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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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We signed the “Meet Your Meat: End Factory Farming Today!” petition!
# 14,050:
7:23 pm PDT, Jun 4,
Name not displayed, Kentucky
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5:35 pm PDT, Jun 4,
Igor Purlantov, New York
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6:28 am PDT, Jun 4,
Ingrid Marx, Wisconsin
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8:21 pm PDT, Jun 3,
Morgan Griffith, California
# 14,046:
7:44 pm PDT, Jun 3,
Sierra Moore, Arizona
The effects it has towards Global warming are extreme and horrifying. Also the animals who take place there are treated like the jews in concentration camps, it is extremely repulsive and unnecessary.
The effects it has towards Global warming are extreme and horrifying. Also the animals who take place there are treated like the jews in concentration camps, it is extremely repulsive and unnecessary.
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7:28 pm PDT, Jun 3,
Ashley Blatsioris, Indiana
This is just so sick and needs to be dealt with NOW. We need to stop acting like animals are nothing and have no feelings of pain or suffering!! Help these animals for God sakes!!! |
# 14,044:
1:10 pm PDT, Jun 3,
Deedy Mullins, Kentucky
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9:53 am PDT, Jun 3,
Alex Wilson, California
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8:33 am PDT, Jun 3,
Alice Olivo, Italy
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2:43 am PDT, Jun 3,
Annelies Ooms, Belgium
# 14,040:
7:09 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Laura Cameron, Canada
The way animals are kept and treated is abhorrent. We can't ignore this anymore!
The way animals are kept and treated is abhorrent. We can't ignore this anymore!
# 14,039:
12:47 pm PDT, Jun 2,
Susan Edelstein, North Carolina
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4:53 pm PDT, Jun 1,
Melaine Philpot, Kentucky
# 14,037:
3:52 pm PDT, Jun 1,
Gretchen Roberts, New York
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6:21 am PDT, May 31,
Eileen Anderson, Ohio
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8:22 pm PDT, May 30,
Diana Ely, Ohio
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2:51 pm PDT, May 30,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
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7:03 am PDT, May 30,
Jacqueline Loud, West Virginia
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6:42 am PDT, May 30,
Maggie Funkhouser, Maryland
# 14,031:
12:03 am PDT, May 30,
Melinda Burson, California
# 14,030:
8:33 pm PDT, May 29,
Dara Lazar, Georgia
If people only knew....
If people only knew....
# 14,029:
8:24 pm PDT, May 29,
Sarah Garvin, Canada
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12:15 pm PDT, May 29,
Damaris Martinez, Illinois
# 14,027:
11:58 am PDT, May 29,
Brian Smith, Missouri
# 14,026:
6:42 am PDT, May 29,
Jeri Ferrante, Connecticut
I'm all for eating meat, but that does not mean these animals bred/raised for food, should be treated inhumanely at anytime!!!!
I'm all for eating meat, but that does not mean these animals bred/raised for food, should be treated inhumanely at anytime!!!!
# 14,025:
3:44 pm PDT, May 28,
Name not displayed, Florida
Cruel and inhumane - makes me lose my appetite for meat!
Cruel and inhumane - makes me lose my appetite for meat!
# 14,024:
3:08 pm PDT, May 28,
Rita Smith, Illinois
# 14,023:
3:07 pm PDT, May 28,
Christina Gadbury, Illinois
It's CRUEL and UNNECESSARY!
It's CRUEL and UNNECESSARY!
# 14,022:
3:07 pm PDT, May 28,
Tananda Kalitan, Pennsylvania
# 14,021:
3:07 pm PDT, May 28,
Justin Casey, California
# 14,020:
3:06 pm PDT, May 28,
Bethany Harris, West Virginia
"From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soullessness of men." All I ask is for an end to the pain, the cramped quarters, the screams and endless agony. The heart of man can be kind, show The Lord, who loves us so, that we have not forsaken Him.
"From beasts we scorn as soulless, In forest, field and den, The cry goes up to witness The soullessness of men." All I ask is for an end to the pain, the cramped quarters, the screams and endless agony. The heart of man can be kind, show The Lord, who loves us so, that we have not forsaken Him.
# 14,019:
3:06 pm PDT, May 28,
Heidi Starks, Arizona
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3:06 pm PDT, May 28,
Name not displayed, California
it is WRONG AND VERY INHUMANE. we should all do our part in helping the animals that have no life and give them one.
it is WRONG AND VERY INHUMANE. we should all do our part in helping the animals that have no life and give them one.
