Over forty-five million turkeys are killed for Thanksgiving each year. These animals live torturous lives and experience painful deaths. What an awful way to celebrate our thankfulness, by contributing to massive suffering. This Thanksgiving, as millions of people stand in line to purchase their mass-produced, drug-laden, sick, abused, inhumanely slaughtered turkeys, I will be thankful that …
Nov
24
Bird Of Courage
Did you know that Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird, instead of the bald eagle? Here is the famous excerpt from the letter to his daughter: For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral …
Aug
06
Meet Your Meat: Ducks And Geese
Back to the basics today: Meet Your Meat. Most people don’t think of ducks and geese when they think of cruelty to farmed animals, but over 25 million ducks are slaughtered each year on factory farms. Ducks and geese are both severely abused by the meat and foie gras industries. Kept in small cages, often …
Mar
23
Meet Your Meat: Eggs
Yes, I realize that eggs aren’t technically meat, but the over 285 million hens that are raised for eggs each year are arguably the most abused of all livestock animals. These birds spend the entirety of their lives packed 7 or 8 hens to each battery cage. This gives each animal the space of slightly smaller …
Nov
19
Meet Your Meat: Turkeys
I have to admit, I had no clue who Shirley Jones was. After googling her, I found out that she played the mom on The Partridge Family (hence her cheese-ball reference to partridges at the start of the clip). No matter who she is, she gives an excellent description of the lives of factory-farmed turkeys. …
Nov
06
Meet Your Meat: Fish
To eat fish or not to eat fish… Some vegetarians choose to continue eating fish (they are technically called “pescatarians”) for a variety of reasons: 1) Fish is a leaner, healthier meat than land-based meat. 2) Many people believe that fish do not feel pain (which is completely untrue). 3.) People think that fish are caught in …
Aug
10
Meet Your Meat: Pigs
Back to the basics this week: Meet your meat. Pigs are often compared to dogs because they are affectionate, loyal, and intelligent. Most people are not familiar with pigs because 97% of pigs in the United States today are on factory farms. People would be surprised to learn that pigs dream, recognize names, play video …
Jun
12
Meet Your Meat: Cows
This video pretty much sums it up – please watch it: The one thing the video leaves out is how we’ve even turned something as simple as feeding the cows into an act of abuse and cruelty. For more on what we feed our cows and how it makes them sick, see my posts Feeding …
Jun
03
Meet Your Meat: Chickens and Turkeys
Chickens and turkeys are by far the most abused animals on the planet. They are crammed into dark, windowless, overcrowded sheds with as many as 40,000 birds per shed. These sheds are filthy with excrement and reek of ammonia. A writer for The New Yorker visited a chicken shed and wrote, “I was almost knocked …
