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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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# 250:
8:45 am PDT, Oct 13,
Erin O' Connell, Ireland
It's easy! I've been a veggie/vegan for 35 years now. I've also raised a very happy healthy child who never had or would have a taste of animal, fish or bird. Not only will your choice help protect the planet it will cut down on needless abuse of animals. Go Vegan!
It's easy! I've been a veggie/vegan for 35 years now. I've also raised a very happy healthy child who never had or would have a taste of animal, fish or bird. Not only will your choice help protect the planet it will cut down on needless abuse of animals. Go Vegan!
# 249:
8:36 am PDT, Oct 13,
Timothy Garner, Minnesota
# 248:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 13,
Name not displayed, California
# 247:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 13,
Limaris Soto, Florida
# 246:
8:33 am PDT, Oct 13,
Dotti Lydon, California
# 245:
8:30 am PDT, Oct 13,
Simone Duffin, Australia
# 244:
8:28 am PDT, Oct 13,
Barry Knudsen, Massachusetts
# 243:
8:25 am PDT, Oct 13,
Roger Peirce, Colorado
# 242:
8:22 am PDT, Oct 13,
Karen Gray, Indiana
# 241:
8:19 am PDT, Oct 13,
Roe Weber, New Jersey
i havent eaten red meats for about 5 yr's now, so the rest will be easy, it's fruit's & veggie's from now on !!!
i havent eaten red meats for about 5 yr's now, so the rest will be easy, it's fruit's & veggie's from now on !!!
# 240:
8:18 am PDT, Oct 13,
Ernest Cawvey, Ohio
# 239:
8:17 am PDT, Oct 13,
Name not displayed, California
I have been a vegetarian for 36 years. I rarely get sick, I'm healthy and fit, and I wouldn't touch meat unless my life actually depended on it. We really gaina lot by eschewing meat and lose nothing but eating food at the expense of other species. We could save acres of valuable land by doing away with raising meat animals, and avoid a lot of toxins in the air and water. Do some reading. Then think about it!
I have been a vegetarian for 36 years. I rarely get sick, I'm healthy and fit, and I wouldn't touch meat unless my life actually depended on it. We really gaina lot by eschewing meat and lose nothing but eating food at the expense of other species. We could save acres of valuable land by doing away with raising meat animals, and avoid a lot of toxins in the air and water. Do some reading. Then think about it!
# 238:
8:15 am PDT, Oct 13,
Cynthia Stewart, Massachusetts
# 237:
8:15 am PDT, Oct 13,
June Rice, California
# 236:
8:14 am PDT, Oct 13,
Isabella Amoroso, Italy
# 235:
8:09 am PDT, Oct 13,
Laura Napoleon, New York
# 234:
8:07 am PDT, Oct 13,
Teresa Murphy, New Jersey
# 233:
8:05 am PDT, Oct 13,
TAMMY A BATCHLER-WILSON, Pennsylvania
# 232:
7:58 am PDT, Oct 13,
Atul Deshpande, Colorado
# 231:
7:48 am PDT, Oct 13,
Karla Aikman, Indiana
# 230:
7:46 am PDT, Oct 13,
Phil Caps, California
# 229:
7:45 am PDT, Oct 13,
Scot Self, Alabama
# 228:
7:40 am PDT, Oct 13,
Jettie Mcelroy, Oklahoma
# 227:
7:37 am PDT, Oct 13,
Joseph Werzinski, Pennsylvania
# 226:
7:31 am PDT, Oct 13,
Michelle Galarza, Massachusetts
# 225:
7:28 am PDT, Oct 13,
Angela Culver, Texas
# 224:
7:14 am PDT, Oct 13,
Stephanie Lackenbach, Wisconsin
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
# 223:
7:05 am PDT, Oct 13,
Michele Ferritto, New York
It's just a matter of breaking some habits. Make sure to eat healthy and take your vitamins, you will be happy you made the change. I've been a veg for 11 years, would never go back to eating meat. Peace
It's just a matter of breaking some habits. Make sure to eat healthy and take your vitamins, you will be happy you made the change. I've been a veg for 11 years, would never go back to eating meat. Peace
# 222:
6:56 am PDT, Oct 13,
William Martel, New York
# 221:
6:56 am PDT, Oct 13,
Mindi Young, Pennsylvania
I am a veggie!
I am a veggie!
# 220:
6:33 am PDT, Oct 13,
Jennifer Davis, Pennsylvania
I am not a vegan, but I believe in the cause and am going to try to be. I know that it is wrong what we are doing to animals. May God bless and protect them and their rights.
I am not a vegan, but I believe in the cause and am going to try to be. I know that it is wrong what we are doing to animals. May God bless and protect them and their rights.
# 219:
6:32 am PDT, Oct 13,
Reverend Pennie Mumm CD MS, Washington
Hey, your health is important too! The chemicals fed to animals over the years to make them bigger and more profitable to market have entered your body and are fattening you and your children. Don't just protect the animals from cruel "farming" that destroys their lives, protect yourself!
Hey, your health is important too! The chemicals fed to animals over the years to make them bigger and more profitable to market have entered your body and are fattening you and your children. Don't just protect the animals from cruel "farming" that destroys their lives, protect yourself!
# 218:
6:25 am PDT, Oct 13,
Allison Farr, Florida
I became veg in may'06 after seeing video of factory farms and learning about the destruction to our planet. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I'm also happy with all of the health benefits!
I became veg in may'06 after seeing video of factory farms and learning about the destruction to our planet. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I'm also happy with all of the health benefits!
# 217:
6:25 am PDT, Oct 13,
Joseph Johnson, New York
# 216:
6:15 am PDT, Oct 13,
Jonathan Katz, New York
# 215:
6:13 am PDT, Oct 13,
Susan Weisenburg, Ohio
# 214:
6:13 am PDT, Oct 13,
Ramona Ludwig, Missouri
# 213:
6:03 am PDT, Oct 13,
Tony Clark, Pennsylvania
# 212:
5:50 am PDT, Oct 13,
Debbie Harding, Pennsylvania
# 211:
5:48 am PDT, Oct 13,
Richard Hildebrandt, North Carolina
# 210:
5:44 am PDT, Oct 13,
Aesha Lorenz Al-Saeed, Oregon
# 209:
5:32 am PDT, Oct 13,
Shirley Breeding, Tennessee
# 208:
5:27 am PDT, Oct 13,
Richard W. Shubert, Nebraska
# 207:
5:21 am PDT, Oct 13,
DeForest Bearse, Vermont
I am already a vegetarian - and at peace everyday because of my choice.
I am already a vegetarian - and at peace everyday because of my choice.
# 206:
5:05 am PDT, Oct 13,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 205:
4:59 am PDT, Oct 13,
Esther Scerri, Malta
# 204:
4:57 am PDT, Oct 13,
Dennis Ledden, California
# 203:
4:51 am PDT, Oct 13,
Nicholas J Davis, Canada
I'm PROUD to be a Veg! Feel better, and notice better management of health and weight; Give it a try, goveg.com
I'm PROUD to be a Veg! Feel better, and notice better management of health and weight; Give it a try, goveg.com
# 202:
4:29 am PDT, Oct 13,
Phyl Morello, Pennsylvania
I AM a vegetarian & almost a vegan. Have been for over 16 yrs now. I am happy & healthy. I could never eat animals again.
I AM a vegetarian & almost a vegan. Have been for over 16 yrs now. I am happy & healthy. I could never eat animals again.
# 201:
4:18 am PDT, Oct 13,
Janet Boarman, Florida
Why take the life of a sentient being when there is absolutely no need?
Why take the life of a sentient being when there is absolutely no need?