Animals
"until we stop harming all other living beings,
we are still savages." -thomas jefferson
foundational
principles
animals are not ours to eat
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animals are not ours to wear
animals are not ours to experiment on
animals are not ours to use for entertainment
animals are not ours to abuse in any way
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did you know?
going vegan is the single
greatest impact you
can have on the
environment. you save 100 animal lives per year,
reduce world hunger,
and slow global warming.
click here to find out how.
read "The PETA Practical Guide to Animal Rights"by Ingrid Newkirk
watch peta tv- particularly "meet your meat"and"undercover investigation: china's fur farms"
surf www.peta.org- exhaustive information, hip format, indespinsible resource
act go vegan. it's a lifestyle that follows the above principles. trust me, you'll feel better.
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for life , & spare animals' lives
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the
reasoning
but what about "dominion"?
weren't animals created for our use?
FOOD
God's origional instructions to us were to eat
plants for our food. period. this only changed
after the fall, that He permitted man to eat animals.
it's been medically proven that eating a vegan or
vegetarian diet is healthier than one that includes
animal products. He had a reason for stipulating only
the use of plants for food. the human body is not built to metabolize meat, and dairy and eggs have been linked to high cholesterol and even osteoprosis. watch the "omnivore vs. herbivore" video in the gallery for more information.
however, if it's not necessary to our survival to eat animal products, why would we then cause unecessary suffering and death? because we like the taste? not a good enough reason.
one person going vegan saves 100 animal lives each year.
do we think that highly of ourselves that we honestly feel it justified to cause the suffering on the below tabs so we can enjoy the taste of something? if there's a replacement for meat and other animal products, why not show mercy and stop this needless suffering?
it's easier than you think to go vegan. read my story on the "vegan?" tab.
LIFESTYLE
living a compassionate lifestyle is easy if you life in a mindset of consistency.
it's the simple understanding that using animals for anything - food, clothing, experimentation, entertainment , hunting - is unecessarily causing pain, suffering
and death on living beings.
anyone who has a pet won't argue the obvious emotions of joy, sadness, love, excitement and fear clearly read on their faces and in their body language.
why are some animals friends,
while others are food or clothing?
there are plenty of alternative products out there - just as delicious, just as stylish. clik on the "links" tab to find them. i've already done all of the legwork for you.
"And God said, See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
And to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the ground--to everything in which there is the breath of life--I have given every green plant for food. And it was so."
-Genesis 1:29-30
for more information on living compassionately,
read "Dominion"by Matthew Scully.
"Cruelty to Animals: Mechanized Madness" (PETA Article)
The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes of years past are now distant memories. On today's
factory farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy windowless sheds, wire cages,
gestation crates, and other confinement systems. These animals will never raise their families, root
in the soil, build nests, or do anything that is natural to them. They won't even feel the sun on
their backs or breathe fresh air until the day they are loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter.
Animals on today's factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were
inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic
pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed
animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as companions.
The factory farming system of modern agriculture strives to maximize output while minimizing costs. Cows,
calves, pigs, chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other animals are kept in small cages, in jam-packed sheds, or on
filthy feedlots, often with so little space that they can't even turn around or lie down comfortably. They are
deprived of exercise so that all their bodies' energy goes toward producing flesh, eggs, or milk for human
consumption. The giant corporations that run most factory farms have found that they can make more money by
cramming animals into tiny spaces, even though many of the animals get sick and some die. Industry journal National
Hog Farmer explains, "Crowding Pigs Pays," and egg-industry expert Bernard Rollins writes that "chickens are cheap; cages are expensive."
They are fed drugs to fatten them faster and to keep them alive in conditions that would otherwise kill them, and they are genetically altered to grow faster or to produce much more milk or eggs than they would naturally. Many animals become crippled under their own weight and die within inches of water and food.
While the suffering of all animals on factory farms is similar, each type of farmed animal faces different types of cruelty:
When they have finally grown large enough, animals raised for food are crowded onto trucks and transported over many miles through all weather extremes to the slaughterhouse. Those who survive this nightmarish journey will have their throats slit, often while they are still fully conscious. Many are still conscious when they are plunged into the scalding water of the defeathering or hair-removal tanks or while their bodies are being skinned or hacked apart.
Take a stand against cruelty to animals: By switching to a vegetarian diet, you will save more than 100 animals a year.
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not
food
"Animals Used for Clothing" (PETA Article)
Wool
It may come from a sheep, goat, or Tibetan antelope. It may be
called "wool," "mohair," "pashmina," or "cashmere." But no matter
what you call it, it means bad news for the animal it came from.
