To end this cycle we must STOP EATING MEAT!!
From: Tierra ~Abolition, Veganism, & Direct Action
Date: Dec 2, 2007 8:32 AM
The number of animals killed for fur in the U.S. each year is approximately equal to the human population of Illinois.
The number of animals killed in experimentation in the U.S. each year is approximately equal to the human population of Texas.
The number of mammals and birds farmed and slaughtered in the U.S. each year is approximately equal to one and two-thirds the entire human population of Earth.
Over 99% of the animals killed in the U.S. each year die to be eaten. Everyone makes choices directly determining the fates of these animals when deciding what to eat each day.
Because most people eat animals, the commonplace view remains that animals are tools and commodities. There are a million symptoms of this view–small-scale yet highly visible abuses that always seem to demand our attention: canned hunts, circuses, cockfighting, fur, horse racing, etc. Many activists burn out because of the never-ending torrent of these "battles" around them and the difficulty in winning even the smallest "victory."
This cycle will continue until there is a fundamental change in society. The only way to make this happen is by convincing people to stop eating animals.
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