(Can’t see the video? Click here.)
Unfortunately, over 5 MILLION turkeys will be slaughtered for this gluttonous tradition. I think if everybody watched this video though, they would think twice about eating turkey (or any meat) for Thanksgiving.
Yes, it can be done. A Google search for “vegetarian Thanksgiving recipes” gave me 283,000 results. I promise it’s possible.
270,000 is the official quota. This makes me sick. Physically sick. This disgusting act of cruelty and complete lack of feeling is incomprehensible to me. I wrote about this last year, hoping I wouldn’t have to ever again.
They beat them, mothers and their babies, with clubs so as not to damage the pelt with a bullet hole. And we call ourselves civilized? Still running around like cavemen, killing animals and skinning them for their fur?
You think people would still wear it if they saw the bloodied and skinned animal it came from? Where’s that marketing campaign? Don’t believe me? Think it’s a painless and beautiful process? Go to images.google.com and do a search for “seal hunt.” See how luxurious that fur really is.
If this is turning your stomach, good– that means you have a heart. And that’s a pretty good sign you should do something, anything.
“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
- Gandhi
As well as being brighter, the vegetarians were better educated and of higher social class but the link with intelligence remained statistically significant even after adjusting for these factors. Despite their intelligence they were not wealthier and more likely to be working for charities or in education.
Published on Friday, December 15, 2006 by the Independent/UK, copied from Common Dreams
It’s official - vegetarians really are smarter. But it is not because of what they eat. Bright children are more likely to reject meat and opt to become vegetarians when they grow up, a study has shown. Clever veggies are born not made.
The finding helps explain how a team of vegetarians won the BBC Test the Nation competition in September, when they beat off competition from six other teams including butchers, public school pupils and footballers’ wives to achieve the highest overall IQ score.
The top scoring individual in the contest, Marie Bidmead, 68, a mother of five from Churcham, Gloucester, was also a vegetarian. “I think it shows we veggies are good thinkers. We think about what we eat for a start,” she said.
Researchers from the University of Southampton who conducted the study agree. They suggest that vegetarians are more thoughtful about what they eat. But they say it is unclear whether bright children choose to become vegetarians for the health benefits or for other reasons, such as a concern for animals, or as a lifestyle choice.
Continue reading ‘Vegetarianism: the Choice of the ‘More Intelligent’ Child’
Ohio hunters bagged 39,629 white-tailed deer on the first day of deer-gun season Monday, a slight increase from last year.
Preliminary figures from deer-check stations statewide showed hunters killed 934 more deer than the first day of the 2005 season, wildlife officials said.
The 10 counties yielding the most deer were: Tuscarawas, 1,858; Guernsey, 1,615; Coshocton, 1,503; Washington, 1,451; Holmes, 1,304; Harrison, 1,244; Licking, 1,192; Muskingum, 1,127; Athens, 1,101; and Meigs, 1,054.
In central Ohio, totals reported by the Ohio Division of Wildlife were: Fairfield, 574; Pickaway, 269; Delaware, 232; Franklin, 87; and Madison, 41.
Wildlife officials estimate about 400,000 hunters will kill 115,000 to 120,000 deer during the nine-day deer-gun season.
Is this something to be proud of? Of insecure men toting guns and killing 40,000 innocent animals who are just trying to survive on the land they occupied first? This will be a very sad nine days for Ohio. I will never understand hunting.
One definition of “sport” is “an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition.” Where exactly is the competition? Using high-tech equipment to locate and shoot an innocent animal who has no way to defend itself is not competition. Give the deer a gun and then it may be closer to a sport. Until then, you are not a sportsman. You are a violent killer with an ego who is insecure in your masculinity.
Some people hunt for sustenance. That’s fine and I could understand that, that’s how it was for many native settlers in this country. But I’m willing to bet the 40,000 deer killed on Monday were not killed to feed a family.
Out of respect you kill it? What kind of fu–ed up logic is that?! So I should kill my whole family and all my friends and hang their heads on my wall? Do hunters know how ridiculous they sound when they say that?
There have already been a couple stories of hunters getting injured or killed, including a highway driver who was shot by a hunter shooting too close. Not that I want anyone to get hurt or killed, but really, times that pain by 120,000 and you’ll see how the deer feel. It’s not fun getting shot is it?
This whole thing is disgusting and overwhelmingly sad for me. It feels like another step back in morality and humanity.
