"Joyful Curmudgeon" An oxymoron?
No! I see all the beauty of God's creation and I'm joyful. At the same
time, I see all the suffering and corruption going on in the world, and feel
called to help expose and end it so that we may have true peace and compassion.
Of all the animals in America who suffer cruelty, 95 percent of them are
farmed animals. Designated as economic units, they have conveniently been
stripped of all protections against abuse. At the federal level, the Animal
Welfare Act simply does not apply to farmed animals. At the state level,
where laws might pick up the slack, anti-cruelty statutes are either not
enforced or have, in recent years, been rewritten to exclude farmed animals.
In the case of the latter, if a farming practice is established as
“accepted,” “common,” “customary,” or “normal” – no matter how inhumane –
anti-cruelty protections are overridden. In essence, it’s the criminals
dictating the laws to suit their designs.
– From “101 Reasons Why I’m a Vegetarian” by Pamela Rice
www.vivavegie.org/itoc
My husband Frank and I have been vegan for over 20 years, and the blessings in health and conscience have been enormous. When made aware of the cruelty involved in the animal product industries, so many people ask what they can do. The answer is simple: Go vegan! As long as people keep spending their money on animal-derived products, the torture will continue – as well as all the diseases brought on, or aggravated, by their consumption.
TTo learn more about animals, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/anex/index.html
For health articles, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/health.html
For great-tasting vegan recipes, photos, and information, visit:
http://www.all-creatures.org/recipes.html
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