In the wool industry, just weeks after birth, lambs' ears are
punched, their tails are chopped off, and the males are castrated, all without
anesthetics. To prevent "flystrike" (a maggot infestation caused by wrinkly skin, which was
bred into the sheep so that they would have more wool), Australian ranchers perform a barbarous operation called "mulesing," which involves carving huge strips of flesh off the backs of unanesthetized lambs' legs. To learn more about wool, please visit SaveTheSheep.com.
Leather
Leather is not a slaughterhouse byproduct. It's a booming industry, a driving force for the cattle industry, and it accounts for two-thirds of the value of the slaughtered cattle. Even the hides of "veal" calves are made into high-priced calfskin. The economic success of slaughterhouses and factory farms is directly linked to the sale of leather goods. Decreasing demand for both animal foods and leather products will result in fewer cows' being factory-farmed. To learn more about leather, please visit CowsAreCool.com.
Fur
Those who wear fur trim and fur coats have the blood of minks, raccoons, foxes, beavers, and other animals on their hands. Animals on fur farms spend their lives in tiny cages only to be killed by anal or genital electrocution, which causes them to have a heart attack. Some are skinned alive. Animals in the wild may languish for days in traps before they die or are killed. To find out more about fur, please visit FurIsDead.com.
Dress for Success in Animal Advocacy
Fortunately, there's plenty of drop-dead
gorgeous clothing that hasn't harmed
animals. For a guide to cruelty-free clothing,
click here.
clothing
"Animal Testing" (PETA Article)
Have you ever wondered how many animals suffer in labs? It's a good question. Because there are so many animals in laboratories and records are not kept for all animals, estimates of the number of animals tortured and killed annually in U.S. laboratories vary widely but are in the millions.
The Animal Welfare Act requires laboratories to report the number of animals used in experiments, but it does not cover mice, rats, and birds (used in some 80 to 95 percent of all experiments). Because these animals are not covered by the act, they remain uncounted, and we can only guess at how many actually suffer and die each year.
Many household products and cosmetics companies still pump their products into animals' stomachs, rub them onto their skin, squirt them into their eyes, or force animals to inhale them as aerosol sprays. Charities such as the March of Dimes use donations from private citizens to fund experiments on animals, and the FDA requires all drugs to be tested on animals. However, animals differ from humans significantly, making animal drug tests unreliable and dangerous. New research methods, such as computer models, cell cultures, and human studies are more accurate, less expensive, and much more humane.
Companies that do not test on animals proudly state it on their labels. Send back items that you have from companies that test on animals, and write a letter to the
companies explaining why you won't buy their products anymore.
For more information on animal testing and a list of companies
that do not test on animals, see
PETA's Shopping Guide for Caring Consumers
and be sure to share it with
your friends! Learn more.
experiments
"Animals Used for Entertainment"
(PETA Article)
Animals don't want to ride bicycles, stand on their heads, balance on balls,
or jump through rings of fire. Sadly, they have no choice. Trainers use
abusive tools, like whips and electric prods, and force them to perform.
Not only are elephants, bears, tigers, and other animals abused by
trainers, they suffer from extreme loneliness, boredom, and frustration
from being locked in tiny cages or chains month after month, city after
city. Instead of being treated like furniture that is loaded and
unloaded into trucks and storage areas, these animals should be in
their natural habitat, exploring, seeking mates, and raising families.
Animals held captive in circuses, rodeos, zoos, and other entertainment
venues need you to speak out for them. Teach your community why, for animals'
sake, they should go for a hike or take in a baseball game instead of supporting these
unkind businesses.
Help animals in captivity.
entertainment
"Animal Exploitation" (PETA Article)
Every year, more than 3 million dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, and other
animals are euthanized because they were born into a world that does
not have enough homes for them. For every one companion animal who
lives indoors with a human family and receives the attention, health
care, and emotional support that he or she needs, there are
thousands just barely surviving. Millions of domestic animals
never know a kind human touch and live hard lives on the street
before dying equally hard deaths.
Others suffer at the hands of an unfit guardian who deprives them of
veterinary care and other basic necessities: Social birds are left alone in tiny,
barren cages for years as decorations;rabbits, guinea pigs, and hamsters are kept in filthy cages and only paraded out as a source of entertainment now and then; cats are left outside and often become victims of cruel people; dogs are left chained outside or kept in waste-strewn pens with only a metal barrel to protect them from the elements.
Every animal deserves a chance to thrive in a responsible and permanent home. Sadly, breeders, pet stores, and people who fail to sterilize their companion animals have created a tremendous overpopulation problem that forces animal shelters to put millions of dogs and cats to death every year.
PETA and other animal protection
groups cannot end the
animal-overpopulation
crisis alone. We need
everybody to pitch in!
To learn how to help
homeless dogs and cats,
please visit
HelpingAnimals.com.
to be abused
the information on the last five tabs is obtained with permission from peta's website collection.
i have included the links to the sources on each article title.
