Bearing Witness

Whether through my camera lens, or organizing to bring others to bear witness in person, bringing these hidden victims of our blind choices is my life’s mission. Beginning animal activism in my teens, and then many years later as a founding member of the Animal Save Movement and co-founder of Toronto Cow Save, I’ve been organizing vigils and documenting the victims and the activists since 2011. Bearing witness to the individuals who are about to be killed is a life-changing experience that breaks down our wall of social conditioning. It allows us to see the animals that we eat as sentient individuals who have the same desire to live and to feel joy and affection, and the same capacity to suffer as ourselves.