Voiceless Ambassador, Abbie Cornish, with her canine companion Cherry
"These are sentient begins that feel, that think, that have family dynamics...We live in a world where we have the ability to look after that and nurture that." Abbie Cornish, Triple J, 16 August 2011, read more
"I've been a vegetarian since I was 13 and I grew up in the country so...animals that don't have a voice and giving them a voice is really important to me." Abbie Cornish, 2010, read more
"I hope we can come together to bring about change and eventually abolish the unnecessary suffering of these sentient beings." Abbie Cornish, 04 August 2009, read more
On Tuesday 2nd September, at our lunch time meeting we looked at the differences between cage eggs and free range eggs. Many of the differences we could see just by looking at the eggs. Other differences were noticed when we wobbled the bowls with the eggs in them and when we ate them. After we observed what the eggs looked like and discussed this with Miss. Baile, each animal club member took a turn at cracking one of the eggs into the bowls. We kept all the cage eggs in one bowl and all the free range eggs in another bowl.
Mrs. Ritchie then asked animal club members “How many millilitres are there in a cup?” Rebecca got the answer right so she measured the milk to go into one of the bowls. Dylan then measured the milk for the other bowl. Following that, each animal club member had a turn at whisking the eggs and milk together. Then a couple of the animal club leaders assisted Mrs. Stoakes with scrambling the eggs. Once the eggs were cooked the animal club leaders assisted Miss. Baile, Mrs. Ritchie and Mrs. Stoakes in serving a small sample of each type of egg to each animal club member so that we all could taste them for ourselves.
Most of noticed a big difference between the two flavours of the eggs and we all agreed that the Free Range Eggs tasted much better than the Cage eggs. Below is a table of the differences that we observed between the cage eggs and the free range eggs.
CAGE EGGS
FREE RANGE EGGS
The yolk colour looked like an artificial yellow like you find on cheezles.
The yolk was a ‘sunny’ yellow.
The Albumen (egg white) was all loose, floppy and runny. It did not provide much support for the yolk.
The Albumen was thick and gel like. It provided a lot of support for the yolk
The egg shells were a brown colour.
The egg shells were a white colour.
When the eggs were whisked together with the milk the colour looked the same as ‘Macaroni Cheese’ sauce.
When the eggs were whisked together with the milk the colour was a bright yellow colour.
These eggs were bland with no flavour.
These eggs had a nice distinct flavour.
Clifton Hills Primary School - 26th August 2008
Clifton Hills Primary School Animal Club members reviewed the chicken messages that we brainstormed two weeks ago.
We reviewed these because each member will be selecting their favourite message to go on a library bag that they will be making. The purpose of our library bags is to provide an avenue through which our club members can share their chicken messages with the other students in the school and the wider community.
Following the chicken message review, Mrs. Ritchie demonstrated how we were going to use the computer to create our library bag designs.After the demonstration we all got to use a computer and we began designing our library bag templates.
It was a lot of fun selecting our images and being creative. Many of our younger members needed some assistance so some of the animal club leaders had to help Mrs. Ritchie, Miss. Baile and Mrs. Stoakes to assist them, but, all in all we made some very pleasing progress today.
Each of our Animal Club members will be making two library bags, one for themselves, and one to go on the animal club stall to raise food and supplies for the Animal Protection Society.
Ridge Street Kids Club - 25th August 2008
The children created their own television stations and came up with performances for the other children. One group created an animal rescue program where they rescued some kittens from a wall and a cow stuck in the mud.
We also decided to create out own Animal Club notice board (see picture) to show parents the things we have been doing and also so we can advertise upcoming animal friendly events.
The kids show off their new Animal Club notice board
Holland Park State Primary School - 20th August 2008
CHANNEL 9 NEWS THROWS SPOTLIGHT ON PINK4PIGS: Every Wednesday night, at the close of Brisbane’s Channel 9 News, the activities of one primary school is showcased. The segment is called Spotlight on Schools.
On the evening of Wednesday, August 20, the activities of HPSS Animal Club were in the spotlight. HPSS Animal Club wanted to spotlight our Pink4Pigs campaign and to again ask people to Think pink! Think pigs! We wanted another opportunity to raise public awareness about the sad truth about sows in factory farms.
That morning, Channel 9 newsreader Bruce Paige and Picasso from the popular Channel 9 afternoon program The Shak came to HPSS to meet up with Animal Club members.
They told us about how television media work - especially about how the news is produced nightly.
Members of Animal Club told them about our Pink4Pigs campaign. Bruce and Picasso had lots of questions for the members. They were impressed when they heard about the work of HPSS Animal Club… and saddened by what the students had to say about pigs. Picasso did not know about the sows in sow stalls issue, nor did the camera crew. They do now!
After the students gave them the facts about sow stalls, they sang their Sows are Mothers Too song then showed them a recent letter from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd which acknowledged their efforts in helping people know more about the sow stalls issue.
The nightly news is a tightly run program, so it is understood that news items can be cut or totally dropped from the program at the last minute. Happily, HPSS’s Spotlight on Pink4Pigs received good airtime. (which equates to a few seconds in the world of TV!! – but everything little thing counts…)
Our Spotlight was introduced with the words: … ‘and coming up, kids go pink for a cause… AC members were shown listening to Bruce and Picasso. singing our Sow song, and telling everyone to Think Pink! Think Pigs! A kinder choice is up to you! They also showed Picasso and Bruce reading the letter from PM Rudd.
Mount Hawthorn Primary School - 20th August 2008
Animal Friendly Artwork - We have been creating artwork during our Animal Club meetings which shows compassion for animals. We are planning to make greeting cards out of them and give them to our parents for Christmas.