Ahhh another Thanksgiving is here again. A day when 45 million turkeys are killed so Americans can uphold another holiday tradition. Another day that reaffirms my desire to never eat meat again. Another holiday where I have to explain to my extended family members that I will not starve by not eating meat, that I have plenty of other things to eat at Thanksgiving besides the flesh of a bird corpse. But there are still millions of families who can’t wait to sink their teeth into a big bite of juicy turkey. For them I would like to share some things…
This is a video that shows you exactly how that delicious Butterball arrives on your plate. And if you can’t stomach watching it, how in the world can you stomach eating it? It’s called cognitive dissonance…
Turkeys are “smart animals with personality and character, and keen awareness of their surroundings,” Oregon State University poultry scientist Tom Savage says. Turkeys are social, playful birds who enjoy the company of others. They relish having their feathers stroked and like to chirp, cluck, and gobble along to their favorite tunes. Anyone who spends time with them at farm sanctuaries quickly learns that turkeys are as varied in personality as dogs and cats. The president “pardons” a turkey every year—can’t you pardon one too?I can finally say this blog is not all anti-Bush because of this post. Turns out that even though Bush isn’t so fond of human rights, there’s at least a little place in his frozen heart for animal rights.
SACRAMENTO, CA (October 6, 2006) – United Animal Nations, the organization that pioneered disaster relief for animals nearly 20 years ago, today commended President George Bush for signing a measure that will save both human and animal lives when disaster strikes. The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act requires state and local agencies to include provisions for people with pets or service animals to safely evacuate with their animals in the event of a disaster.
“We applaud President Bush for signing this sweeping bill that enables agencies throughout the country to better care for animals during emergencies,” said UAN President and CEO Nicole Forsyth. “As we saw after Hurricane Katrina, both humans and animals suffer needlessly when emergency plans fail to include pets.”
Recent surveys show that as many as two-thirds of Americans would refuse to evacuate if they had nowhere to bring their pets. Because Red Cross shelters do not allow animals, many pet owners have limited options when disasters force them from their homes. People who leave pets behind often try to rescue them later, further jeopardizing their safety and hampering relief efforts.
“Given the bond between people and their pets, a disaster plan that doesn’t include animals in simply incomplete,” Forsyth said. “With the PETS Act now signed into law, there is hope that people will never be forced to make the difficult and heartbreaking decision to leave their pets behind to save their own lives.”
The PETS Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Tom Lantos (D-Calif.) and Chris Shays (R-Conn.), and in the U.S. Senate by Senators Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.). It was approved unanimously by the Senate on August 4 and by the House of Representatives on September 20.
About the PETS Act:
- Requires local and state emergency preparedness authorities that receive FEMA funding to include provisions for pets and service animals in their disaster plans
- Grants FEMA the authority to assist states and local communities in developing such plans
- Authorizes federal funds to help create pet-friendly emergency shelters
- Allows FEMA to provide assistance for individuals with pets and service animals, and the animals themselves, following a major disaster.
Through its volunteer-driven Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS), UAN provides free emergency sheltering and disaster relief services for animals in communities that become overwhelmed by natural disasters or other crises, as well as free disaster planning assistance. Since 1987, UAN has responded to 70 disasters, saving thousands of animal lives. UAN spent more than two months in the Gulf Region after Hurricane Katrina, deploying more than 400 volunteers to help 2,100 animals at six shelters in three states. With more than 2,600 trained EARS volunteers in the United States and Canada, UAN can respond to a crisis that puts animals at risk within 24 hours of receiving an official request for assistance.
Now celebrating its 20th year, United Animal Nations (UAN) is North America’s leading provider of emergency animal sheltering and disaster relief services and a key advocate for the critical needs of animals.
Last week, Bexley Monk, regarded as one of Columbus finest dining establishments, added foie gras to its menu in protest of a newly enacted ban on the product in Chicago.
It’s the over-sized, diseased liver from which pate is made. Workers force a long, metal tube down ducks and geese’s necks directly into their stomachs where they pump large amounts of food – so much food that sometimes their stomachs explode, or the rod punctures through their neck.
Please join me and other local activists with Mercy for Animals and PETA in speaking up against the forced feeding torture that both ducks and geese suffer through. Show the Bexley Monk customers what they’re really eating!!
For more information please visit PETA’s website on foie gras or contact Mercy for Animals at info@mercyforanimals.org.
Also, please call and write the restaurant to voice your disapproval:
phone: 614-239-6665, e-mail (Bob Monica): Bob@BexleysMonk.com.
Mercy For Animals’ Executive Director Nathan Runkle had his editorial letter about the foie gras issue published in Sunday’s Columbus Dispatch, check it out. Props to the Dispatch for publishing this!!
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