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Dan Piraro's (Bizarro) "Why Vegan" Graphic and Text
The text portion of the above graphic is reproduced below.
By renowned Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro
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Until mid 2002, I was a Meat eater. I have always instinctively been opposed to cruelty to animals as all decent and sensible people are, but didn't know much about how food animals were raised or processed. I assumed humans had always eaten meat because it was natural for us to and that food animals were raised on farms where they were fairly oblivious to their surroundings and only moderately inconvenienced until their swift and humane execution. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Over 95% of animals raised for food are born, live and die in horribly painful conditions. Pigs and chickens are raised in what are euphemistically referred to as "factory farms," but the only thing about these hell holes that even remotely resembles a farm is that they are out in the country. Where consumers can't see them.
Dairy veal, egg and pig farms are the worst. The conditions the 9 billion {yes; BILLION) animals that are killed for Food each year in the United States live and die under are so horrendous, I haven't the space to explain them here. Many would not believe me if I did! I've researched this thoroughly and have seen them for myself, but don't take my word for it. Go to these Web sites:
www.farmsancuary.org
www.cok.net
www.upc-online.org
www.WoodstockFAS.org
www.Dawnwatch.com
Still not convinced? Watch some videos of routine practices in the production of your food. If it's good enough for your stomach, shouldn't it be good enough for your eyes?
Meat Your Meat = www.peta.org
The Witness = www.tribeofheart.org
Life Behind Bars, The Sad Truth About Factory = Farming www.farmsanctuary.org
Inside the Egg Industry = www.cok.net
Another misconception I had was about the relative intelligence and awareness of farm animals. Since becoming vegan, I've met rescued "food" animals now living natural lives outdoors, and have even fostered several chickens and roosters on their way to a sanctuary. Once again I was surprised by how wrong I was.
Cows, pigs and chickens are as smart, friendly and loving as dogs and cats and create friendships with other animals and people in much the same ways.
Each has its own personality and its own set of likes and dislikes. If you think you're an animal advocate because you care about saving dogs and cats in city shelters but still eat meat, think again. Food animals just as bright and personable and feeling as you are being mercilessly tortured and brutally murdered every second of every day purely for the sake of a mega corporation's profits and your tongue's amusement.
Consider yourself an environmentalist? Care about your planet, its water and air? If you still eat meat, you're undoing all your recycling efforts a million times over. The devastating effects of Factory Farming are well documented.
And the real kicker is that it isn't even good for us. Meat and dairy are major culprits in the majority of cancer, heart disease stroke, and a number of other major killers [See °Are Humans Carnivores?" on this Web site.)
There are so many good reasons to stop eating meat ... your health, not subsidizing cruelty, the environment ... and only one reason not to: "It tastes good." One thing I've learned since becoming vegan is that there is almost no food I used to enjoy that I haven't found a delicious and much more nutritious vegan version of. There goes the last reason.
Source: www.bizarro.com/vegan/vegan_why.htm
Copyright © 2002 - 2006 Dan Piraro. All Rights Reserved.
By renowned Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro
===============================================================================
Until mid 2002, I was a Meat eater. I have always instinctively been opposed to cruelty to animals as all decent and sensible people are, but didn't know much about how food animals were raised or processed. I assumed humans had always eaten meat because it was natural for us to and that food animals were raised on farms where they were fairly oblivious to their surroundings and only moderately inconvenienced until their swift and humane execution. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Over 95% of animals raised for food are born, live and die in horribly painful conditions. Pigs and chickens are raised in what are euphemistically referred to as "factory farms," but the only thing about these hell holes that even remotely resembles a farm is that they are out in the country. Where consumers can't see them.
Dairy veal, egg and pig farms are the worst. The conditions the 9 billion {yes; BILLION) animals that are killed for Food each year in the United States live and die under are so horrendous, I haven't the space to explain them here. Many would not believe me if I did! I've researched this thoroughly and have seen them for myself, but don't take my word for it. Go to these Web sites:
www.farmsancuary.org
www.cok.net
www.upc-online.org
www.WoodstockFAS.org
www.Dawnwatch.com
Still not convinced? Watch some videos of routine practices in the production of your food. If it's good enough for your stomach, shouldn't it be good enough for your eyes?
Meat Your Meat = www.peta.org
The Witness = www.tribeofheart.org
Life Behind Bars, The Sad Truth About Factory = Farming www.farmsanctuary.org
Inside the Egg Industry = www.cok.net
Another misconception I had was about the relative intelligence and awareness of farm animals. Since becoming vegan, I've met rescued "food" animals now living natural lives outdoors, and have even fostered several chickens and roosters on their way to a sanctuary. Once again I was surprised by how wrong I was.
Cows, pigs and chickens are as smart, friendly and loving as dogs and cats and create friendships with other animals and people in much the same ways.
Each has its own personality and its own set of likes and dislikes. If you think you're an animal advocate because you care about saving dogs and cats in city shelters but still eat meat, think again. Food animals just as bright and personable and feeling as you are being mercilessly tortured and brutally murdered every second of every day purely for the sake of a mega corporation's profits and your tongue's amusement.
Consider yourself an environmentalist? Care about your planet, its water and air? If you still eat meat, you're undoing all your recycling efforts a million times over. The devastating effects of Factory Farming are well documented.
And the real kicker is that it isn't even good for us. Meat and dairy are major culprits in the majority of cancer, heart disease stroke, and a number of other major killers [See °Are Humans Carnivores?" on this Web site.)
There are so many good reasons to stop eating meat ... your health, not subsidizing cruelty, the environment ... and only one reason not to: "It tastes good." One thing I've learned since becoming vegan is that there is almost no food I used to enjoy that I haven't found a delicious and much more nutritious vegan version of. There goes the last reason.
Source: www.bizarro.com/vegan/vegan_why.htm
Copyright © 2002 - 2006 Dan Piraro. All Rights Reserved.