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Journalist for the animals & planet: @globeandmail @torontostar @corporateknight @winnipegnews . Features writer @sentient_media .

Winnipeg/ Montreal/ Germany
Joined March 2009
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
This project was nearly a year in the making. I'm so grateful to @Sentient_Media 's @AnaBrdly for offering me the space to put this important collection together. These stories needed to be told, and I thank the writers for bravely telling them. 1/9
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
10 days
After nearly 17 years together, I’ve said goodbye to my once-in-a-lifetime dog. I hope you get to know and love any animal the way I was honoured to know and love Willy.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Shelters are FULL! No one should be buying a dog right now. No one should be allowed to sell dogs!! #AdoptDontShop
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
So I finally shredded tofu. A thread …
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
So much of my life is dedicated to saving animals, so it feels so unnatural to end the life of one. But part of saving them is ending their suffering. Snoopy was 18 years old. I adopted him just 2 years ago. He was blind and deaf, and the dementia had reached a point of suffering
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
I made all this vegan sushi.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
My daughter’s kindergarten class had a field trip to a petting farm today. So, she skipped school. Instead we went to a local animal sanctuary where the animals aren’t forced to interact with people. They aren’t bred, nor sent to slaughtered when no longer useful. 1/3
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Six years vegan today. Still alive!! (Thriving actually, according to recent blood test.) It all started with @veganuary , and now says I’ve saved over 2000 animals.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 years
There are those who find this amusing, and the rest of us who only see suffering. Which one are you?
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One benefit of being a long-time foreign correspondent in Russia is you notice the Siberian Victory Day seals have learned more militarized tricks every year
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Spoke to the mayor of Coutts, Alberta, who confirmed that there are live cattle stuck in multiple trucks behind the blockade, for days. He also expressed concern about feed from the other side of the border not making into the country. 1/
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
If someone would have told you even a year ago that the true plight of dairy cows would be spoken about on stage at the #Oscars , that animal ag & #speciesism would be equally condemned alongside other forms of oppression, would you have believed it? Wow. #dairyisscary
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This is the Joaquin Phoenix Oscar speech everyone will be talking about tomorrow
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
I gave my students an option to view the documentary Dominion and write a reflection paper, in lieu of another assignment. Many took the option. Most have had a massive awakening. At least one has decided to give up eating animals.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Made another batch of vegan dandelion honey. My daughter’s been learning all about bees at kindergarten. She wanted to show her teacher that there’s ways to have honey without taking it from bees.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
We really do insane things to animals.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
Honestly, transitioning to a #plantbased way of eating is literally the LEAST most of us can do. I’m sick of all the dancing around this super obvious point because politicians and scientists enjoy the taste of cows. #COP26
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Tofu steak. Definitely a fave. Easy, nutritious, animal-free. #dinner #vegan
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Here it is! My first for @voxdotcom : “labeling claims such as ‘ethically/responsibly/thoughtfully raised’ have no legal definition and can be used on products that come from factory farms where welfare requirements are no higher than standard practices”
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
Ya’ll. My tofu steak. It’s evolving into something of magic. #bbq #plantbased
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
This!!! #Isolation
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Thinking about all the companion animals, captive animals, farmed animals and wildlife who will suffer immensely today due to #fireworks . When will we finally prioritize the well-being of others over our own momentary superficial joy?
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Spent the day putting together 24 fully plant-based, teen-friendly freezer meals for vegan family members. Total cost of ingredients was around $150, even including meat and cheese alternatives. Being vegan doesn’t have to be expensive. Even right now.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The offence that a tofu steak can cause …
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
7 months
“Denmark has become the first country in the world to publish a roadmap to make its food system more plant based.”
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
“Thunberg said the spillover of diseases from animals to humans was caused by farming methods, adding that a move to a plant-based diet could save up to 8 billion tonnes of CO2 each year.” Bingo.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Does it seem a little convenient that with the emergence of plant based meats suddenly everyone is anti-processed foods? Like you don’t eat bread? Crackers? Granola bars? Condiments? Nuggets? Everyone is eating only from the produce and meat section now? Yeah right.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
I’d love to write the story about how my silent celiac disease went undiagnosed for several agonizing months because doctors kept blaming my Veganism and soy consumption for my major nutrient deficiencies.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Can confirm that KFC’s new plant-based box offers the very same delicious euphoria-turns-self-loathing experience as the original recipe. No animal death guilt tho.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
Psssst, you can just make shepherds pie with lentils instead of dead cows.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
The “vegan agenda” is nowhere near on par w/the vested financial interests of animal ag industries. Animal activists just want to end animal harm (and most do the work for free). Animal ag industries want to make billions of dollars. These motivators cannot be compared.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
I pulled her out of bed to watch. And now she’s certain she will be Prime Minister. #KamalaHarris
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The @washingtonpost ’s @lreiley reports on cooling sales of meat alts. Price is a top factor. But not mentioned is why: gov subsidies keeping meat prices artificially low. “One pound of hamburger meat would actually cost US$30 w/o any government subsidies.”
