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Factory farming is unbelievably cruel to the animals who have to endure its cycle of confinement, distress, fear, pain, and death, and the industry is incredibly harmful to the environment as well. The more the public finds out about what goes on inside these deplorable places, the more people are beginning to say no to factory farming.
Going veg is one way to aid the cause as it reduces demand for animal-based products, but there are also plenty more ways you can help end factory farming in addition to changing up the foods you eat. Your actions can help to raise awareness, change hearts and minds, and ultimately derail this inherently cruel industry. The first step is to educate yourself on the truth about factory farms, by researching and watching documentaries. Once you’re armed with the facts, you can start taking action to put an end to factory farming once and for all.
Sign Petitions
Never underestimate people power. There are plenty of well-organized, motivated, and passionate groups out there who are trying to bring about an end to factory farming. By taking action and signing relevant petitions, we are able to group together and show legislators, government departments, and businesses that millions of people are against it. Petitions are extremely effective tools in bringing about change, so make sure you get involved. Check out these recent petitions you can Support to help farm animals:
- Fight Against Factory Farming
- Tell IFC to Divest from Factory Farming
- Ban Factory Farming in the U.S.
- No More Bailouts for Factory Farms
Support Farm Animal Sanctuaries
Farm animal sanctuaries are among the leading organizations in the fight against factory farming, providing care and rehabilitation to animals directly affected by the industry, as well as creating educational resources and learning environments. By supporting farm animal sanctuaries financially, joining them on social media, or backing their campaigns, you can help to spread the message and bring about a revolution.
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Educate Your Peers
Many people have not been properly informed about the issues surrounding factory farming yet, as it’s a problem that is hidden from mainstream attention. You could be the catalyst for change among your friends, family, and colleagues by helping to educate them. This doesn’t mean preaching to them about what bad people they are for buying factory-farmed meat, but instead tactfully raising the issues in a way that they might relate to.
Factory farming is not going to disappear overnight, but with the combined efforts of a growing number of people, we can bring about real change and put an end to the suffering of factory-farmed animals sooner than you might imagine.
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I agree with the fact that factory farms need to end, however, not every farm treats their animals like that. I work on a dairy farm and treat the animals with the same respect as I would if they were human. To say that every farm is inhumane, that every carnivore is a monster is to put a label on a group as a whole. That\’s like saying "that person\’s white, they\’re obviously racist.". You don\’t have to respect the fact that someone is a carnivore, you just need to accept it and not attack them for it every time you see them. How would you like it if someone came after you every time you picked up your meal?
It is natural to take this personal Meghan because your dairy farm is your livelihood. There are a few concepts that I would like to bring to your attention though that I hope you consider from a different perspective for which I will refer to these beings as "people":
In order to produce milk for sale, these people are enduring the following:
1) They come into existence not by will or natural drives but artificially by insemination by another higher class of people and for one single purpose: to benefit the higher class of people
2) After being brought into existence, if the new born is a girl they will also be incarcerated not because they have committed a crime or because they are a danger to other people but to continue the cycle described above
3) If they are boys, the boys are killed because they are useless to the people in the higher class. The boys meat is sold.
4) From the point of view of the mother, their baby is taken away from them because the higher class cannot allow the mother\’s milk to be consumed by the babies as they need to sell it. The mother suffers immensely for days on end, calling her baby and crying. The baby also cries for days longing for his or her mom\’s warmth while he awaits death or while she is incarcerated for life.
5) Once the mom\’s milk is exhausted she is immediately artificially impregnated again so she can have another baby and repeat the cycle. This cycle is repeated over and over again until her biology is exhausted and she gets sick or collapses, at which point she is sentenced to death so her body can be sold for profit.
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Karma will always get you. I’m glad I stopped eating the suffering and misery from animals. No wonder meat is now considered worse than tobacco. We need to educate ourselves about our food choices and decide on our own. To me, becoming a vegan just made sense. It did take me almost 40 years to rethink and find out on my own that “milk does not do a body good” and that “beef is NOT what’s for dinner”