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| REASONS TO GO VEGAN |
WARNING: For those considering a non-violent lifestyle, these graphically disturbing videos will be a powerful motivator.
Earthlings: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6361872964130308142# Paul McCartney on eating animals: http://www.meat.org/?c=weekly_enews Christmas War With Animals: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjZiBdc-DDM> John Robins – Is it wrong to Eat Animals?: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbVRugmzuDs July 2010 TVNZ Close-Up: Fresh footage of NZ pig farm cruelty: July 2010. Open Rescue films New Zealand Pig Farm: http://www.youtube.com/user/NZOpenRescue Silent night in a factory pig farm: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0iXULi5vSg&feature=related Silent Night in a battery hen farm: http://www.youtube.com/nzopenrescue#p/u/3/9wgRCKIrfKk Is there “ethical” meat?: http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1031-22.htm Can Fish feel pain?: http://www.fishinghurts.com/FishFeelPain.asp Is drinking milk OK?: http://nzdairy.webs.com/ What is milk? (A maternal lactating secretion, a short term nutrient for new-borns): http://www.vegsource.com/articles/kradjian_milk.htm What is cow induction?: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/calls-calf-killing-practice-banned-3680389 Milk Myths: http://sharan-india.org/articles/cattle-and-milk/ What happens to male chicks?: http://www.humanemyth.org/cagefree.htm Are free-range eggs OK?: http://www.nzeggs.webs.com/ Is feather down OK?: http://animalrights.change.org/blog/view/the_agony_in_your_pillow_and_jacket_time_to_ditch_the_down Are fur clothing & trim and fur toys OK?
Does eating animals affect climate change?: The Truth behind your Food: http://al.godsdirectcontact.org/your_food/ Ellen DeGeneres discusses the power of “Earthlings” and being Vegan: Chart showing herbivore, carnivore, omnivore & human differences: http://glutenfreevegan.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/chart.jpg Mind-Opening and Informative Books “THE FACE ON YOUR PLATE” by Jeffrey Masson. Published by Norton. Available at bookstores. Face on Your Plate is an exhilarating work. With intelligence and insight, it shows what is wrong with the way we view animals, and very clearly how to make it right. The simplest choices we make – about the food we eat and that we feed to our families – have dramatic effects on animals, and also on our health and on the world in which we live”. [Neal Barnard, MD, president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Washington, DC] http://www.jeffreymasson.com
Thought-provoking video clip at this link: The opening chapter of Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows is startling and effective. We are asked to imagine a dinner party at which the guests are enjoying a delicious stew. But when one guest asks for the recipe, the host explains that it starts with a Golden Retriever. The disgust and revulsion that follows this announcement is examined in detail later in the book, and Dr. Joy is both succinct and smart in showing us the overlapping circles of identification, empathy and disgust that color our relationships with animals.
http://www.nzchas.canterbury.ac.nz/Clean,%20green%20cruelty%20free%20April%202008.pdf Aotearoa New Zealand is often promoted as a peaceful land of blue skies, pure streams, and rich pastures — a "clean and green" paradise. In reality, our society is based on the sounds, smells and blood of the slaughterhouse. Every year New Zealanders kill over a hundred million animals for food or profit. Over two million battery chickens are crowded into tiny, stinking cages, and thousands of pregnant sows endure boredom and frustration in cramped dark stalls. Animals suffer for our amusement in circuses, zoos, racetracks and rodeos, or are bred and hunted for sport. Hundreds of thousands of animals endure pain in laboratory experiments every year, while many more are trapped, shot, or poisoned because they have been defined as pests. Clean, Green and Cruelty-Free? explodes the myth of New Zealand as a pristine and animal-friendly environment. Designed as a resource for animal advocates, it will be of interest to anyone concerned about animal suffering. |
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