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"Pyramid schemes can be good, bad, even fraudulent," says 72-year-old Art Beux. "But this one is HUMANE!" He explains: "I have seen the DVDs from Compassion in World Farming (SA) and I feel very sad for the animals that endure the torture of factory farming. I also realise that I won't be able to change things alone. So I've decided to start a revolution in the form of a pyramid. I give copies of the DVDs to friends and acquaintances and ask them to view them and then take 2 steps:
"When we get there, Factory Farming will die by itself. Remember what happened to the British Textile industry in India when Ghandi got the Indians to boycott it?"
"I was born in the Italian Alps where I grew up in a rural environment. Nobody taught me to love the animals. I was born with that love. We would spend the winter evenings in the stable with the cows, that being the warmest place in the homestead. "In 1960 I came to South Africa and lived mostly in houses or flats where I could not enjoy the company of animals. "I chose to retire in Hogsback close to Nature on a big plot of ground where my companions can enjoy the freedom of the outdoors. "My family consists of a pack of 5 Border Collies who live in the house with me. They have shown me what True Love is. (I didn't think it existed!). I also have chickens who follow me around like dogs! Then there are the resident Starlings whose song is as good as the best of classical music. "Anyone who wants to join the Humane Revolution should start by sending for the DVDs from Compassion in World Farming." |
A retired aircraft and instrumentation mechanic has started a pyramid scheme in the hope of bringing about a Humane Revolution, beginning in the town of Hogsback, Eastern Cape.
Art Beux shares his view on life with us:
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