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Protect Animals, the Environment, and Your Health - Pledge to be Veg!
Sponsored by: PETA
With every passing day, your life and the lives of others are affected by your food choices. Eating your veggies is good for your health, good for the environment, and, of course, good for animals! Take a look at the facts behind our food habits:
Please make a difference today by pledging to be vegetarian for one month. And if you're already vegetarian, you can help by asking your friends and family to sign the pledge to be veg!
- Animals in factory farms have little, or no, legal protection from cruelty. This same cruelty would be illegal if it were inflicted on dogs or cats. Yet farmed animals are just as intelligent and capable of feeling pain as the animals we cherish as companions.
- Eating animal-based foods impairs the hearts ability to do its job. A major study in 2005 reconfirmed that those who ate the most meat were also at the greatest risk for heart disease.
- Raising animals for food damages the environment more than nearly anything else we do. Environmental organizations agree: eating meat wastes natural resources, pollutes the water, destroys topsoil, and contaminates the air for everyone.
Please make a difference today by pledging to be vegetarian for one month. And if you're already vegetarian, you can help by asking your friends and family to sign the pledge to be veg!
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We signed the “Protect Animals, the Environment, and Your Health - Pledge to be Veg!” petition!
# 100:
5:55 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Merle Neidell, New York
healthier, more humane, less toxic and very delicious
healthier, more humane, less toxic and very delicious
# 99:
5:55 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Lori Bumgardner, Florida
# 98:
5:50 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Colleen O'brien, Canada
CATS AND DOGS AND SEALS ARE NOT THE ONLY ANIMALS ON THIS PLANET. HELLO . . .
CATS AND DOGS AND SEALS ARE NOT THE ONLY ANIMALS ON THIS PLANET. HELLO . . .
# 97:
5:49 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Vanessa Dagavarian, New York
# 96:
5:46 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Suzanne Schillinger, Pennsylvania
# 95:
5:46 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Scott Hayes, North Carolina
# 94:
5:44 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, California
# 93:
5:40 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Helen D. Bilowus, New York
# 92:
5:39 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Kelly-Amber Dolan, Canada
Think about the animals.
Think about the animals.
# 91:
5:33 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Mary Brinson, Missouri
I've been a vegetarian most of my life and with modern vegetarian products it has even more variety than before. With the plants we use to feed farm animals, we could feed even more people with it and kill less animals for a food source.
I've been a vegetarian most of my life and with modern vegetarian products it has even more variety than before. With the plants we use to feed farm animals, we could feed even more people with it and kill less animals for a food source.
# 90:
5:31 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Lisa LaDore, New York
# 89:
5:31 pm PDT, Oct 12,
James Hall, Texas
# 88:
5:30 pm PDT, Oct 12,
FRAN REYES, California
# 87:
5:29 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sandy Mielo, Pennsylvania
# 86:
5:21 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Holly Pranaat, Illinois
I became a vegetarian due to my firm belief in nonviolence and the respect of all life, as well as for the impact a vegetarian lifestyle can have on reducing factory farming, poverty, and the destruction of the earth. It has been a rewarding change in lifestyle, for me and for the planet.
I became a vegetarian due to my firm belief in nonviolence and the respect of all life, as well as for the impact a vegetarian lifestyle can have on reducing factory farming, poverty, and the destruction of the earth. It has been a rewarding change in lifestyle, for me and for the planet.
# 85:
5:12 pm PDT, Oct 12,
David Dice, Pennsylvania
# 84:
5:08 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Ted Immediato, Delaware
# 83:
5:07 pm PDT, Oct 12,
TERESA ICE, Indiana
# 82:
5:05 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Jerome Roth, Arizona
I urge everyone to go all the way to vegan - no flesh and no dairy.
I urge everyone to go all the way to vegan - no flesh and no dairy.
# 81:
5:03 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Linda Gardner, New Mexico
# 80:
4:59 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Connie Tyler, California
I have been a vegetarian for 12 years now. I'm 63, healthy, and happy.
I have been a vegetarian for 12 years now. I'm 63, healthy, and happy.
# 79:
4:58 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Cosmic Rhino Gifts, California
# 78:
4:54 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, Texas
I am already a long time vegetarian. This is due to many factors, two being health for myself and our world. Killing animals to sustain myself seems some how to be an oxymoron.
I am already a long time vegetarian. This is due to many factors, two being health for myself and our world. Killing animals to sustain myself seems some how to be an oxymoron.
# 77:
4:54 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Kate Richardson, New Jersey
# 76:
4:53 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Betty Shipley, Florida
I rarely eat any meat as it is, so it will be so easy to be a vegatarian. I know that I will feel better also.
I rarely eat any meat as it is, so it will be so easy to be a vegatarian. I know that I will feel better also.
# 75:
4:50 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Melvin Gonzalez-Rivera, Ohio
# 74:
4:50 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Tonya Dorsey, Pennsylvania
# 73:
4:48 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Kaelen Krumich, Florida
# 72:
4:42 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Rita Leone, Mississippi
IT IS NOT EASY TO GO VEGGIE WHEN WE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMED TO EAT MEAT FOR MANY YEARS--BUT IT IS A PROVEN FACT THAT AMERICANS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES WHILD NOT ADDING MEAT TO THEIR DIET.
IT IS NOT EASY TO GO VEGGIE WHEN WE HAVE BEEN PROGRAMED TO EAT MEAT FOR MANY YEARS--BUT IT IS A PROVEN FACT THAT AMERICANS LIVE LONGER, HEALTHIER LIVES WHILD NOT ADDING MEAT TO THEIR DIET.
# 71:
4:41 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 70:
4:40 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Donna Lang, Minnesota
I've been a vegetarian for just over 4 years now, and am happy to be one.
I've been a vegetarian for just over 4 years now, and am happy to be one.
# 69:
4:36 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Michael Phillips, Texas
# 68:
4:36 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Anita Earnest, Texas
I will still eat fish and free range eggs, but I promise not to eat another animal.
I will still eat fish and free range eggs, but I promise not to eat another animal.
# 67:
4:34 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, Massachusetts
# 66:
4:32 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Scott Wilson, Indiana
# 65:
4:28 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Jessica Mokrzycki, Connecticut
# 64:
4:26 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Joyce Deed, New York
I have basically been veg for many years. I do find you have to suppliment with chicken, fish every once and awhile
I have basically been veg for many years. I do find you have to suppliment with chicken, fish every once and awhile
# 63:
4:25 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Katie H., New York
Eating Veggies is good for you, and beside, it helps animals all around!! =]
Eating Veggies is good for you, and beside, it helps animals all around!! =]
# 62:
4:25 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Rick Pickett, California
As much as I crave quality meat, they are no different from me. Would I appreciate being consumed, no.
As much as I crave quality meat, they are no different from me. Would I appreciate being consumed, no.
# 61:
4:24 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Pamel Starr-johnson, Idaho
# 60:
4:15 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sharon Allen, Indiana
# 59:
4:15 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Richard Hannah, Tennessee
# 58:
4:07 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Michael Maslanek, New York
# 57:
4:07 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 56:
4:05 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Kricket Caffery, Oregon
# 55:
3:53 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Carol L Collins, Delaware
# 54:
3:46 pm PDT, Oct 12,
David Parker, Arkansas
I am eating more organic foods and feel better. Westbrae has really good organic beans.
I am eating more organic foods and feel better. Westbrae has really good organic beans.
# 53:
3:34 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Barbara Ballenger, Illinois
# 52:
3:25 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Sean D. O'Toole, Ohio
# 51:
3:20 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Ron Matthews, United Kingdom