by The Pollination Project | Apr 10, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Location: Lombardy, Ontario, CANADA Liz Wheeler has spent years listening to animals that most people never think twice about. As the founder of Secondhand Stories, a chicken sanctuary nestled in Lombardy, Ontario, she built her life around the belief that farmed...
by The Pollination Project | Mar 20, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Location: Ceará, BRAZIL Eliziane Virgolino Alencar Colares has spent years building bridges between worlds that rarely speak to each other, the world of plant-based nutrition and the communities that need it most. A vegan advocate, journalist, and weekly columnist...
by Milena Fraccari | Mar 17, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
Last week, something powerful happened in Brasília. During Brazil’s National Animal Week (March 10–12), organized by the Ministry of the Environment through the Department of Animal Protection and Defense, civil society came together in an unprecedented way to push...
by The Pollination Project | Feb 12, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, ShiftHappens
This year, The Pollination Project participated in AVA Argentina, an energizing gathering of animal advocates from across Latin America. AVA created space for connection, learning, and collaboration across many approaches to change: animal welfare organizations,...
by The Pollination Project | Jan 9, 2026 | Animal Rights & Welfare, artistic expression, ShiftHappens
Location: NEPAL Sunaina Panthy is a social worker and animal rights advocate who has spent years listening to those who are rarely heard. In Nepal, that often means street dogs searching for scraps, cows left without care, and animals whose suffering has been...
