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Meet Your Meat: End Factory Farming Today!
Target: US House of RepresentativesSponsored by: PETA
Have you met your meat? Most people eat meat with the luxury of not having to see the horrors of how the animals are raised and slaughtered. These practices are not only cruel, they are dangerous to our health as well, as unhealthy animals produce unhealthy meat.
In factory farms, chickens, pigs, cows and other animals are treated like commodities, despite their intelligence and personality. Chickens, who form strong emotional bonds with their families, have their sensitive beaks sawed off with a burning hot blade and are confined to battery cages where they can't even lift a wing.
Pigs, who are considered smarter than 3-year-old children, are forcibly impregnated and confined to filthy metal crates so small they can't even turn around or lie down. Cows, who are gentle giants who are visibly distressed when separated from their calves, are subjected to castration, branding and de-horning - all without anesthesia.
These cruelties are just the beginning of the horrors of factory farming. Sign this petition today to tell Congress that factory farming must be stopped!
In factory farms, chickens, pigs, cows and other animals are treated like commodities, despite their intelligence and personality. Chickens, who form strong emotional bonds with their families, have their sensitive beaks sawed off with a burning hot blade and are confined to battery cages where they can't even lift a wing.
Pigs, who are considered smarter than 3-year-old children, are forcibly impregnated and confined to filthy metal crates so small they can't even turn around or lie down. Cows, who are gentle giants who are visibly distressed when separated from their calves, are subjected to castration, branding and de-horning - all without anesthesia.
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# 50:
9:46 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Linda MIra-Bateman, Australia
Not only is it inhumane - it is not healthy - animals are fed antibiotics and growth hormones to counteract problems of the conditions in which they are kept. We are what we eat and if you want a healthy and smart community you need to strart with healthy food AND an ethical appraoch to life -how do we expect our children to be good citizens when this is the example we give them on how to treat other beings?
Not only is it inhumane - it is not healthy - animals are fed antibiotics and growth hormones to counteract problems of the conditions in which they are kept. We are what we eat and if you want a healthy and smart community you need to strart with healthy food AND an ethical appraoch to life -how do we expect our children to be good citizens when this is the example we give them on how to treat other beings?
# 49:
9:11 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Marianne Yeaton, New Hampshire
# 48:
9:06 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Sadia Furhad, Texas
# 47:
8:41 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Patricia Iogna, Argentina
# 46:
8:37 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Kurt Van kleef, Belgium
# 45:
8:37 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Isabelle Pattyn, Belgium
# 44:
8:36 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Vanessa Callens, Belgium
# 43:
8:31 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Suzie Gordon, New Hampshire
# 42:
8:30 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Jeanne Macdonald, Canada
# 41:
8:29 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Name not displayed, New York
# 40:
8:19 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Katia Louise, California
# 39:
8:14 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Sharon Collette, South Carolina
# 38:
8:06 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Pao Pallares, Colombia
# 37:
8:05 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Jan Djarf, Michigan
# 36:
8:05 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Veronique Beniak, Canada
# 35:
7:50 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Brianna Fritchey, South Carolina
# 34:
7:35 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Anne Bury, Pennsylvania
Most people have no idea. I can't even watch the videos. It is too upsetting.
Most people have no idea. I can't even watch the videos. It is too upsetting.
# 33:
7:34 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Marilyn Bartlett, New York
# 32:
7:20 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Cara Gubrud, Minnesota
END FACTORY FARMING FOR GOOD!
END FACTORY FARMING FOR GOOD!
# 31:
7:17 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Mark Langley, New York
# 30:
7:12 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Joanna Benavides, California
# 29:
7:09 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Alex Won, California
# 28:
7:06 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Tom Martin, Virginia
# 27:
7:00 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Cheyenne Wolf, Montana
THESE ARE AWESOME AND SMART, BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEM IS EXTREMELY CRUELY, PAINFUL, BARBARIC...I'LL TELL YA WHAT...TAKE A FEW SECONDS..PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR "MOCCASINS"..THEN TELL ME HOW WOULD YOU FEEL! THERE YA GO...STOP THIS "HORRIFIC FACTORY FARMING PERIOD"...! TREAT OTHERS (INCLUDING ANIMALS) THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH..END OF STORY!!!!