# 14,017:
3:05 pm PDT, May 28,
Erin Tetreault, New York
This is horrible and inhumane, as an owner and operator of beef cattle and horses. We raise our own beef and humanely kill them quickly for beef. The torture that normal animals go through just to end up on someones plate is just plain awful.
This is horrible and inhumane, as an owner and operator of beef cattle and horses. We raise our own beef and humanely kill them quickly for beef. The torture that normal animals go through just to end up on someones plate is just plain awful.
# 14,016:
3:04 pm PDT, May 28,
Barbara Sammt, Austria
First this is cruel and a socially evolved nation would not treat their fellow beings like this. Second this kind of keeping is a threat to people, new diseases, meat full of pharmaceutics and antibiotics, its a question of time till this ends. end it now! the earlier the better.
First this is cruel and a socially evolved nation would not treat their fellow beings like this. Second this kind of keeping is a threat to people, new diseases, meat full of pharmaceutics and antibiotics, its a question of time till this ends. end it now! the earlier the better.
# 14,015:
3:04 pm PDT, May 28,
Naomi E., Hawaii
let us end the immense suffering and unspeakable torturing of farm animals!
let us end the immense suffering and unspeakable torturing of farm animals!
# 14,014:
3:04 pm PDT, May 28,
Lashitha Sanjeev, India
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3:03 pm PDT, May 28,
Nicole Horton, North Carolina
this is terrible !!! it has to stop !! these animals deserve to be treated with kindness , since we are using them !!!! Lets have some morals and do whats right
this is terrible !!! it has to stop !! these animals deserve to be treated with kindness , since we are using them !!!! Lets have some morals and do whats right
# 14,012:
3:02 pm PDT, May 28,
DeeDee Purcell, Arizona
Factory Farming is NOTHING other than FINANCIAL GREED! ...It is incredibly inhumane to allow these animals to live in conditions such as these. ...Choosing to put ONE animal in a crate would be considered "inhumane" and "cruel" - UNTIL - there's PROFIT behind it. THEN it becomes ACCEPTABLE! Hmmm...
Factory Farming is NOTHING other than FINANCIAL GREED! ...It is incredibly inhumane to allow these animals to live in conditions such as these. ...Choosing to put ONE animal in a crate would be considered "inhumane" and "cruel" - UNTIL - there's PROFIT behind it. THEN it becomes ACCEPTABLE! Hmmm...
# 14,011:
3:02 pm PDT, May 28,
Gayle Conant, California
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3:02 pm PDT, May 28,
Vivian Kenudson, Florida
# 14,009:
3:02 pm PDT, May 28,
Colleen Klaum, Pennsylvania
The animals are abused, they're tortured, plus they are put into small crates where they can't even move around. This country needs to change bigtime for OUR animal friends, that's why I don't eat meat anymore, there's too much suffering in this world and it needs to stop, NOW.
The animals are abused, they're tortured, plus they are put into small crates where they can't even move around. This country needs to change bigtime for OUR animal friends, that's why I don't eat meat anymore, there's too much suffering in this world and it needs to stop, NOW.
# 14,008:
3:02 pm PDT, May 28,
Cindy Copeland, Louisiana
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3:00 pm PDT, May 28,
Christina Walk, North Carolina
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2:59 pm PDT, May 28,
Name not displayed, Georgia
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2:58 pm PDT, May 28,
Haley Smith, North Carolina
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2:58 pm PDT, May 28,
Monica Sandru, Romania
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2:58 pm PDT, May 28,
Joao Novo, Portugal
# 14,002:
2:58 pm PDT, May 28,
Martha Magenta, United Kingdom
Factory farming produces food as if animals were objects, vegetables! They are sentient creatures and should have a dignified life, not subjected to this awful cruelty. It is done just for profit. We don't even need meat to live. Go vegan!
Factory farming produces food as if animals were objects, vegetables! They are sentient creatures and should have a dignified life, not subjected to this awful cruelty. It is done just for profit. We don't even need meat to live. Go vegan!
# 14,001:
2:58 pm PDT, May 28,
Kimberly Horsley, California
Animals raised for food should be treated much better than this! There must be a more humane way of raising them and killing them for food!
Animals raised for food should be treated much better than this! There must be a more humane way of raising them and killing them for food!