When I think about The Humane Society of the United States, I think of their efforts in helping cats and dogs. Until I read about their link to California's Proposition 2 of 2008 in VegNews Magazine I had no idea that their scope was so varied: they work on behalf of all kinds of pets, wildlife, farm animals, and animals used in research. PETA is not alone!
From hsus.org: "In just one hour in the United States, more than one million land animals are killed for food. Before their slaughter, most of these farm animals—nearly 10 billion each year—endure lives of abuse with virtually no legal protection at all. Considering this staggering figure, the mistreatment of farm animals is among the gravest animal welfare problems in the nation. Instead of being recognized as the social, intelligent individuals they are, chickens, pigs, cows, turkeys, and other animals are treated as mere meat-, egg-, and milk-production units and denied expression of many natural behaviors."Curious about their factory farming campaign I contacted Erin Williams, the campaign's Communications Director at the HSUS headquarters in Washington, DC. She says their main goal is to "work with retailers, elected officials, the courts, and members of the public to advocate on behalf of farm animals." This is accomplished by:
1. Attempting to reduce the amount of animal products that people consume. Read a guide to vegetarian eating and dozens of recipes.2. Urging consumers to replace animal products with plant-based alternatives. For example, the HSUS now has a partnership with Tofurky.
3. Refining the ways that factory farms treat animals—namely by eliminating some of the worst cruelties. Prop 2 alone freed about 20 million egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and veal calves from the confines of tiny cages where they could barely move.
The Human Society has seen much success in the past 50 years. To read more about their current campaigns and to learn what you can do to help, visit their Take Action page.
5 comments:
is it any wonder I'm a vegetarian? Thanks for the excellent post.
peace,
mike
livelife365
this is a great post. i would like to link to it from my page. hopefully i do it correctly. again, thanks for a great article
It has always sickened me, how these animals are treated, I had no idea that the Human Society was involved at all! Thanks for the information!
~Wind
p.s. (you can delete this part of the comment if you like, but I nominated your blog for the Lemonade Award! :)
its not the right way to treat this animals! nice post here!
It is horrible how they treat animals just so they can mass produce meat products. We cannot continue with the way we are eating meat as a country. Instead of having meat in every single meal, we need to start substituting non-meat products as you suggest. There is no reason we need to have meat in all of our meals.
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