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
The amount of people who have told me they’ve given up cow milk in the last 48 hours is truly remarkable.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
How about we don’t terrorize animals with fireworks this year? #NewYear2022
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The only freedom Kiska will ever know. What an absolute travesty and shame. Please don’t support animal captivity. #ripkiska
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
One of mom’s traditional dishes. Veganized. Culture can evolve. It must.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Geez! Can we be done with aquariums now? Captivity is not an aesthetic. Captive animals are not entertaining. Stop it.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
9 months
A lot of people really think dairy cows go on to live at some kind of retirement farm and die naturally. Wild.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
And made the most incredible #vegan + gluten-free thing ever! Look at this ridiculousness! And no animals. Duh.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Imagine being a white person in CANADA, with free healthcare and free education, with more rights than the majority of the people on the planet, with an ability to democratically elect your leader, and thinking you don’t have enough #FREEDOM . Gtfoh
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
My daughter’s kindergarten teacher is Indigenous, and brings some cultural teachings into the classroom. Then my daughter teaches me, and I am so grateful.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 years
My baby has never eaten an animal in her life. Today she is three years old, and magnificent.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
I impress myself. Homemade vegan peanut butter chocolates.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
I still meet people who think cows just naturally and continually make milk, and not that they are actually mothers being continually impregnated, their babies taken away soon after birth, so their breastmilk can be re-routed for human consumption. Still.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
My foster dog Dolby needs a retirement home in the #Winnipeg area, quick. He’s due back at the shelter this weekend. We can’t let that happen. Senior, house trained, chill, sleeps most of the day, very tolerant of other dogs and kids, but prefers calm & quiet & cuddles. #adoptme
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 years
Omg @BeyondMeat meatball subs at @SUBWAY . Someone get me a bag of rice, my phone is drowning in drool.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
You think you’re hot? In Canada, there are no laws regarding temperatures above or below which farmed animals cannot be transported. Yup, even today. Even when it feels like +40 outside. They still go. Are you paying for this suffering?
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
I’ve been writing about animal issues long enough now that I am able to see cultural shifts happen before my eyes. Story ideas that were rejected by editors a few years ago, are being accepted now, with fervour.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
People are THANKING farmers for SAVING the animals. Do y’all hear yourselves?
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
A local junior high has asked me to contribute a video about veganism to their upcoming Culture Day event. It’s a small audience of course, but this feels like a monumental moment, having vegan culture be recognized, appreciated and welcomed into the classroom. Can’t wait!!
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Christmas dinner, all vegan, featuring @ImpossibleFoods Wellington. Peace begins on your plate, as they say.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
My severely arachnophobic younger self would be SO impressed with my older, vegan, single mom, spider-relocating expert-self today!
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
Having a vegan vet only makes sense. Imagine doctors eating their patients. Ack. #winnipeg
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
6 months
The amount of articles published this week in mainstream media discussing turkeys as sentient individuals, highlighting their suffering in industrial farming, and advocating for alternatives this US Thanksgiving, is especially notable. And incredible.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Whoa.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The animal rights movement is not immune to racism. We know this. But veganism, as I know it, as a philosophy, ethical position and way of life, is inherently intersectional and fundamentally anti-all oppression. I also recognize tho, that this is not the position of all vegans.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Genius. @justegg
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
Dear @MileyCyrus : fish don’t just magically contain omega 3. They get it from eating algae. And so can you! Skip the dead animal, go to the source. #fishfeelpain
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Almost 50 years she was there. Tortured in a bathtub prison. But absolutely innocent. How did anyone ever think this was an ok thing to do?? I’m livid and heartbroken and ashamed. #kiska
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
Anti-maskers mass-attacking #Winnipeg businesses choosing to keep mask requirements, via social media, abusive messages and low online reviews, are a special kind of disgusting.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The video of a dumpster full of live fish is very disturbing. Moving away from the retail sale of pets should extend to all animals, not only dogs and cats.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Finally an accurate headline to describe what a barn fire really is, not mere loss of product or money, not just “devastation” for the farmer, but MAY BE THE LARGEST CATTLE KILLING EVER [apart from the nearly 100k killed by US meat & dairy industry daily].
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 years
Abuse is inherent in all industrialized animal farming, normal, common, routine, and all the other words that describe something not rare or unusual, as most people believe cruelty caught on undercover video to be. It’s always!
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Made vegan dandelion honey. And wow.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 months
Not eating animals can be pretty easy.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 months
Tofu could probably save the world. Happy #Veganuary .
