I recently shared an animal abuse case with a friend that I’m focused on. His response: “I understand that you care but what can you do”?  I explained I’ve never been one to turn a blind eye to something that profusely angers me and that I’ve made animal welfare my business for a long time, as best to my abilities, of course.” He hasn’t noticed this? Certainly he has joined the ranks of many friends subjected to one of my many, many ‘factory farming is the devil’ monologues. No?

When a story comes to light where an animal is abused or inhumanely killed, PETA steps up, The Humane Society steps up, and I, too, step up and do what I can to see to it that the offender is penalized, and that laws to protect are instilled. And plenty others like me do the same. We’re a sect of society who wished that even more people would involve themselves like we do, because there wouldn’t be a weak animal-welfare law in the country, in that case. If every soul spoke-out about how they feel when they see something as tragic as a kitten buried alive in concrete, or footage of thousands of pigs confined in small cages, things would be very different.

These are amongst the things that disturb me and always have, and because of that I spend a portion of my time on animal welfare, rights, justice, whatever you want to call it. The example of work I’m most proud of is called “Opus One.” You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzEj9LG6y4g