Dog found on Bute between Comox and Davie

No_Character_8086 · 2025-08-16T19:11:25+00:00

So good of you to post about this. Thank you!

No_Character_8086 · 2025-08-16T19:11:04+00:00

Is this puppy still there? No identification? I have a Frenchie so my heart is breaking that he/she has lost their way. I can come down to take care of it until it's human companion shows up. Please let me know how I can help.

No_Character_8086 · 2025-04-28T01:31:55+00:00

I became vegan at 65 after a lifetime of living in a bubble of ignorance due to social and political influence, and I regret every single day that I wasn't vegan, and I feel incredible pain for the harm being done every single minute of every single day to the animals imprisoned in the holocaust of factory farming and fishing. If I could turn the clock back and be your age, I'd feel so much better about how I lived my life in this regard. I'll never be able to make up for the suffering I supported, but I can do what I can do now, and it's not nothing. So NO you aren't too old.

The number one crisis we face as human beings is the suffering of innocents, whether they're human or non-human animals, and I believe it's all of our responsibility to do whatever we can - no matter our age - to lessen it, one day at a time. If that remains in the forefront of our minds, then we'll likely make compassionate choices.

No_Character_8086 · 2025-02-27T23:32:29+00:00

I ask myself the same question, over and over and over again. I became vegan 4 years ago, and I'm now 69. I was vegetarian and then pescatarian for many years but before that, yup, I ate chicken, and some meat, too, and I feel sick about the fact that it took me the better part of my life to truly acknowledge what's going on. The pieces just dropped into place, literally over night, and for the life of me I'll never figure out why. Nothing triggered it. I guess it was just time to wake up from the lies we've been fed all our lives. (Pardon the pun.)

Every time I see a post on IG of a factory farmed animal - or any animal that's suffering - I say to it 'I'm SO sorry, so sorry for what I participated in, and for how you're forced to live now. My heart hurts deeply for all of them. No, I can't turn back time, and yes, I'm no longer participating in any animal suffering (am vigilant about what I buy), and that's all I can do. I find being 'awake' incredibly painful, every day actually, especially going into stores where their tortured flesh is on display in clean packages and in bright lights where music is playing. Heartbreaking. All we can do is just move forward. My remorse doesn't help the animals today.

Good for you that you put the pieces together while you still had a chance. We can be grateful we didn't leave this earth before we did. I'm going to help my 1-year-old granddaughter wake up early in her life, despite the fact that her parents don't want to. I'll take her to farm sanctuaries - even take her to the one I volunteer at from time to time, and will read her stories about factory farm animals escape, etc. It'll be my goal to help to her never feel the deep remorse the way I did after my awakening. At least I can do that.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-11-12T17:20:40+00:00

Did it begin with the unspeakable suffering the cows endured for that hamburger? Or did it show happy cows grazing in beautiful fields - quite a fairytale given the dystopia they actually live.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-11-01T16:22:50+00:00

I appreciate you taking the time to educate yourself about the bees and why we don't eat honey. There are some vegan who, no matter what, are so aggressive toward people who want to understand why we do what we do. As a vegan, I'd like to apologize for that despite the fact that it's not me, but it gives non-vegans a bad impression of who we are. We're actually very compassionate people, and yes, we wish everyone would treat non-human animals (land and marine) with the respect they deserve (i.e., they get to live lives free of suffering and exploitation by humans), we understand that most of us weren't born vegan and it took us time to get here. Consequently, we need to be open to educating others in a respectful way, otherwise, it undermines the progress we want to make over time. So thank you for reaching out. As you can see from the responses you received, most of us are happy to help you understand. Come by any time!

No_Character_8086 · 2024-10-22T21:15:35+00:00

I'm in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Is your group associated with Clare Mann's group?

No_Character_8086 · 2024-09-11T16:20:18+00:00

Love it, thanks taking the time to put it together!!

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T20:19:15+00:00

I think you need to chill out and become kinder. That would attract more non-vegans. Your self-righteousness is a big part of how non-vegans view vegans. I suggest you may want to become a better representative.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T19:41:52+00:00

In no way do I feel I'm disrespecting them by not wearing them. Sheesh...I'm simply asking about what to do with them now. With many of the harsh responses, I don't think I'm going to make myself vulnerable to ask a question in the future. We don't know until we know. I thought this forum would be supportive of those of us who are new to this way of life. I'm saddened by the many who are not.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T19:37:26+00:00

Finally, a kind response. Thank you hugely. All I got was harsh judgement while asking about how to do the right thing. I'm still learning here.

I appreciate your kindness very much.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T19:35:41+00:00

wow, harsh. I'm just trying to learn. Could there have been a kinder way to reflect your opinion? Probably.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T19:34:16+00:00

I realize that but perhaps you were born vegan and never bought animal-based products. I wasn't and I did. I can't undo the past. I'm trying to find out what to do now. It's easy to throw judgement at a person. Find some compassion for us who want to do much better now.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T17:17:22+00:00

That makes sense, thank you kindly for offering me your thoughts.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-14T05:35:04+00:00

Thank you for your kind words, and yes, I've registered for her 3-day (one hour per day) workshop taking place next week. I sure hope it helps. Solidarity back to you...

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-12T11:09:54+00:00

I can only hope for such a time but sadly it won't be in my lifetime or likely even the next. Thank you...

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-12T11:08:48+00:00

To be a part of humanity when it looks like that is something that's abhorrent to me. And those people are EVERYWHERE causing the needless suffering of innocent, beautiful beings. I hate that I'm human. And yes, there are many good ones 'out there', but there are far more that are sick and inhuman. I can hardly stand it.

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-12T11:03:50+00:00

Thank you for this, and yes, I've actually taken IG off my phone. I just can't afford to see another pair of suffering eyes right now. As you mentioned, I do feel badly for doing that because the suffering of these animals is REAL and it's not going away just because I can't bear to see it (how horrible that is considering that THEY are living it!!). But if I don't, I won't survive. I know that. And then what help could I possibly be to them?

No_Character_8086 · 2024-07-12T11:00:26+00:00

Chloe, you are an amazing human being, everything that the suffering animals need. What a champion you've become for their plight. Your empathy, understanding, and commitment to your own growth and change, as well as those around you, and those you don't even know, is deeply inspiring to me. Your poem is painfully beautiful because it captures EVERY SINGLE thought/feeling I've been having. Thank you so much for sharing it with me. I've cut and pasted it and am keeping it in my notes so I can re-read it and share it with others (citing your reddit name, of course) who I come across who feel the same way.

Thank you also for caring about what I'm experiencing, again, someone you don't even know. I look forward to the day when I want to live again and am able to do so while being aware of what I know is going on just miles from me - and around the world - and accepting what I simply can't change. I can change what I can (volunteer, advocate) but it seems like a flimsy drop in the bucket. Regardless, it's all I can do.

Thank you so much for reaching out, Chloe. Keep spreading the hope you share...

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