OMNI
VEGETARIAN
ACTION NEWSLETTER #6, April 9, 2014.
Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of
Peace, Justice, and Ecology. (#4 Feb. 12, 2014; #5 March 12, 2014).
What
is the mission of OMNI?
With
the Quakers we seek:
a
world free of war and the threat of war,
a
society with equity and justice for all,
a
community where every person’s potential may be fulfilled,
and
an earth restored.
The Quakers and the entire peace, justice,
and ecology movement, of which OMNI is a part, seek to create a better
world. OMNI was created precisely
because numerous social organizations existed, but not one to promote world
peace, both social and economic justice, human rights, and democracy, and to
demote violence, cruelty, secrecy, and political repression, connecting the
dots between local and global. Later (by
2006) we added the even more urgent problems arising from warming. OMNI was never perceived as a passive or
lukewarm undertaking. Plenty of
organizations exist for that.
A Call to
the People by George Monbiot
From: Robert McAfee <robertjmca1@gmail.com>
Date: September 19, 2013, 5:36:29 AM CDT
After more than a quarter of a century of environmental campaigning I’ve come to see that the only thing that really works is public mobilisation: the electorate putting so much pressure on governments that they are obliged to take a stand against powerful interests.
Date: September 19, 2013, 5:36:29 AM CDT
After more than a quarter of a century of environmental campaigning I’ve come to see that the only thing that really works is public mobilisation: the electorate putting so much pressure on governments that they are obliged to take a stand against powerful interests.
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Contents Vegetarian Newsletter #6 April 9, 2014
NUTRITION
Twisting
“Natural”
DIVERSE HARMS
FROM EATING MEAT AND RESISTANCE TO CRUELTY
Center for
Bio-Diversity: “Take Extinction Off Your Plate”
Welfare and
Rights of Farm Animals, Cruelty to Animals
Conversation
Between David and Kyle on Eating Pork
Rick, Visitor
at March VP: Vegan Outreach, Oppose Cruelty.org, Pamphlet
“Compassionate Choices”
Bernard
Rollin, Farm Animal Welfare
Benson and
Rollin, eds., The Well-Being of Farm
Animals
VEGETARIANISM
AN IMPORTANT CHOICE AGAINST CO2 WARMING
Contact Your Representatives
Contents Nos.
1-5
NUTRITION
Big Food Companies Want to Call GMO Foods
"Natural"
John Upton, Grist , Reader Supported News, Dec. 23, 2013.
Upton
READ MORE
John Upton, Grist , Reader Supported News, Dec. 23, 2013.
READ MORE
HARMS
OF EATHING MEAT
MEAT
EATING VS. ALL ANIMALS AND THE LAND
New Meat Campaign -- Take Extinction Off Your Plate
Meat production comes at a steep price to endangered species and the
environment, whether it's through deforestation, climate change, habitat
destruction, drought or the direct killing of keystone carnivores like wolves.So this week the Center for Biological Diversity launched a groundbreaking new campaign urging Americans to "take extinction off their plates." Eating less meat is one of the best ways you can reduce your environmental footprint. Cutting just one-third of the meat from your diet can save as much as 340,667 gallons of water, more than 4,000 square feet of land, and the greenhouse gas equivalent of driving 2,700 fewer miles a year.
"Many people don't realize the devastating toll meat production has on wildlife and the planet," said Stephanie Feldstein, our population and sustainability director.
Learn more at our brand-new website, share this awesome infographic ("Meatstinction!"), and take our pledge to eat less meat.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
Conversation Between David and Kyle on Eating Pork 3-14-14
Kyle
glad you are looking at these issues
yes, i watched the other video you just sent of the sadistic torture that baby pigs and pregnant females are subjected to in these factory farms like we now have operating in the Buffalo River watershed at C&H Farms in partnership with Cargill Big Ag
barbaric is the least
offensive term I can use to describe it but that does not accurately describe
the inhumane cruelty being done day in and day out
and yes, there is a
difference, a big difference, between this factory farming animal slaughter
house meat production and raising an animal oneself or hunting wild game
but any slaughter of sentient beings for food is such unnecessary cruelty
tofu hot dogs will do just fine
but any slaughter of sentient beings for food is such unnecessary cruelty
tofu hot dogs will do just fine
The more I learn about what is in food, the
more I understand you eating decisions. I don't think I will eat pork
anymore. This, along with a video of how pigs a treated makes me unable
to eat them. I could buy a pig from a farmer....that's about it.
Kyle
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/2mUBQOzjBKY
Sent from my iPhone
Kyle
Check out this video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/2mUBQOzjBKY
Sent from my iPhone
I assume most of us
actively opposing this CAFO are already aware of the cruel, inhumane treatment
that these pregnant sows caged within these Cargiill supplied "gestation
crates" that are banned in the European Union and terrible treatment their
baby pigs receive.
Contrary to what Mr Jerry Masters of Dover, AR with the AR Pork Producers stated last nite supporting the C&H Farms operator of this CAFO, I myself believe no "good, honest, God fearing" AR farmer could possibly operate such a hideous, cruel Cargill suppiled factory farm CAFO as is presently polluting the Buffalo River.
If you have not already seen one of these secretly recorded expose videos of how these CAFO's operate and have a strong stomach, watch this video my son recently sent me when he explained he no longer eats pork.
Contrary to what Mr Jerry Masters of Dover, AR with the AR Pork Producers stated last nite supporting the C&H Farms operator of this CAFO, I myself believe no "good, honest, God fearing" AR farmer could possibly operate such a hideous, cruel Cargill suppiled factory farm CAFO as is presently polluting the Buffalo River.
