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Seeing Things Differently: Reflections On My Recent Trip to a Stockyard
Today on #ThrowbackThursday we’re excited to once again feature a profound article from visual arts professor Keri Cronin on her...
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Curating Compassion
Here at Our Hen House, we’re enormous fans of using art as a medium for activism. In this #ThrowbackThursday...
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Four Stages of Cruelty
Just as Keri Cronin unearths centuries-old artwork that informs her activism, we unearth her years-old article in the hopes of...
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The Book of Compassion: John Schlimm’s New Art Project
Best known to vegans as the author of The Cheesy Vegan, Grilling Vegan Style, The Tipsy Vegan, and The Ultimate...
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We Animals at the National Museum of Animals & Society
If you are not yet familiar with the work of the National Museum of Animals & Society, that needs...
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Headlines and Hidden Cameras: Undercover Animal Cruelty Investigations in Canada
In recent months, Mercy for Animals Canada has been commanding the attention of Canadians like me as footage from...
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Is It Necessary? Rocky Lewycky’s Liberation Project
One of the things that makes art such a powerful tool for activism is that it can create a...
Read More → Seeing Things Differently: Reflections On My Recent Trip to a Stockyard
I had been to a stockyard before, but that was many decades ago… I grew up in a part...
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The Power of One: Why One Individual’s Story Can Change the World for Animals
Worried About Wilbur When I was a young child one of my favorite books was Charlotte’s Web. I loved...
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Compassion in Action: My Internship at Farm Sanctuary (Part I)
Our Hen House’s “Picturing Animals” columnist, Dr. Keri Cronin, recently left her home in Niagara, Ontario, to intern on...
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Trending: Taxidermy?
The recent publication of Alexis Turner’s book Taxidermy has confirmed something that we at Our Hen House have been...
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