THESE ARE AWESOME AND SMART, BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND WHAT IS BEING DONE TO THEM IS EXTREMELY CRUELY, PAINFUL, BARBARIC...I'LL TELL YA WHAT...TAKE A FEW SECONDS..PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR "MOCCASINS"..THEN TELL ME HOW WOULD YOU FEEL! THERE YA GO...STOP THIS "HORRIFIC FACTORY FARMING PERIOD"...! TREAT OTHERS (INCLUDING ANIMALS) THE WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH..END OF STORY!!!!
# 26:
6:54 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Kat Ferrara, New Jersey
# 25:
6:38 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Wes Keith, Missouri
# 24:
6:37 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Suey Sivula, New Zealand
# 23:
6:34 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Cheryl Austin, Washington
Hey enough is enough already sp quit the cruely now and forever!
Hey enough is enough already sp quit the cruely now and forever!
# 22:
6:12 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Kelly Garbato, Missouri
# 21:
6:06 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Chum Richardson, Canada
# 20:
6:01 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Name not displayed, Maine
# 19:
5:37 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Erin Stewart, California
I admit, as I eat meat I usually do think about where it came from and what that animal had to go through in order for me to be sitting down and eating it. It is disgusting what slaughter houses do to the animals they end up killing anyway. I mean, these animals already are having horrible lives why not kill them at the end of it and serve it on a plate with a side of mashed potatoes. And how about veal? That is the most disgusting of all. I don't even want to get into it.
I admit, as I eat meat I usually do think about where it came from and what that animal had to go through in order for me to be sitting down and eating it. It is disgusting what slaughter houses do to the animals they end up killing anyway. I mean, these animals already are having horrible lives why not kill them at the end of it and serve it on a plate with a side of mashed potatoes. And how about veal? That is the most disgusting of all. I don't even want to get into it.
# 18:
5:35 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Laura Zanoli, Italy
# 17:
5:19 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Nancy Zito, Florida
# 16:
5:09 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Christina Hernandez, Florida
# 15:
4:54 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Brian Reynolds, New Jersey
# 14:
4:49 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Jacqueline Paduano, New York
Not only is it unnecessarily cruel to the animal, the way they die effects the meat which is passed on to us. Have a heart! Just because they cannot speak does not mean they cannot feel the horrible pain being inflicted on them. You have horrible Karma.
Not only is it unnecessarily cruel to the animal, the way they die effects the meat which is passed on to us. Have a heart! Just because they cannot speak does not mean they cannot feel the horrible pain being inflicted on them. You have horrible Karma.
# 13:
4:31 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Aiz T, Canada
# 12:
4:30 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Sara Sang, Nevada
factory farming is a living hell for its animals because the animals are treated as commodities. therefore, the animals'living condition, healthy, well being and needs are all ignored! Since these animals are seen as dead meat any way, the workers do routinely kick, beat, deprive the animals of food & water. and they do get away with such cruelty because their evil deeds do save their company some lousy bucks! these companies are profit seeking artificially created entities, they and their executives only have eyes on money! unfortunately, their animals have feelings and do have needs like many pets of ours. yet these poor innocent victims are given the respect and kindness like the little puppies get. furthermore, if our dogs are treated the same way as the pigs, chickens, ducks and cows, we all will be arrested by the animal control officers. in addition, we will be the ugly bad evil doers posted by the mass media. lastly, factory farms create the most and the worse pollutions in this country. the run offs from factory farms destroy our rivers and streams. these farms kill the fishes and wildlife living in and near the polluted areas. poor people too have to endure the disgusting smell, air pollution and bad water. we, as a nation of meat eaters, are getting fatter. and our health is declining due to our consumption of animal protein. in short, cheap meat is killing not only the factory farm animals, our love of meat is also putting our feet in our grave sooner than we like. for the sake of humanity, the voiceless factory farm animals and us, just ban this evil and dark business! it must be evil and ugly since no public is allowed to inspect the living condition of their helpless and miserable animals. they have something ugly and bad to hide. they act like criminal, maybe they are! like those who run and work for the slaughtering houses.
