Special Assignment: Stunning Images from Indonesia’s Outdoor Bird Markets
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At an Indonesian market, a chicken considers the body of a slaughtered chicken being soaked in a tub of hot water. Photo: Resha Juhari / We Animals Media
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Last month, We Animals Media photojournalist Resha Juhari was on assignment in Indonesia’s Bangka Belitung Province to document the increase in sales of “broiler” chickens in the lead up to the Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr. Resha’s photographs offer a startling glimpse into the lives of the many thousands of birds who are sourced and sold at Indonesia’s traditional markets.
“All three of the markets I visited had the same smell caused by dirty slaughterhouses, blood, discarded body parts, and feathers scattered for days on end,” said Resha.
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Announcing Our 2023 Fellows
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We loved seeing the diversity of work submitted to our 2023 Animal Photojournalism Fellowship. We received applications from 62 talented individuals for projects in South America, Asia, North America and Europe.
We’re delighted to announce that this year we have granted two Fellowships: one to Selene Magnolia and another to Havva Zorlu. Over the year, with mentorship from Jo-Anne McArthur and the We Animals Media team, each woman will tell stories of animals farmed for food.
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Thanks to your votes, Jo-Anne McArthur's photograph "In the Name of Fashion" just won the People’s Vote (photojournalism category) of the reFOCUS Colour Photography Contest. The photo shows a lone, sickly red fox on a Canadian fur farm.
“This farm was uniquely disturbing,” says Jo-Anne. “The fox cages were scattered throughout the forest, tilting as they weathered into the ground. The other foxes we met suffered from illnesses and injuries, from infections to broken bones. We found them whirling in circles, scratching at corners, and biting the caging to the extent that their mouths bled. Their fate? Death by anal electrocution, to avoid damaging the fur — the industry's priority. It can take up to ten seconds for the fox to succumb to unconsciousness and death. All in the name of fashion.”
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Photo of the Month: The Unknown Lives of Dairy Cows
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Cows look out through the bars of their pen on a Czech dairy farm. Photo: Lukas Vincour / Zvirata Nejime / We Animals Media
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This month, we selected this excellent image by Lukas because it’s so shocking and strong, and has that elemental connection that can make a photograph difficult to turn away from: eye contact. As these cows look into Lukas’ lens and out as us, we can’t help but admit that their lives seem unnatural and impoverished.
Suffering and deprivation are inherent in the lives of dairy cows. We’re grateful to our photojournalists for telling the stories of animals who we never get to see.
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Help Us Tell The Real Story of Milk
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At Poland's largest dairy farm, cows stand inside stalls on a rotating carousel to be milked. Photo: Andrew Skowron / We Animals Media
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Ahead of World Milk Day on Thursday, June 1, we’re reflecting on how the dairy industry continues to launch campaigns that mislead the public about the abysmal treatment of cows, nutrition, and environmental health.
While the realities of this industry continue to be unseen and underreported, we’re helping to expose the violent world of dairy production, far beyond the veil of campaigns driven by lobbyists.
We’ve planned more dairy industry investigations this year and we need your support to help get the truth out to more consumers and decision-makers.
Will you help us tell the real story about milk?
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Suzanne Goodwin – Metadata Editor. Photo: Jo-Anne McArthur / We Animals Media
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In our ‘Meet the Team’ Q&A series, we introduce you to the wonderful individuals running We Animals Media (WAM). This month we spoke with our Metadata Editor, Suzanne Goodwin.
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How Ag Gag Tries to Muzzle Animal Photojournalism
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At a slaughterhouse in Taiwan, a pig makes eye contact with the camera through the bars of a narrow chute. Photo: Ron Chiang / We Animals Media
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This month, for World Press Freedom Day, we honour the brave work of the journalists, whistleblowers and activists who bring animal abuses to light. These individuals go to the ends of the earth to bring us these stories despite the personal risk involved.
Adding to this risk, in recent years powerful lobbying efforts on behalf of large corporations have ushered in what are known as agricultural gag (ag-gag) laws, designed to criminalize the documentation of animal industries.
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Getting Animals in the Media
Click below to see our visuals in the latest news
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“The place would feel haunted but for the sun streaming in and the plants and vines pushing through concrete… I want the Earth to reclaim everything here.”
On this day, our storytellers Jo-Anne McArthur and Kelly Guerin visited two pig farms: one industrial, packed with thousands of pigs, and one long abandoned. Adapted from Jo’s journal entry, this short film reflects upon the haunted space and conveys hope for what might follow. This month, the Supreme Court voted to uphold the strongest animal rights law in the world, Proposition 12, inching that dream closer to reality. |
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