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Trottings Story

To lose with grace…

After so many days of retreating, I had grown accustomed to our distant dance. To accepting that her trust would come on her terms, if it were to come at all. But on this day, it felt different. That unspoken void between us seemed to shift.

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Step Carefully

I cannot help but smile at the simplicity of the message Chris has just imparted: how much better the world would be if we all stepped through life a little more carefully.

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Kindness

Your Legacy, Their Future

We all have the power to leave this world better for our being. With Include a Charity Week underway from 2-8 September, we invite you to consider including a contribution in your will to enable us to continue our ground-breaking work on behalf of vulnerable farmed animals.

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Finding Humanity on Platform 21

Don’t always expect the worst from people, because the best of humanity can be found everywhere.

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The Magic of Road Rules

One thing that pretty much unites us all is that we use the road. Sometimes in life, as sometimes in our travels, we need to reverse, back up a bit, correct a mistake, own it and move on.

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Sanctuary News

Win a stay at Edgar's Mission

We’re giving away the ultimate sanctuary retreat at one of our tiny houses. Enter for your chance to win 2-nights overlooking the rolling hills and rescued animals of Edgar’s Mission.

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School Holiday Program

Kindness Club: Inspiring the Next Generation of Animal Advocates

Join us at the sanctuary for our new school holiday program, Kindness Club. This hands-on, interactive experience for children aged 6-12, provides children with the opportunity to engage with the animals and philosophy of Edgar’s Mission.

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The Cost of Kindness

If I have learnt anything during my 60-plus years on this wondrous planet, it is that every day we have the opportunity to be better versions of ourselves. And through the simple act of kindness we have this opportunity…

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Life lessons from an almost dead tree

“Darn,” I cursed. The tree had died, for we had forgotten to dutifully nurture it. I feverishly raced to get a bucket of water. Dousing the parched earth that supported the resolute death stick, a part of me knew my efforts were in vain. But just like that dead stick, I refused to concede it was all over.

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Tribute

Everybody Hurts

Earlier this month, with the heaviest of hearts we said goodbye to Bubba Pig. Here we pay tribute to a pig who loved his Mumma so much that he decided a life without her, was no life at all.

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Trottings Story

Taken

On a recent rehoming I was taken down some dusty tracks; they wound this way and that, and as they did, my mind wandered with them. I was struck by the raw beauty that daily abounds as Louis Armstrong belted out “What a wonderful world” in my head.

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Walk a mile

“I think you need another pair of shoes,” someone commented as they looked down and saw the cable tie strapped firmly around my left runner. “No, no,” I replied, “It’s got a few more miles in it yet.” And I smiled.

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