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Stop Paying for Animal Cruelty: Support Sustainable Farms

Target: Secretary of Agriculture, USDA
Sponsored by: Care2.com

If any of us was forced to stand shoulder to shoulder in darkness and our own excrement, it would haunt us for life. The confinement of livestock on factory farms not only abuses the animals, but the surrounding environment and people as well.

* Factory farm waste that leaks into the environment kills wildlife and can lead to ailments in people, ranging from cancer to miscarriage.

* To fight rampant disease, farmers tend to give whole pens antibiotics, sometimes leading antibiotic-resistant bacteria to enter the bodies of human consumers.

What's worse is taxpayers pay for this mess through subsidies for these CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations). Government support should instead go to sustainable, humane farms that can produce food at a cost similar to that of factory farms!

Let the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) know that supporting sustainable farms rather than CAFOs is a win-win decision.

deadline: 6-4-2009
goal: 5,000

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CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) are costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars in unaccounted for costs, according to a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. "CAFOs Uncovered: The Untold Costs of Confined Animal Feeding Operations" examines how misguided government policies force the public to pick up the tab to support these operations. This gives CAFOs an economic edge over small and medium-sized livestock, poultry, egg, and dairy operations that use modern, alternative methods to avoid the health and environmental problems that plague CAFOs.

As the leader of the government agency with the responsibility to regulate and research agricultural methods, we urge you to reject policies that support CAFOs at the expense of more sustainable alternatives, and to embrace policies that support those alternatives, including:

We signed the “Stop Paying for Animal Cruelty: Support Sustainable Farms” petition!

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7:45 pm PDT, Jun 4, Name not displayed, New Jersey
Our country should be more civilized.

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12:20 pm PDT, Jun 3, Keesy White, Belgium

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9:12 pm PDT, Jun 2, Lisa Costello, Connecticut

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4:45 pm PDT, May 24, Mandi Traut, California

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1:24 pm PDT, May 24, Brian Henderson, Pennsylvania

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11:57 am PDT, May 22, Clare Gdw, United Kingdom
End the torture and MURDER of thousands of lives! Go Vegetarian because everybody want to free.

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1:11 pm PDT, May 21, Gemma Powell, Colorado

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10:02 am PDT, May 20, Heather Webb, Arizona

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6:57 am PDT, May 20, Devina Anindita, Indonesia

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11:41 am PDT, May 14, Sandra Tucker, Arizona

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8:12 pm PDT, May 12, Marina Nara, California

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9:22 am PDT, May 12, Karen Simmons, Canada
Susatainable small farms, who care about the welfare of their animals above profit, are being wiped from the face of the earth, not only in North America, but also in third world countries due to the strong lobby of the multinationals and government greed for maintaining power. Services that used to be available to small farms are being denied because it is not as lucrative to provide services for one or two animals. This is just one more thing that contributes to small sustainable farms being forced out of business.Please remedy this before it is too late.

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1:12 am PDT, May 12, Lorii He, Mexico

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6:22 pm PDT, May 11, Ivan Mcilroy, Canada
Two additional reasons why CAFOs must stop.... The article above eludes to animals standing in their own excrement - this is bad but what is WORSE is the practise of forcing livestock to eat chicken feces as a cheap feed and/or protein supplement in the US. A truly REVOLTING practice that must be ended. .... Also the practice of feeding Arsenic to poultry and pigs in the US and Canada must be ended before we totally destroy human health and the environment. SPEAK UP NOW! ... cowboss http://cowbossatwscc.blogspot.com/ http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/ban-the-feeding-of-arsenic-to-canadian-chickens

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4:18 am PDT, May 7, Serena Fox, United Kingdom
BATTERY FARMING IS CRUEL I ADVOCATE FREE RANGE AND PEOPLE EAT TOO MUCH MEAT!!

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5:27 am PDT, May 3, Jayne Anne Harris, New York
Because it is barbaric and unhealthy.

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