October 22, 2012

100 FAVORITE PICS




An inter-species
cuddle puddle
with a piggie pillow.




"SISTERS -
female to female"
photo credit JoAnne McArthur 





Truth:
Love and Pleasure
are felt by
animals of all species












Golden Rees (many moons ago) and Braveheart (a free-living forest deer) enjoying each other's beauty, grace, and gentleness.








Love that is shared between species is absolutely thrilling.








People often say "you pig" in a derogatory sense. Pigs are friends, not food.






Kisses; my beloved.
She was fed vegan
for 13.5 of her 14.5+
years. She came to me
from a forest, so
we don't know her
actual date of birth.









Calves are innocent gentle babies. They're not "veal",
not a thing that you can,
with conscience, drag from his/her mother at birth so
you can steal his/her milk.
This young child has grasped what adults have not yet figured out.








Somebody found my avocado! He or she is a ground-squirrel of the western U.S.

photo credit
thevegantruth.blogspot.com




A kid and a kid
in
mutual admiration.

I could not think of
harming either of these
precious beings.




Interspecies
Slumber Party












"The Way it Should Be"
Jenny Brown of Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
and her bovine friend.









Words could not do justice
to a moment like this. I was
lucky enough to be there. There was a legend of "the vegans" in the woods among the deer. The only other people they knew were hunters.
http://gentleworld.org


This woman understands
that pigs are pals -
NOT pork.











Photo credit: Daniel Hennessy, 
Brisbane, Australia

A sane reaction to a lamb.


I'm touching hands with a ground squirrel and a chipmunk in a forest. We got to know each other for some time before they came up to me and ate from my hands. We lived together; harmoniously.

Photo credit:
thevegantruth.blogspot.com




This furry friend
found
a cozy warm bed
for a cat-nap.









Like humans,
many species of animals
live as a family unit.




Evolve Campaigns - U.K.
for many more fantastic campaign banners and photos.







Do unto ALL animals as you would have them do to you.










Hummingbird bed.











Beauty
and the
Beauty
















"Necking"
















Love
is not
limited
by species.


A Monarch butterfly
takes her first flight
from my hand.
thevegantruth blog
www,veganpoet.com



Some photos are so
beyond the beyond,
that a caption
only gets in the way.

















Angel Flinn
of Gentle World
with Poof the Magic rabbit.










Hands of rescuers reaching
to grab a beagle puppy that
is being rescued from the
Green Hill Beagle Liberation.







purrrfect










A face not only a mother
could Love!










Douglas getting a big hug. Photo from the website: ChallengeOpression.com










A great photographer not only precisely catches imagery, but captures a feeling. This photo defines good photography.






What a magnificent sight!
Four dogs found
a beam of light.









Vegan-fed baby and
vegan-fed dog
playing
"stickie"
together.
Photo credit: the Rees's







We shared life with a Golden Retriever (this is not her) that also protected rabbits. She didn't come to us that way, she learned a new behavior. People train animals to perform silly tricks for human amusement. Animals, including humans, can be trained "not to harm" other animals.






At a sanctuary, rather than feasting on turkeys at Thanksgiving, they offer a feast to their rescued turkeys.




Amazing digital moment of a BlueJay family.









Evolve Campaigns, U.K.












Who's happier?
Sarah Lux, or Harrison, 
or me looking at 
this awesome photo?

We can talk to animals, 
and they can talk to us. 
Some people just don't 
listen to the language 
other animal's speak. 
But this boy does, 
and so do I. 
Matteo Walch 
of Australia 
and his Marmot friend.


partners in time












Soul at age 3; a healthy beautiful
vegan child - and my friend.
At age 4 he said to me when we
were standing by a river:
"Auntie Butterflies,
if I saw a hunter,
I would throw his gun
in the river." Soul Rees

"Best Friends;
looking outward together,
in the same direction."















"kitty smile"











Beautiful; a golden retriever (vegan)
in the golden light,
with her friend, Summer.
gentleworld.org













Nose to Nose,
Cheek to Cheek
The language of Love
is the one they speak.







Animals have lives
that they want to live.



















