These individuals are all grown up now. Safe, secure and loved to bits. #tbt #donteatanimals
Oct 23
These individuals are all grown up now. Safe, secure and loved to bits. #tbt #donteatanimals
I find this one photo of my pal Molly incredibly moving. We strive hard here to enable ...
Oct 22
I find this one photo of my pal Molly incredibly moving. We strive hard here to enable people to see animals in the same light as we do. When I look into an animal’s eyes I see a soul, an individual that wants to live, love and enjoy life. Someone that feels pain, sadness, joy and simply wants to live life without the threat of abuse, pain, slaughter. I hope you see it too. Make the connection. Debbie #govegan #friendsnotfood
The soundtrack of the sanctuary. 🎶🎶 Bubbles has the marketable talent of making each mouthful ...
Oct 21
The soundtrack of the sanctuary. 🎶🎶 Bubbles has the marketable talent of making each mouthful taste amazing. With Rebel the persistent hen.💗
Did you know
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🐴 A sire or dam that produces winners on the track become extremely ...
Oct 21
Did you know
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🐴 A sire or dam that produces winners on the track become extremely valuable, making breeding more lucrative than racing itself. For instance, Australia's leading stallion demands as high as $330,000 per serve, serving up to 190 mares in a season. These animals are bred into existence with no consideration for what will become of them should they never see a racetrack (and thousands never will).
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🐴 A broodmare will be pregnant for more than 90% of her life. Breeding horses are often killed when they are discarded to prevent breeding by future owners.
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🐴 Most yearlings sell for tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars. As a result, the pressure to make a winner is huge. Trainers will do almost anything to give their horse the advantage. Stimulants give the horse a temporary boost of energy and although illegal, pain relief is administered to mask pain and enable them to race a little longer, inevitably resulting in further injury and their eventual death.
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🐴 The physical exertion of the races often leads to an Exercise-Induced Pulmonary Haemorrhage (bleeding into the lungs and windpipe).
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🐴 When a racehorse suffers a broken leg or shattered shoulder during a race, repair and recovery is difficult, if not impossible. The costs involved to restore a racehorse to full fitness is expensive, and not a guarantee. As a result, it is usually deemed uneconomic to proceed and the horse is destroyed.
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🐴 The average life span of a horse is 25-30 years. The average career of a racehorse is 3 years, with only a few that retire peacefully. The reality is, the number of horses exiting the industry far outweigh the number of good homes available.
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🐴 The fate of racehorses after their career is over is one of the industry's dirtiest and best kept secrets. Many are sent to sales yards and purchased for as little as $150 for their meat.
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Commercial horseracing is a ruthless industry motivated by financial gain, operating beneath a facade of glamour and prestige. Say Nup to the Cup
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When you know better, you have a responsibility to do better.
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Even mama goats struggle from time to time with getting the kids under control.
Self-care ...
Oct 20
Even mama goats struggle from time to time with getting the kids under control.
Self-care is important though, and Shirley knows how to prioritise 💁♀️
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#manicmonday #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #goatfamily #govegan #bethechange #bekind #crueltyfree #kidswillbekids #wpf #animallovers #animalfriends #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds #goat #shearingseason #freshlyshorn
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👈 Before and After👈
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Seamus the blind sheep gets shorn and ...
Oct 18
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👈 Before and After👈
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Seamus the blind sheep gets shorn and feels sensational 🧚♂️
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WPF sheep crew had their annual hair cut yesterday. Once released from the shearer, they kick up their heels with joy, free from the weight and heat of their wool. We recycle the wool by placing it in the bush for wildlife to use. Everyone is happy
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #lovealamb #shearingseason #shornsheep #animallovers #animalrescue #veganSanctuary #vegan #govegan #bethechange #bekind #seamus
Throw back to the arrival of the WPF Duck Crew. From factory farm floor to sanctuary, they would ...
