Inspiring

I'm very happy to have discovered Dr. Nadia Sanger who seems to have such a strong understanding of the intersectionality of oppressions, particularly in the South African context!  I'm looking forward to reading more of her work:

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/nadiasanger/2013/01/04/love-thy-neighbour-love-thy-dog/
http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/nadiasanger/2013/05/28/ungrievable-life/
http://mg.co.za/article/2010-04-09-animals-have-feelings-too

So much suffering

I've always worried about the immense amount of suffering inherent in nature. This talk argues we do have responsibilities to reduce suffering in nature.

We must embrace our animalhood

From the Beyond Personhood conference:

Photos of slaughter - industrial and family

http://freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/photo-gallery-a-day-photographing-in-a-slaughterhouse-made-me-vegetarian-francesco-scipioni/

http://freefromharm.org/photo-galleries/the-dark-side-of-an-italian-culinary-tradition/

Standard farm practice is 58 seconds - Mercy For Animals

Compassion in World Farming

While this organization doesn't seem to promote veganism (directly), it provides some seemingly great resources and information for the South African context. I will definitely check them out while I'm in SA.  http://www.animal-voice.org/