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Eden 2014…rescuing farmed animals, making vegans, fostering strong activists
Eden After Dawn, photo Clara Mozes As we enter a new year it is a time for reflection on what has happened and is over in 2014. At Eden we have had a mixed bag of sorrow and joy, success and failure....
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The Residents, Winter 2015: Alice
Figure 1 Aoife, Saoirse, Justin & Niamh As I write Eden is white with snow. We are lucky to have dedicated, hard working volunteers, like John and Charlotte, who came to help care for the...
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Lady Molly (2007-2015)
Love: A film for Molly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-rLIk4iW_0 Lady Molly’s history is a secret to us. I often wonder where she came from, who her mother was, and if she had a chance to love her...
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Moments in Time: Spring 2015
It is always worth pausing to think about the moments in time that make up the lives of Eden’s residents. Here is a snapshot of early spring 2015. Figure 1 Claudia It has been a long, cold winter for...
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Yoshoda & Krishna arrive at Eden
‘She was for the [meat] factory but when I was scanning the ewes she ran into the scanner with the rest of them and she was marked as with twins. I wouldn’t kill her when she was in lamb.’ Farmer of...
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Long Time: Roisin Mooney’s Art Exhibition
“The cycle ends here. What is theirs is returned to them. Irreversibly shaped for a long time they cast shadows whose sources can’t be found. They devour it. Working toward their end. “From Context...
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Moments in Time: Late Spring
Figure 1 Holly & Ben Life has got busier and more exciting as spring progresses into early summer. Here is a snapshot of the residents’ lives at this moment in time. Alice All we wished for Alice...
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A Blessing for Sadbh
Sadbh’s (pronounced Sive) arrival at Eden was unexpected and unplanned. Her presence is nonetheless welcome. Every resident arrives to teach us something about the minds and lives of other animals....
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Eggs: The Price They Pay
Eggs: the price they pay The myth of humane eggs May is International Respect for Chickens Month, an annual project launched by Karen Davis of United Poultry Concerns to celebrate chickens and the...
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Willow & Sadbh: A Sacred Bond
Mothering for a Child’s Future The attachment between a mother and her new born child sets the template for that child’s future. Motivated to prevent and ease her child’s distress and to enhance the...
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Giving (Vegan) Sanctuary to Goat People
Figure 1 RIchard & Frank Sanctuary managers need to be very careful that they do not, inadvertently, allow their sanctuaries become repositories for irresponsible small holders or back yard animal...
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Vacancy for Sanctuary Assistant
Experience with farmed animals, including large farmed animals such as sheep and goats is essential, as is the ability to engage in construction work such as fencing and building and repair of...
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Alice
Figure 1 Alice with intern Sophie Cowen, July 2015 The EU banned the use of barren battery cages in the egg industry and replaced them with equally atrocious ‘enriched’ battery cages on 1st January...
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Vegan Advocacy at Eden
Figure 1 Yoshoda, rescued from slaughter, Spring 2015 How to advocate on behalf of other animals is a topic that is discussed at length in the animal rights community. Some people suggest that we...
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The Killing Fields
80 acres of NAMA lands in West Dublin are called The Killing Fields. They are used to hold and torture cats, dogs, horses and goats. Many are starved, and viciously beaten until their bones break. They...
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Vegan Bus Ad Campaign
Eden Farmed Animal Sanctuary & Matilda’s Promise, Animal Rights & Vegan Education Centre, have launched a Public Advertising Campaign on transport and street signage throughout Ireland. As far...
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Vegan Advertising Campaign: Part II
The second half of Eden’s Vegan Public Adverting campaign rolls out this week. This campaign is focused on three issues: 1) dairy 2) eggs 3) sentience & abolition. This campaign aims to give a...
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Caoimhe
Before I knew You Before I knew her, I would have had her harmed and killed without a thought. I would have paid for her to be separated from her mother, heedless of her fear and loneliness, and of...
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Grace
Grace, Emily & Charlotte We recently had the opportunity to welcome some baby pigs to Eden. Destined to be sent to slaughter, or worse, used for breeding, Grace, Emily & Charlotte were given...
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Annie
Photo Chris Copeland Eden was in need of some uplifting news following the deaths of Grace and Caoimhe. Good news came in the person of Annie. Photo Chris Copeland Stolen from her mother and...
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