Daily Facts Listed by Date
May 2008
1 May 2008 - Vegetarian diets are
appropriate for all stages of the life cycle.
2 May 2008 - World Wildlife Fund supports
the Canadian seal slaughter (seals are bludgeoned and skinned alive) because
“it is not a conservation issue.”
3 May 2008 - The USDA recalled 143 million
pounds of beef on Feb. 17, 2008, marking the largest meat recall in U.S.
history to date.
4 May 2008 - Research indicates the extract
from cranberries inhibits proliferation of human tumor lines, causing an
anticancer effect.
5 May 2008 - Capsaicin (an ingredient found in
hot peppers) triggers cancer cell death without harming surrounding healthy
cells.
6 May 2008 - Dead cats and dogs from shelters
and vet clinics are often mixed into livestock feed for cattle and hogs on
factory farms.
7 May 2008 - Scientific evidence proves that
fish do in fact, feel pain and react to it.
8 May 2008 - A recent study found that higher
IQ's in childhood are associated with an increased likelihood of being
vegetarian as an adult.
9 May 2008 - Calcium absorption from
vegetables is better than that of milk.
10 May 2008 - The U.S. government is exempt
from false advertising laws.
11 May 2008 - A 12-year Harvard study of
nearly 78,000 women, found that women who drank milk three times a day
actually broke or fractured more bones than women who drank little to no
milk at all.
12 May 2008 - Declawing cats is an unnatural,
painful and inhumane act; the surgery is actually an amputation of the last
joint of a cat's "toes".
13 May 2008 - Throughout ancient history, some
of the most revered, influential, and brilliant thinkers of have embraced
animal compassion and vegetarian ideology.
14 May 2008 - Chickens are excluded from the
U.S. Animal Welfare Act and from the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act.
15 May 2008 - A vegetarian, including vegan,
diet can meet current recommendations for all essential nutrients.
