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Since Earth Day happens this month, I am declaring April to be Earth
Month. :) So, I'm going to write a few entries this month about
how we can help save the environment.
The best thing you can do is to go vegan!
Why? Because cows, pigs, chickens, fish and all the others are Earthlings,
too! Here are a few more reasons why going vege is just earth-friendly...
 Cruelty
is not going to save the earth, and cruelty is inherent in farming
animals... Our beautiful kin are born from cruelty, born into cruelty,
live a horrible life, and then die without compassion or mercy. :(
Millions
of animals are killed every day for food... Which means at this moment
there are millions of animals being farmed. These millions of animals
are kept in horribly crowded conditions, and in order to keep them
alive and growing, they are fed all kinds of drugs.
Hormones, anti-biotics, chemicals and whatever...
these drugs end up in the meat you eat, in the milk, cheese
and ice cream you enjoy, and in the eggs you had for breakfast. If
you consume animal products, you are a druggie! and druggies are not
going to save the earth! :(
The drugs
also come out "the other end" of the animal, in their dung and urine.
And, folks, from millions of animals, comes millions and billions of
tons of dung. It's drugged dung, and where is it going? Some of it
is fed to other farmed animals! Some of it gets spread on the fields
that produce food for us and the farmed animals! Some of it is buried,
and some of it sits in waste ponds! Talk about contaminating our
water supply! Our food supply, even the plants we eat, has been
contaminated for years with these drugs and chemicals! :(
Shame on us for destroying so many lives! Shame on us for this
environmental damage!
Going vegan will help! You won't be contributing to this cycle of
cruelty and environmental destruction!
And guess what? You don't have to go vegan "cold turkey" to help (although
that helps the most!)... just reducing your meat/animal products is
a great step in the "save the earth" direction.
Off-site Links:
GoVeg.com "Meat and the Environment"
Loads of info about the environmental connection here!
Vegan Outreach
"Why Vegan" and starter pack are free for downloading as PDF files!
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