"Portrait of 
a duck"

















We can talk to 
the animals....

and
they can talk 
to us. 










Magic Rees
hugging
a Sequoia










A Mother's Love
is felt throughout
the animal kingdom.




Cow Kisses and Caresses

















They're not "fighting
like cats and dogs"

they are hugging
like cats and dogs.








This guy looks like a
Disney character. He is
a ground-squirrel that
I befriended while living
in a national forest.
He's munching on
cantaloupe seeds.

photo credit: thevegantruth.blogspot.com




They're all Lovie-Dovie
          (pun intended)











There's no hiding the
friendship felt between
Matteo Walch of Australia
and his Marmot friends.





The new babysitter.













Smiling and looking
each other in the eyes,
What a friendly human-
to-sheep surprise.
























At sanctuaries; cows are not seen as a commodity, a resource, a thing -
but as the truly gentle, beautiful being
that they truly are.





















Juliet Gellatley - U.K.
and her rescued friend.
























Turkeys feasting at Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary's "ThanksLiving" event where turkey's are not eaten, but instead treated to a feast.








Friends of a different color
and species; it's not
an issue for them.









A mother's Love lives in all
kinds of sentient species.















Reverence for life; especially perceptually aware, conscious, animal life.














Koala cuddles.




















Have kitten, will travel.

















"I won't last a day...
....without you."











I know the sweetest part of me from holding you.
















Animals are my friends;
to protect and respect.













A deer friend











Summer kissing Valiant;
Gentle World's
very gentle dog friend;
fed a vegan diet.









Australian
street
demonstration








Baba had
separation anxiety,
to the day
he passed away.
So did we.
We didn't want
to separate. He
lived to age 17.
Photo credit:
Sky Weil;
Gentle World




photo copyright: Elias Delphinus

A Monarch emerging
from the chrysalis.
The green cocoon
turns transparent
and then
magically
fades away,
and a butterfly is born.









paw and hand that intertwine
paw of his and hand of mine

Photo Credit:
thevegantruth.blogspot.com






We're not
the only animals
that embrace.



















All animals
have a
mother
and a
father










"A fawn at dawn"
photo credit: Butterflies Katz
















Jenny Brown; Woodstock
Farm Animal Sanctuary
with her friend Ralphie.











I loved to feel the touch
of this ground squirrel's
little hands
on mine.
thevegantruth.blogspot.com









John Unger and Schoep wade in Lake Superior. The photo went viral on the internet and their story was in the news. I've hardly ever seen a photo that depicts Love as well as this one.





Colleen Patrick Goudreau
and friend.
www.compassionatecook.com












Salute to the Sun








Hippo Mama
and baby. Animals
of the ocean are
also sentient.



photo credit: 
Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary












www.peacefulprairie.org











Real Men are Vegan
Photo credit:













Manatees wouldn't think
of hurting you. Please don't
hurt them or anyone.













Ground squirrels store
food in their cheeks and
then take it and bury it to
store for the winter months.









Praying the human race,
will at long last,
learn to respect
"otter" animals.
























Photo: United Poultry Concerns
http://upc-online.org






















a puppies and piglet
pack













dolphin kissing dog











At a sanctuary, a friendship
formed between a rescued turkey and a goat.










Fish have feelings, too.
Oh yes they do!




We, Animals - JoAnne McArthur


Real men
are kind to other animals.






8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wonderful. Thanks for the early morning gift. Proud to be vegan another day.

Anonymous said...

thanks for the wonderful photos! <3

Kaos Wicca said...

Just Beautiful!!! Thank you... I hope you do not mind, but I have shared this on Facebook...
All the Best...

Anonymous said...

This post is a true gift for the soul. Thank you for sharing.

Treesa said...

This post is a true gift for the soul. Thank you for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Inspiration pictures....we are all living souls and all living animals deserve to live peacefully on this glorious planet without prejudice or ego..x

Stacy said...

Great pictures. I used one of these for an event photo for our vegan thanksgiving. Please let me know if that's not ok, and I'll remove it. Thanks! Stacy https://www.facebook.com/events/443055662479706/

Unknown said...

Thank you. Shared.