12/06/2026
💛 My Story , And Why I Do What I Do
Everyone who knows me knows one thing:
I love animals more than anything in this world, and I will never tolerate behaviour that causes them fear, stress, or harm.
I was raised on a farm, trained as a nurse, then became a veterinary nurse caring for animals has always been in my blood.
My dad was a butcher in Kyabram for 25 years, and growing up he would often bring home newborn goats, lambs, and calves from the abattoirs. Their mothers had aborted from stress before being killed.
I raised those babies myself, and that’s where I learned just how deeply animals feel everything, fear, confusion, separation, panic.
They are born from love and know only the gentle care of their mothers until humans step in.
So when people say to me,
“I can’t believe you’d be involved in this kind of business, you love animals!”
I understand why they say it.
But here’s the truth:
People will always eat meat. I can’t change that.
But what I can do is prevent the unnecessary suffering that happens when animals are taken from their home paddock, often shocked by an electrical prodder up a ramp into a truck, often dropped to the cattle sale yards , sold off separately, again rushed around in pens and prodded then sent to an abattoir.
And I still don’t understand why we allow that level of stress and fear to continue.
There is nothing humane about it.
That’s why I do what I do now.
I married a butcher, and Ash is a bloody good one, a respectful one, and together we choose to do things differently.
Instead of sending animals away, we go to the farmer’s property.
We treat their animal with calm handling, respect, and a stress‑free kill.
The animal stays in the paddock or yard it knows, surrounded by familiar sounds, familiar smells, and familiar animals.
It’s peaceful. It’s dignified, and it’s humane.
This is, without question, the most ethical way to process an animal.
And it gives the farmer peace of mind knowing their animal was respected and cared for right until the very end.
I don’t do this work despite loving animals.
I do it because I love them, and because they deserve nothing less.