factory farming is a living hell for its animals because the animals are treated as commodities. therefore, the animals'living condition, healthy, well being and needs are all ignored! Since these animals are seen as dead meat any way, the workers do routinely kick, beat, deprive the animals of food & water. and they do get away with such cruelty because their evil deeds do save their company some lousy bucks! these companies are profit seeking artificially created entities, they and their executives only have eyes on money! unfortunately, their animals have feelings and do have needs like many pets of ours. yet these poor innocent victims are given the respect and kindness like the little puppies get. furthermore, if our dogs are treated the same way as the pigs, chickens, ducks and cows, we all will be arrested by the animal control officers. in addition, we will be the ugly bad evil doers posted by the mass media. lastly, factory farms create the most and the worse pollutions in this country. the run offs from factory farms destroy our rivers and streams. these farms kill the fishes and wildlife living in and near the polluted areas. poor people too have to endure the disgusting smell, air pollution and bad water. we, as a nation of meat eaters, are getting fatter. and our health is declining due to our consumption of animal protein. in short, cheap meat is killing not only the factory farm animals, our love of meat is also putting our feet in our grave sooner than we like. for the sake of humanity, the voiceless factory farm animals and us, just ban this evil and dark business! it must be evil and ugly since no public is allowed to inspect the living condition of their helpless and miserable animals. they have something ugly and bad to hide. they act like criminal, maybe they are! like those who run and work for the slaughtering houses.
# 11:
4:17 pm PDT, Mar 31,
William Hemens, United Kingdom
This is cruel! The world is wide open animals should roam around. We shouldn't even be eating these poor animals! Vegiterians will one day rule the world!
This is cruel! The world is wide open animals should roam around. We shouldn't even be eating these poor animals! Vegiterians will one day rule the world!
# 10:
4:15 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Gail Dair, Australia
# 9:
3:57 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Mike Downs, Missouri
# 8:
3:47 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Laura Horning, Ohio
Animals are NOT ours to eat,wear, experiment on or use for entertainment! Factory farms are inhumane, cruel and evil!! They are also killing this planet!! GO VEGAN for the animals, the planet and for yourself!!!
Animals are NOT ours to eat,wear, experiment on or use for entertainment! Factory farms are inhumane, cruel and evil!! They are also killing this planet!! GO VEGAN for the animals, the planet and for yourself!!!
# 7:
3:40 pm PDT, Mar 31,
TINA JONES, California
Free range is the only way to go.
Free range is the only way to go.
# 6:
3:33 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Carola Mitchell, North Carolina
Factory Farming is cruel and inhumane, it also produces ecological damage. I eat very little meat and then I buy free range chicken and organic meats.
Factory Farming is cruel and inhumane, it also produces ecological damage. I eat very little meat and then I buy free range chicken and organic meats.
# 5:
3:30 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Sambugaro Monica, Italy
# 4:
3:10 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Summer Clackum, Georgia
I know that people will not stop eating meat but this is not right. just kill it dont torture it!THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS IM A VEGETARIAN!!!
I know that people will not stop eating meat but this is not right. just kill it dont torture it!THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS IM A VEGETARIAN!!!
# 3:
3:02 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Karen VDay, Indiana
# 2:
2:55 pm PDT, Mar 31,
Brenda Skroski, New Jersey
This is just awful
This is just awful
# 1:
2:47 pm PDT, Mar 31,
C Sherwood, United Kingdom