Oct 17
Throw back to the arrival of the WPF Duck Crew. From factory farm floor to sanctuary, they would have been slaughtered at just 7 weeks of age.. Just babies.
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Although ducks are aquatic animals, there is no legal requirement for ducks to have any water to swim or preen themselves in.
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Their naturally weak joints are exacerbated by the fact they are bred to become very large in a short period of time.
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Without water to take the weight off their joints, they will suffer frequent lameness and broken bones while living on a dark, crowded floor in their own excrement.
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Their delicate feet often suffer painful wounds and abrasions, leaving them highly susceptible to infection and disease.
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Most ducklings will start their life in 'hatcheries' and will never meet their mother. Newborns who appear too weak or unhealthy are thrown into giant metal macerating machines and ground up alive. This is common practice.
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These bossy, quirky, funny and chatty beings would have been reduced to a cheap meal. These are the lucky ones. Millions of others will not be shown mercy, will never touch water, and will never know kindness.
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Are you outraged yet?
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When we know better, we have a responsibility to do better.
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #throwbackthursday #animallovers #duck #pekingduck #duckfriend #voiceforthevoiceless #bekindtoallkinds #vegan #bethechange #meatfree #meatlessmonday #throwbackthursday
Needed! A PR genius willing to support a great animal cause. We need your expertise to promote our ...
Oct 16
Needed! A PR genius willing to support a great animal cause. We need your expertise to promote our upcoming "I Am Someone" photographic exhibition in mid-Nov at Bondi. Importantly, the exhibition provides a great platform to leverage a plethora of media topics - the plight of farmed animals, animal agriculture and the fast accelerating vegan movement worldwide. We’d love to hear from you. Please DM us.🙏🏼
Elvis, his mother and sister were abandoned at a property and left to wander the streets for weeks. ...
Oct 16
Elvis, his mother and sister were abandoned at a property and left to wander the streets for weeks. Luckily, they were rescued by good samaritans, we were contacted and agreed to take them in. So many people are unaware of the farmed animals that enter the shelter systems, many end up being auctioned off/sent to slaughter because there are not enough outlets and safe houses for them. Elvis is the most confident of the three. Loving his quiff.💗
That one friend in your life who is effortlessly beautiful.
Dougal 💜
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Oct 15
That one friend in your life who is effortlessly beautiful.
Dougal 💜
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary
Day 608 in Sanctuary conditions. The keeper of the treats is withholding further snacks after I ...
Oct 15
Day 608 in Sanctuary conditions. The keeper of the treats is withholding further snacks after I heisted several apples and half a pumpkin from the front porch. I lay here now, hoping the treat-keepers aren't in cahoots and the other may take pity on my fragile state.
Bubbles xoxo
#thediaryofbubbles #pigsofinstagram #pigslife #animallovers #animalrescue #animalfamily #veganSanctuary #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary
When we allow ourselves to connect with a farmed animal, we begin to ask questions:
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Oct 14
When we allow ourselves to connect with a farmed animal, we begin to ask questions:
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🐷 Why is a pig considered food, but a dog is not?
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🐮 Why is drinking cows milk considered acceptable and normal, but the thought of drinking cat milk is bizzare and confusing?
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🐑 Why are sheep routinely and legally castrated without pain relief, but a domestic pet is afforded sedation and specialised care?
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🐓 Why is one deserving of love, respect and care, but not the other?
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Our Open Days allow people to connect with animals that are largely considered as food or commodities. Visitors learn about the animals and their stories of rescue and rehabilitation, and sadly, the millions of others that are still trapped in the industries that create them and will not find a way to Sanctuary.
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The seeds of compassion planted at Open Days encourage visitors to ask more questions, challenge the norm and as a result, demand a better world for the animals, for the environment and for our own health beyond the gates of the Sanctuary.
