Blog - Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary

When we challenge traditions and consider animals’ needs, we gain new insight and understanding. We open our hearts to kindness and change.

I see a call for defiance from gentle Ballerina as he struts by. His one coloured feather inspires us to stand up against the mutilation and fattening of turkeys for our plates.

My hand gently strokes her face, knowing that for the first time she is finding out what kindness feels like. When we give and receive kindness, we truly thrive.

Humans are hardwired for kindness, at its strongest when an innocent babe needs our care. And this ‘love hormone’ isn’t just a response to human babies.

Are you a critical thinker in control of your life or do you find yourself reluctantly jumping on the bandwagon?

A taste for cheap pork imprisons pigs in barren sheds with concrete floors and metal bars. A far cry from their happy place rooting for titbits and bathing in mud.

When bushfires ravaged Australia, Jimmy lost his soulmate Katy. His heart-wrenching grief touched the world, showing how much pigs need companionship denied to them every day on factory farms.

Farmed animals have similar levels of sentience to pets. So, why is an intensive dairy that will deprive sheep of grazing with their flock and nurturing their lambs on the cards?