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
This is my 24th article for @TorontoStar . A lot of these stories have only come to be as a result of important information and insights gained by activists and undercover investigators, those now deemed by the Ontario government to be acting illegally:
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
In some personal news: after 12 years living abroad, married, then returning home, unmarried, FT single parent, building a career, then a pandemic, housebound in Winnipeg for two (or is it three?) years — I’m still alive! That is all.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
Very excited to announce that I have been awarded a media fellowship from @VTLawSchool , with a focus on animal law. This summer I will learn much more about animal law in the US, and look forward to being able to branch out further in my work.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
9 months
Proud to be joining the @WinnipegHumane Society Board of Directors! The crucial institution has in recent years been moving steadily toward including all animals in its advocacy. Because, of course.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
A couple polar bears came by for a visit. @JohnRush32
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
I did it! Welcome 16 year old Snoopy, relinquished by his owners after spending most of his life in a kennel. He was covered in mattes & had to have all teeth removed. He’s blind, nearly deaf & overweight. And yet, he’s still the sweetest boy ever!!! We love him. #AdoptDontShop
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
3 years
@Alltimehigh19 @ELLEmagazine @FKAtwigs @ninagarcia aka the winner for most ignorant tweet of the day.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
9 months
Barns packed with live animals do not require fire protection and prevention measures because farmed animals are considered property, not living beings who don’t deserve to be burned alive. But yeah, super ethical and sustainable industry.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
You gotta be kidding.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
The simple concept of not exploiting animals for human profit … why is that so hard to agree with?
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Marinated and roasted smoked tofu. This time I used vegan beef -flavoured stock and steak spice. Next time we going for maple and mustard roasted “ham.” #dinnertime #Veganuary
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
I have to watch the full pig-gassing spy cam video today for a column. I’ve been avoiding it. Deep breaths. Please stop supporting this.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
6 months
Caring for an aging dog is so hard. This is my 4th go at loving an old pup till their end, but Willy is extra special. Together 16 years. Now he has kidney disease. He’s on the special food to help slow progression, but the drinking & peeing rule our world. We don’t sleep much.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Let’s keep talking about labelling “confusion.” This contains dairy milk.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Genuine animal sanctuaries are everything.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 month
Getting my kid’s school to add a vegan option to the pizza lunch feels like a small but mighty win. 😊
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Why aren’t grass-fed beef/ free range meat/ regenerative grazing/ etc. proponents at the very front of line promoting massive reduction in current meat consumption rates? That’s the only way it would ever even be close to working at mass scale. I never see that conversation. Ever
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Few things shock me much when it comes to animal cruelty these days. But practices like this, done out in the open and culturally celebrated, absolutely shock and appall me. How can we seemingly live in such different worlds where this is considered ok?
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
These drivers would not typically be equipped with food or water for the animals, as it is not a requirement for trips under 36 hours.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
When I adopted Snoopy from a local group focused on seniors, I imagined we’d have maybe a couple months together. We had almost two years. I’m so grateful. He was the cuddliest, most docile and sweet guy. Even after such a rough life. He should have hated the world. He didn’t.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
My daughter skipped school again. With my permission ☺️. Her class is on a field trip to the zoo. We opted out. Instead we went for a BTS tour of @WinnipegHumane , where we know the animals won’t be kept in cages forever. 🧵
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
5 years
Greta is vegan for the planet. Are you? #ClimateStrike
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
When farmers send me footage to prove how awesome life is for their animals, I'm always amazed at how two people can witness the same thing, yet see it so completely differently. Desensitization, tradition, and most of all money, can certainly do that.
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@JessLReid @UFUHQ Here are the calves Jess. Questions??
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
“the spot opens by first centering not the consumer, not even the product, but a cow, who—perhaps for the first time in a TV commercial—is referred to not as ‘it,’ but rather ‘her.’” My breakdown of @BeyondMeat ’s brilliant new ad, for @Sentient_Media :
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
6 years
Dear Baby boomers, Most of this is your fault, but if you go vegan now, we’ll forgive you.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
We all needed this good news.
@AnimalJustice
Animal Justice
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BREAKING: A massive pig slaughterhouse in Quebec is closing for good.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
“Killing animals for food will become less acceptable. Regulations will focus on humane treatment. Farmers will get subsidies to transition to plant-based farming as eating habits change. Governments will provide incentives for adopting homeless pets.” 🙏🏻
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
1 year
Omg. I did it. French onion soup. Vegan. Thanks to @SchoolNightVega ’s amazing (original) cashew mozzarella recipe.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
7 months
Canadian Thanksgiving. No animals needed: Mashed potatoes and pumpkin stuffed with plant-based meatballs. Caesar salad. Stuffing balls. Garden Brussels sprouts. Pumpkin pie. All #vegan . Traditions can evolve.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
If #aggag laws were in place in Ontario last summer, this rescue might not have happened. In the ongoing debate about #Bill156 , this is really the most important perspective: theirs. 🐄 My latest for @tenderlymag , featuring @dogtalesrescue : #stopbill156
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
It is currently -24 Celsius in Coutts. Animal transport trucks in Canada are not required to be outfitted with any mechanical climate controls. 3/
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
2 years
Whole new ballgame now.
@DxEverywhere
Direct Action Everywhere
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Watch Wayne's final words to the jury before they began deliberation. Now, we can say this is what WILL happen with certainty, because the jury made the right choice. They found Wayne & Paul not guilty on all charges and set a powerful precedent for the #RightToRescue in court.
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Jessica Scott-Reid, M.A.
4 years
Is this a joke??! “In total, $1.75 billion is to be paid to Canada’s 11,000 dairy farmers over an eight-year period.” Why are we trying so hard to bail out a sinking, unethical business, with tax payer money?
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