{"id":9127,"date":"2013-06-23T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-23T15:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9127"},"modified":"2013-06-23T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-23T15:51:51","slug":"from-an-inspirational-story-by-steve-o-about-nikki-the-pig-symphony-the-chicken-and-fanny-the-cow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/06\/from-an-inspirational-story-by-steve-o-about-nikki-the-pig-symphony-the-chicken-and-fanny-the-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"From an inspirational story by Steve O about Nikki the pig Symphony the  chicken and Fanny the cow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki is a sow who was waiting for her death<br \/>\nin a corporate camp and was given another chance<br \/>\nwhen the flood waters rescued and swept her out the door<br \/>\nshe swam off, had her babies<br \/>\nand looked after them for sure<\/p>\n<p>she was just no numbskull<br \/>\nnot even a bit<br \/>\nvery smart and able<br \/>\nthis story is no fable<br \/>\nthe agony she&#8217;d had<br \/>\nwhere did it sit<\/p>\n<p>when the floods came<br \/>\nshe was out the door<br \/>\nand  swimming on her way<br \/>\nfound a dry spot on the land<br \/>\nbuilt her nest a way above<br \/>\nhad her piglets there<br \/>\nlooked after them<br \/>\nshe saved them<br \/>\nshe showed she did care<\/p>\n<p>had they been in the piggery<br \/>\nshe would now be dead<br \/>\nthe piglets would have all<br \/>\nbeen tortured<br \/>\nof course all underfed<br \/>\nthe boars would have been<br \/>\nslammed into the concrete long ago<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s what happens to them<br \/>\nif you didn&#8217;t know<\/p>\n<p>now they are in a sanctuary<br \/>\nand their life will be good and long<br \/>\nout there in the woods they be<br \/>\nlearning right from wrong<\/p>\n<p>Symphony is a chicken<br \/>\nfrom some Ohio shed<br \/>\nintelligent and able<br \/>\na Tornado could have led<br \/>\nher up the garden path<br \/>\nit ruined many months ago<br \/>\nbut she got out and<br \/>\nlimped away<br \/>\nthe horrors as we know<br \/>\nthose filthy cages<br \/>\nwere so small she couldn&#8217;t flap her wings<br \/>\nthe wind tore through the battery<br \/>\nwith the mayhem that it brings<\/p>\n<p>she&#8217;s now in a sanctuary<br \/>\nfound in a tattered state<br \/>\nwandering down the highway<br \/>\nat quite a painful rate<br \/>\nmost of her feathers blown away<br \/>\nher feet cut by the wire<br \/>\nbut able to escape the hell<br \/>\nthat had become so dire<\/p>\n<p>Fanny she a cow just 4 years old<br \/>\nbut tired and lame<br \/>\nnot much more than a baby<br \/>\nalmost out of the frame<br \/>\nhow cows in CAFO&#8217;s suffer<br \/>\ntwo lots of calves she bore<br \/>\nwere taken and were slaughtered<br \/>\nbut her they did ignore<\/p>\n<p>but now here in a sanctuary<br \/>\nshe whiles her way, away<br \/>\ntrying to forget the grief<br \/>\nfeeling she did pay<br \/>\na high price for existence<br \/>\nas a farm animal but she<br \/>\ngot a second chance to live<br \/>\nand is taking it she be<\/p>\n<p>in a place of safety<br \/>\nwith green fields and with friends<br \/>\nshe can feel the sunshine<br \/>\nand try to make amends<\/p>\n<p>3 solid little stories<br \/>\nabout farm animals who were<br \/>\ngive a chance to live their lives<br \/>\nagain<br \/>\nit does occur<br \/>\nto me that this is lovely<br \/>\nreally lovely, to behold<br \/>\nif more of us were vegan<br \/>\nthen more stories could be told<\/p>\n<p>over and over again<\/p>\n<p>vegans save 31 animals from death a year<br \/>\njust one person could tell 31 stories like this<br \/>\nand that&#8217;s better than graphic slaughterhouse terrors!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikki is a sow who was waiting for her death in a corporate camp and was given another chance when the flood waters rescued and swept her out the door she swam off, had her babies and looked after them &hellip; 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