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Thank you to our incredible community that attended yesterday's event and supported the Sanctuary. We could not do what we do without you. To @miandtea_ for feeding a hungry crowd and proving that plant-based meat is the future - THANK YOU 💞
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WPF Crew 🐷
People connecting with farmed animals is the heartbeat of the sanctuary. Thank you to all who came ...
Oct 13
People connecting with farmed animals is the heartbeat of the sanctuary. Thank you to all who came to our open day today, to our wonderful volunteer family for making it all happen and to @miandtea_ who served up amazing vegan food. WPF host, baby Leo, was sooo tired at the end of the day. More photos to come.💗
Awkward. 😬😬. Dustin and Wilbur. 💗
Our goat team hate the rain.💦 As soon as it starts they run for cover yelling as they go. Thanks...
Oct 11
Our goat team hate the rain.💦 As soon as it starts they run for cover yelling as they go. Thanks to our supporters, they have a few shelters to run under. This is what we do with your donations. Thank you. We still have $15k to raise for fencing and more shelters, if you can donate to our 2019 crowdfunder, that would be brilliant.🙏🏼💗 Ends mid-Nov. Link in bio. @dgbrothersrural
One more sleep till Open Day 😍🤤🤤 @miandtea_ will be here tmw with their brilliant range of ...
Oct 11
One more sleep till Open Day 😍🤤🤤 @miandtea_ will be here tmw with their brilliant range of bahn mi and bubble tea, packing a huge flavour punch. Event sold out, will announce new events in 2 weeks.💗🐷💗
🎶 on. Molly. Miss Chatterbox. 💗💗💗 #friendsnotfood
Orphan Leo loves Thursdays because Thursdays are his cheat days.👊 #foodenthusiast
Oct 10
Orphan Leo loves Thursdays because Thursdays are his cheat days.👊 #foodenthusiast
Bubbles would like to know if she has anything in her teeth 😏
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary...
Oct 9
Bubbles would like to know if she has anything in her teeth 😏
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #lovepigsnotpork #rescue #wednesdaywisdom #animallovers #animalfriends #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds
Mick won over $370k in prize money for his owner during his career as a racehorse. When he started ...
Oct 7
Mick won over $370k in prize money for his owner during his career as a racehorse. When he started to slow down, like so many others, he was discarded. Mick was one of the lucky ones to find sanctuary.
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Did you know:
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🐴 The cycle of a mare is altered through temperature adjustment, artificial lighting and drug use to trick her body into foaling as close as possible to 1 August to allow maximum time for race training. This is considered the national birthday for thoroughbreds in the Southern Hemisphere, regardless of their actual birth date.
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🐴 Once the mare is ready for covering by a stallion, she will be restrained using equipment specifically designed to restrict her movement during mating.
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🐴 The foal will be taught to comply with human commands through learned helplessness techniques. This compels the horse to obey due to fear and/or pain. Should they fail to comply with these methods, they are considered "rogue" and discarded.
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🐴 Horses are raced as young as 18 months old, despite the fact they are physically immature and prone to injury. Many horses disappear early in their career as injuries render them worthless.
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🐴 'Nanny’ mares are kept in foal in order to have a milk supply should a prized broodmare die during the birth of a thoroughbred foal. The nanny mare will then step in to foster and raise the thoroughbred foal. Her biological foal is discarded.
They are the bobby calves of the racing industry.
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🐴 Intensive management systems requires horses to be stabled 22 hours a day during training, in order to maximise performance on the track. Horses suffer significant mental distress and develop unnatural behaviours such as box walking, windsucking, wood chewing and weaving as a means of coping with their confinement
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🐴 On average, one horse dies every three days on Australian racetracks.
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🐴 If you choose to partake in the upcoming Melbourne Cup, the one bet you can count on is that they will die.
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When you know better, you have a responsibility to do better. Say Nup to the Cup.
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #horseracingkills #animallovers #animalfriends #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds #nuptothecup
The lucky ones. Wonderful, unique individuals heading home.💗💗Their lives mean just as much to ...
