{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"halfpintpixie","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/halfpintpixie\/","title":"Colouring in cruelty - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cV66Aqp0re\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/colouring-in-cruelty\/\">Colouring in cruelty<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/colouring-in-cruelty\/embed\/#?secret=cV66Aqp0re\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Colouring in cruelty&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"cV66Aqp0re\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"It&#8217;s time for my monthly ramblings from the world of vegan parenting&#8230; It&#8217;s been raining, and raining, and raining some more these last few weeks so we&#8217;ve been spending a lot of time colouring\u00a0 in pictures.\u00a0 Littlepixie is getting bored of her colouring book and my drawing skills are reasonably close to abysmal, I mean I know what I&#8217;m trying to draw, it&#8217;s just that our pencils are quite clearly malfunctioning! I had the bright idea of going online to print out some colouring sheets for Littlepixie, she likes to colour elephants, monkeys, horses and giraffes, I&#8217;m sure you can imagine what my drawings look like! So I did a little googling and I must say, I know coming from a vegan perspective I&#8217;m a little sensitive to animal cruelty but honestly, who would give this picture to their children to colour in? Do they have no compassion? Or do they just not think about these things? I foolishly had thought that the vast majority of people had come around to the idea of animal-free circuses. But no, I appear to have overestimated once again. Abuse of animals is still rife in circuses, circuses.com has some harrowing reports on it [&hellip;]","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/halfpintpixie.wordpress.com\/files\/2008\/08\/elephant-circus.jpg"}