Links to Our Favourite Sites

Brightside Founder Emma Haswell has investigated Factory Farms in Tasmania in recent years. The findings have resulted in substantial media coverage and in the case of Olivers piggery a successful prosecution of the farmer and company for aggrevated cruelty. Thank you to Diana Simpson for her incredible help. 

TASMANIA ANNOUNCES SOW STALL BAN !!

PLEASE WRITE TO BRYAN GREEN AND THANK HIM.

The Tasmanian Minister for Agriculture  Bryan Green  recently received a recommendation from AWAC( The Animal Welfare Advisory Committee) to ban sow stalls in Tasmania by 2017 and to limit their use to 6 weeks per gestation by 2014. Sow stalls have been banned in the UK for over ten years because they are cruel. Minister Green has announced his decision to go with the   recommendation of AWAC and ban sow stalls (gestation crates) in Tasmania setting a precident for other States of Australia.

bryan.green@parliament.tas.gov.au 

Australia´s largest pig farm Riverlea has 40,000 sows, more  pigs than the whole of Tasmania. Riverlea has said they will phase out sow stalls voluntarily by 2017. They say they can not defend the indefensible

Below are links to some of the footage from our factory farm investigations and the magistrates comments from the piggery prosecution.

Garry Olivers Pig Farm, Longrenong, Winneleagh, Tasmania

This investigation into one of Tasmania´s largest piggeries and suppliers to Woolworths was conducted  by Diana Simpson and Emma Haswell and uncovered horrific cruelty to pigs. The RSPCA were asked to attend. They refused as it was  a weekend  so the police were then called in which resulted in a successful prosecution. The pig farmer and his company were found guilty of aggravated cruelty.

They have subsequently stopped farming pigs.The magistrares comments can be heard at the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpIrB6UOL7s

Shed 1 Pitts Poultry Farm, Oyster Cove, Tasmania

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj9Md8Vho-g&feature=related

Shed 2 Pitts Poultry Farm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL5zqgda6Ac&feature=related

An Eternal Treblinka

The Brightside Mini Documentary directed by film maker Gary Rhodes that has touched so many hearts.

This incredible 15 minute film will change the way you think. Please take time to watch this film at the link below.

The film gives a glimpse into the lives of factory farmed animals and introduces some of Brightside´s many rescued residents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJfmvmWSMtk

Click here to view sow stall footage from CWIF   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QM44d5wgF8&feature=related  

BIKING FOR BRIGHTSIDE- INDIA FURST FUNDRAISER !!!

May 27th - June 10th

Above; India meeting Winston at Brightside.

When asked  to choose a class 8 project, the first thing India Furst thought of was that she wanted to raise money for Brightside. 

Her mum had been talking about Brightside and what we do for animals  and India says she was inspired. She thought a sponsered bike ride would be a way for her to help the animals too.  

She has now  completed her ride from Launceston to Brightside a total of over 240km !! a huge effort....India is tiny !!! We are so proud of her.     She left Launceston on Thursday May 27th and arrived Thursday 10th June.  India raised awareness of the plight of factory farmed animals in our State of Tasmania by having stories on TV news and radio, BTN (A.B.C s Behind the News), newspapers and radio and she raised over $10,000 to help us save animals from suffering !!! 

ONE PERSON CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Check out her site below .

www.bikingforbrightside.weebly.com

Cruelty Free Shopping/Animal Rights Clothing-

The Cruelty Free Shop  ´´The one stop shop for people who care about animals´´ has been voted the number one vegan business two years running. We are grateful to The Cruelty Free Shop for kindly running two fund raising efforts for Brightside that have been very successful and have helped us out enormously ! Check out this great website for all your needs !!  http://www.crueltyfreeshop.com.au/

Choose Cruelty Free has all the info you need  to shop cruelty free. Most products are tested on animals in laboratories using shocking experiments.Many animals are used including dogs, cats, monkeys, mice, rats, rabbits, sheep, pigs. These animals are often referred to as ´products´, not animals.
One animal dies in a laboratory in the USA every second, in Japan every two seconds and in the UK every twelve seconds - BUAV.    www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au 

Vegan Wares For the best looking and most beautifully made shoes, belts and wallets check out this store. If you are in Melbourne its well worth a visit. All made from high tech synthetic micro fibre material which is fully breathable, durable, light weight, supple and easy to maintain.   www.veganwares.com

Animal Rights Stuff is the site to visit for a huge range of animal rights t-shirts and clothing. Mailed promptly to your door ! Heaps of cool designs.  www.animalrightstuff.com

Cafe Press is a great website also with a huge range of Animal Rights T shirts and clothing and they post stuff quickly to your door. Visit them online at www.cafepress.com

Info on how we farm Animals/Animal Rights Links-

Animals Australia is the only national organisation actively exposing animal abuse and promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle. Their experienced campaigners and investigators work tirelessly and intelligently to protect the most vulnerable animals in the country-with unparalleled results.   www.animalsaustralia.org

Animals Australia has launched its new tv advert on pigs farming, check out the link to the advert and watch the mini documentary with Jackie O.  http://www.animalsaustralia.org/tv/factory-farming/ 

Unleashed Check out the forum at Unleashed.org.au find out how you can help animals and join the thousands of students in Australia who want to make a difference !   www.unleashed.org.au

Free Betty is a great website giving you information on Australia´s egg industry and the shocking way we treat chickens in this country.  www.freebetty.com

Save Babe is a just the website the pig industry do not want you to see. They want their dirty little secret to stay just that. Get informed about what you are eating and check out this informative sight. www.savebabe.com 

Peta or People for the ethical Treatment of Animals are the worlds largest animal rights group check out their website.   www.peta.org

Howard Lymon was a fourth generation cattle feedlot owner in the U.S. Check out his website and find out the plain truth from the cattle rancher that won´t eat meat.   www.madcowboy.com

Australia has a thriving racing industry with a shocking secret of sadness, exploitation and suffering. We kill tens of thousands of race horses and greyhounds every year in the name of gambling. Young, beautiful, healthy horses and dogs that just weren´t fast enough or have finished racing and are no longer money earners. Most of these graceful horses end up as pet meat, many are fed to greahounds. The below site shows the terrible secret the horse racing industry hides from us. www.horseracingkills.org

Cruelty Free Recipes and Shopping;

Higher Taste Bakehouse is Australia´s online business producing delicious vegan buscuits and sweets. Higher Taste bases their cooking on compassion;therefore no animal products are used in the making of their unique and really delicious treats... we can vouch for them...they are in our biscuit jars !!! Their buscuits really are cooked to perfection.    http://www.highertastebakehouse.com.au/

www.gentleworld.org is a great website for delicious recipes that are cruelty free ! The link below is to a recipe for mock meat or wheat meat. It is higher in protein than meat and easy to make, you can turn it into mince or slice it and fry it in a sauce of garlic/soy sauce and savoury yeast ..... its great stuff !http://www.gentleworld.org/recipes.html To make the sauce combine in a blender 3 cloves of garlic, 1/4 cup of oil, 2 Tablespoons of Tamari or Soy Sauce if you don´t have Tamari. Fry onion and red camsicum in half the sauce add some chopped tomatoes a little later. Fry Seitan slices in the rest of the sauce adding 4 Tablespoons of savoury yeast (from a health food store) mix it all together fry and serve with rice...... every ones favourite dish !! You will become addicted to it !

www.skinnybitch.net

Online Magazines and other

http://www.abolitionist-online.com

www.veganic.net

www.veganoutreach.org

www.bloogoo.com.au - The Tasmanian based web development company Bloo Goo, they donated this site!