Oct 6
The lucky ones. Wonderful, unique individuals heading home.💗💗Their lives mean just as much to them as our lives mean to us. Over 8 million ducks are killed each year for food in Australia alone. Kept in sheds deprived of natural light, water and fresh air. Killed at just seven weeks. How can we allow this to happen? As consumers we all have choices. Make yours count. Choose kindness. Go vegan. #maketheconnection
Breakfast rush.💗 Rescued from severe neglect and reunited as a family six months ago - Ally, ...
Oct 5
Breakfast rush.💗 Rescued from severe neglect and reunited as a family six months ago - Ally, Pocket and Pint with Shirley (mum) in background. Our sheep shearing day is 18 October. These fab four are included.🙄 #nocurls
Bubbles the pig puppy. Beware all intruders. #lovepigsnotpork #fridayflashback
Oct 3
Bubbles the pig puppy. Beware all intruders. #lovepigsnotpork #fridayflashback
Sheldon is slowly warming to his new paddock and pals, Molly and Boris.🐷🐷Sheldon spent the ...
Oct 3
Sheldon is slowly warming to his new paddock and pals, Molly and Boris.🐷🐷Sheldon spent the first few days hiding out but now realises things aren’t so bad after all at WPF. Both Molly and Sheldon were used as bait by humans to train pig-hunting dogs. Despite the horrific cruelty and pain endured, they are such sweet, forgiving souls.💗🐷💗#lovepigsnotpork
The soundtrack of summer… 🎶🌞Wilbur and Jeremy. Dam day. #lovepigsnotpork
Oct 1
The soundtrack of summer… 🎶🌞Wilbur and Jeremy. Dam day. #lovepigsnotpork
Crazy chatter at the duck pond this morning. Seymour, in the brown suit, is all over the shop. ...
Sep 30
Crazy chatter at the duck pond this morning. Seymour, in the brown suit, is all over the shop. 🦆🙄These gorgeous souls were rescued from slaughter. They want to live as much as we do. Please. Love ducks, don’t eat them.💗 #friendsnotfood
Amazing 🙏🏼 You have raised $59k towards our 2019 crowdfunder goal of $75k. With your ...
Sep 29
Amazing 🙏🏼 You have raised $59k towards our 2019 crowdfunder goal of $75k. With your generosity, you have enabled the build of new animal shelters, installation of kms of boundary fencing, paddocks built for special needs animals and new coops for rescued battery hens. Thank you to all who have donated. We cannot do what we do without you. But we’re not there yet! With the remainder of our boundary fence to build and water tanks to purchase, we still need all the support we can get. Please donate and share to help raise $16k to reach our target. All donations, large or small, have an impact. Link to donate in bio.💗 Closes Nov.
After a month in isolation, today we moved Sheldon into one of our main paddocks. Now he can explore...
Sep 29
After a month in isolation, today we moved Sheldon into one of our main paddocks. Now he can explore the farm and meet his new piggy flatmates - Molly and Boris - through the fence for starters. With injuries healed, tusks trimmed and trust built, Sheldon is well on his way to a full and fun sanctuary life. So fab to see his transformation. #lovepigsnotpork
This guy…🎶💗. In May this year, Leo’s mum was shot dead by hunters. He was only days old ...
Sep 27
This guy…🎶💗. In May this year, Leo’s mum was shot dead by hunters. He was only days old when orphaned and brought to the sanctuary. Leo is a key member of the WPF baby goat brat pack who pretty much get to do what the hell they want.😬😬 Leo has our hearts completely. #friendsnotfood
Let the animals live in peace. Let us stop killing them. They are individuals, their desire to live ...
Sep 26
Let the animals live in peace. Let us stop killing them. They are individuals, their desire to live is just as strong as ours. We do not need them for their flesh, for their milk, for their fur. We can survive, we can thrive, without them under our control. Let’s live in a world where animals are simply not killed or exploited by humans. 💗💗💗
Our sweet blind cow, Oink, gets some extra scratches and loving from Vicky, one of our animal care ...
