to carefully chosen adoptive homes. In addition, Planned Pethood is an animal clinic that offers low cost vaccines and spay/neuter services to people of low and moderate income. Read on to learn about the amazing efforts of Anne Trinkle.Q: Where did your passion for animals derive from?
AT: When we were first married, my husband and I got our first dog together named Dollie. I fell head over heels in love with her and decided to adopt another dog. When I went to meet Mighty at the Bucks County SPCA, I saw that there were so many other lovely, highly adoptable, beautiful animals looking for homes, and it was then and there that I decided to do more than bring Mighty home.
Q: What is the most rewarding aspect of your job?
AT: Connecting great people to wonderful and deserving animals through pet adoption. We are able to serve both a population of unwanted pets on death door, and the market of people that wants to do the right thing and acquire a pet through adoption. Without Animal Alliance to get all those animals from the shelters and market them for adoption, there would be a lot more dead animals in the shelters we work with, and a lot more people buying pets from petstores or unscrupulous breeders. Saving lives is rewarding work.
Q: First you were a vegetarian, and now a vegan, how long for each?
AT: I have been a vegan for over seven years, and prior to that I was a vegetarian for 15 years. being a vegetarian came easy for me.
Q: Why did you decide to become a vegan after being a vegetarian for so long?
AT: I took at trip to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, and met farm animals that were rescued from the food production industry. Seeing how sweet and gentle the diary cows were and how friendly the egg producing chickens were was very moving for me. I learned about the horrors of the diary industry - how calves are taken from their mothers immediately after birth and fed bottles of synthetic milk, and that male calves become veal while the females are raised to be milk producers. Well I have been 100 % vegan since that drive home from Farm Sanctuary over seven years ago and I feel much better, healthier, happier and peaceful.
Q: Do you have any advice for anyone transitioning to a vegetarian or vegan diet?
AT: Visit Farm Sanctuary online or go in person to Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York for a visit. Learn about the horrors of the dairy industry.
Q: Do you ever find it difficult to stay vegan?
AT: NEVER! Once someone pets and looks in the eyes of pigs, cows and chicken bred to be killed for food, it's hard to eat them. The well document and deplorable conditions on factory farms, the savagery of the slaughter process, and the amount of filth and bacteria that is present in meat makes it very unpalatable and sickening for me.
Q: Being animal friendly and vegan have a large impact on being "green", do you have any other ways of living a "green" lifestyle?
AT: We are in the process of installing a solar energy system at our house. We live on 11 acres and besides our house, we use a lot of electric in the Animal Alliance kennel, which is on our property. Six months from now, we will be completely solar powered here for electric, very exciting! We are also big recyclers and eat mostly organic food.
Q: Do you have anything else you would like to add about the animal friendly lifestyle you live?
AT: Working with animals has proven to be a life force for me, it is work that I am deeply connected to, and gives my life meaning beyond measure. Living a compassionate life with reverence and respect for all living things, those considered food, and those considered pets, gives me a resonant peace. No other living being will suffer so that I can eat them, or wear their skin or hair. I am in complete harmony with the universe I live in, which is a joyful place to be.
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I really enjoyed reading this. I thought it was well done and a great topic for your q &a!
ReplyDeleteBrianna Burns
This was a great read. The vet was a great choice to interview. Only thing is that there are a couple grammar mistakes (like not capitalizing the first letter of a sentence, no big). Overall very well done!
ReplyDelete-Renata Stoehr