requirements for the award on my website: http://garryrogers.com. They are in the second post on my home page.
Garry
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Thank you so much, Garry! I am truly honored, 🙂
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You certainly deserve the award Stacey.
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Aw, thanks so much, Garry!
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Dear Stacey, I have nominated your blog for an award, I would love for you to accept but please don’t feel obliged. Your friend ~ Carina http://telania.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/thanks-for-the-nomination/
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Thank you so much, that means a lot to me! You are so sweet and I greatly appreciate your support and contributions. All the best to you, Carina! 🙂
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Thank you Stacey! I wanted to acknowledge your blog since the topics you write about are dear to me. Have a great weekend!! 😀
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Link exchange is nothing else but it is just placing the other person’s webpage link on your page at proper
place and other person will also do similar in favor of you.
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Netter Text. Ähnlich schön, wie das Spielen selbst.
So verschrieen das Zocken auch sei, so ist experimentell bewiesen worden,
dass Gaming, ein dem Alter des Spielers angemessenes Spiel vorausgesetzt,
förderlich für das Reaktionsvermögen sein kann.
Beim Spielen lernt der Gamer ohne Stress schnell zu
Reagieren und seine Prioritäten neu zu ändern. Die
meisten Computerspiele vermitteln darüber hinaus
noch Basiswissen über Wirtschaftlichkeit und fördern die
kognitiven Fähigkeiten des Gamers. Auch die verrissenen Multiplayer Games können doch
in vielen Fällen den falsch vermittelten Effekt
des Abdriftens in eine falsche Realität} aufhalten. Der Spieler kann zwar schon einigen wenigen verkommenen Subjekten begegnen, doch findet der Spieler nur zu oft
genau in seinem Lieblingsspiel Gleichgesinnte.
Kurz und Knapp: das Spielen ist das Beste überhaupt!
Ungeachtet des Spiels und auch ob PC,Konsole,Handy,etc. .
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Hi, I was wondering if you might like to check out my other vegan blog/homepage: http://umrion.net/gardens/. I don’t blog as often there as on Vegan Lynx, but it’s mostly proper blog posts, instead of links.
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Great! Thank you!
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🙂
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