Sep 26
Our sweet blind cow, Oink, gets some extra scratches and loving from Vicky, one of our animal care crew members. We LOVE that our volunteers alway make time for these important “chores” in between all the cleaning, feeding, poo slaying, water refilling and fixing. Oink and her animal pals would not have it any other way. Miss Oink was blind from birth and has called WPF home for five years now, sharing her paddock with best pal, Walter the ram. #friendsnotfood #govegan
These are some happy goats - I kid you not.
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #goatfamily #govegan...
Sep 26
These are some happy goats - I kid you not.
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #goatfamily #govegan #gogogoat ##animallovers #veganSanctuary
The simple joys of being a dog.
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All residents have a story, a former life before they ...
Sep 25
The simple joys of being a dog.
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All residents have a story, a former life before they knew what love and kindness felt like.
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Darcey was picked up at the pound after she was dumped as a mangy, under weight puppy seven years ago. Raised in Bondi with her family, she moved from the city to the country around five years ago when the same family decided to start this special place called Where Pigs Fly Farm Sanctuary.
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These days, she takes her role as Sanctuary Guardian and Stick Collector very seriously.
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#adoptdontshop #rescuedog #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds #vegan #veganSanctuary #animallovers #animalfriends
At the end of the work day, volunteer crew member, Sarah, does a little of this… 💗💗💗 So ...
Sep 21
At the end of the work day, volunteer crew member, Sarah, does a little of this… 💗💗💗 So grateful for the good humans who contribute to helping our animal friends live their best lives. #animalcarecrew #friendsnotfood
That one friend who has zero awareness of personal space...🙄🙄 Gayle the turkey with Leo the ...
Sep 20
That one friend who has zero awareness of personal space...🙄🙄 Gayle the turkey with Leo the goat and WPF chief, Jamie.💗 #friendsnotfood #compassion
A tornado approach to the breakfast bowl keeps the girls at bay. Jeremy had it all worked out from ...
Sep 19
A tornado approach to the breakfast bowl keeps the girls at bay. Jeremy had it all worked out from the start. #lovepigsnotpork #govegan #fbf
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Seamus' first day in a brand new world. Seamus was born on a meat/wool farm and suffered ...
Sep 18
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Seamus' first day in a brand new world. Seamus was born on a meat/wool farm and suffered a crow attack that left him completely blind from just two days of age. Fortiously it seems, as it was this incident that spared him from the same fate of his mother and friends.
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These days, Seamus gets around with a little help from his friends, and teaches us that it's pretty cool to be different from the rest of the flock. He just keeps on loving life anyway. 🐑💕
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#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #lovealamb #rescue #vegan #beepbeepimasheep #animalrescue #animalfriends #someonenotsomething #vegan #veganSanctuary #animallovers
#bekindtoallkinds #bethechange
Who needs fingers? Not Valentine. 🤷♂️ #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #dairyisscary ...
Sep 17
Who needs fingers? Not Valentine. 🤷♂️ #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #dairyisscary #exbobbycalf #animallovers #animalfriends #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds #cowcrew #veganSanctuary #govegan
When you have a bad hair day.. You really have a bad hair day.
Unfortunately, not all residents...
Sep 17
When you have a bad hair day.. You really have a bad hair day.
Unfortunately, not all residents rejoice when the rain comes.
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Pollyanna, one of our best dressed hens, struggles to maintain her flawless look. Please give her some support and let her know she's still gorgeous 😬💕 #wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #animalrescue #bekindtoallkinds #vegan #veganSanctuary #animallovers #animalfriends #badhairday #raindance
"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their ...
Sep 16
"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." ― Alfred A. Montapert
#wherepigsflyfarmsanctuary #lovepigsnotpork #rescue #animallovers #animalrescue #animalfamily #veganSanctuary #vegan #govegan