If you have not already seen one of these secretly recorded expose videos of how these CAFO's operate and have a strong stomach, watch this video my son recently sent me when he explained he no longer eats pork.
Warning: this
video contains graphic, disturbing footage of the cruelty these female pigs and
their babies are subjected to every day in these US
http://youtu.be/2mUBQOzjBKY
http://youtu.be/2mUBQOzjBKY
david druding
VEGAN
OUTREACH, GOOGLE SEARCH, March 15, 2014
1.
Vegan Outreach | Working to End Cruelty to Animals
www.veganoutreach.org/
Vegan Outreach
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Farm Animal Welfare: Social,
Bioethical, and Research Issues
October 2003,
Wiley-Blackwell.
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Animals born with bones and muscles are meant to move. In modern
systems of intensive agriculture, however, many animals -- notably, swine, veal
calves, and poultry -- are rigorously confined. In this book Professor Bernard
E. Rollin describes problems of animal welfare in today's agriculture,
discusses the research that exists for improving these systems, and proposes
topics for further study.
Rollin
urges animal producers and agricultural scientists to begin now to address
welfare problems. He cites the biomedical research community, which ignored
issues of pain control and animal welfare until public concern led to federal legislation. Promising work has
already been done in Europe ,
where the public has demanded that livestock not suffer. A new social ethic
in the United States
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part 1 The Social and Bioethical Background.
1. The New Social Ethic for Animals.
Personal Ethics and Social Ethics
Traditional Social Ethics and the Treatment of Animals.
The Inadequacy of the Traditional Ethic.
The Rise of the New Ethic.
The Nature of the Emerging Ethic: Beyond Cruelty
Evidence for the Presence of the New Ethic.
The Relevance of the New Social Ethic to Agriculture.
2. Welfare Research and Scientific Ideology.
Scientific and Producer Attitudes toward Animal Welfare
Can Animal Suffering Be Assessed Scientifically?
What Sorts of Research Should Be Undertaken?
How, Morally, Ought Welfare Research Be Conducted?
Animal Welfare and Genetic Engineering.
Part 2 Research Issues in Farm Animal Welfare.
3. The Beef Industry.
Welfare Issues in Ranching.
Branding
Castration.
Dehorning.
Cancer Eye
Cattle Handling.
Transportation.
Downer Cattle.
Slaughter
Gomer Bulls.
Feedlot Problems.
4. The Swine Industry.
Swine Behavior.
Confinement of Sows.
Modification of Existing Systems.
Development of New Systems.
Looking at Traditional Systems.
Farrowing Crates
Other Sow Welfare Problems.
Piglet Welfare.
Grower-Finishers.
Handling and Transport
Other Issues.
5. The Dairy Industry.
Ethograms for Cattle.
Calf Welfare.
Welfare Issues of Cows
Future Technology.
6. The Veal Industry.
Welfare Problems in Current Systems.
Research Issues.
7. The Poultry Industry.
Welfare Issues in Battery-Cage Egg Production.
Improving Hen Welfare.
Changing the Animal.
Cage Modification.
Alternative Systems.
Problems in Broiler Welfare.
Handling, Transportation, and Slaughter of Poultry.
8. Reflections.
Notes.
Index.
Rollin, Bernard E., PhD (Colorado State
Related Titles
·
by C. Wayne McIlwraith (Editor), Bernard E. Rollin (Editor)
·
by Peter Sandoe, Stine B. Christiansen, Bernard E. Rollin
(Foreword by)
·
by Bernard E. Rollin
·
by David W. Ramey, Bernard E. Rollin
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The
Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions
ISBN: 978-0-8138-0473-6
378 pages
January 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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Description
The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions is the first title in
Blackwell Publishing Professional's groundbreaking series Issues in Animal
Bioethics. This important book examines the ethical and economic importance of
production animal well-being and pain management--topics of increasing concern
to consumers.
The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions offers veterinarians, veterinary and agriculture students, animal scientists, and food animal producers both practical methods to enhance farm animal well-being, and greater understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of those methods. With a variety of perspectives from respected experts and specialists, this book conveys new research findings and promotes valuable discourse on critical issues. Most importantly, editors Benson and Rollin provide feasible instruction to put theory into practice.
The theories and applications presented in this book are likely to be legislated in the future. Therefore, it is important for veterinarians in production animal medicine to keep abreast of the latest issues in promoting animal well-being, and implement sound animal welfare methods every day. The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions provides the information veterinarians need to do both.
The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions offers veterinarians, veterinary and agriculture students, animal scientists, and food animal producers both practical methods to enhance farm animal well-being, and greater understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of those methods. With a variety of perspectives from respected experts and specialists, this book conveys new research findings and promotes valuable discourse on critical issues. Most importantly, editors Benson and Rollin provide feasible instruction to put theory into practice.
The theories and applications presented in this book are likely to be legislated in the future. Therefore, it is important for veterinarians in production animal medicine to keep abreast of the latest issues in promoting animal well-being, and implement sound animal welfare methods every day. The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions provides the information veterinarians need to do both.
Table of Contents
Contributors.
Preface..
I. Theoretical Framework.
1. The Ethical Imperative to Control Pain and Suffering in Farm Animals (Bernard E. Rollin).
2. Human-Livestock Interaction (Paul H. Hemsweorth).
3. Quality of Life for Farm Animals: Linking Science, Ethics, and Animal Welfare (David Fraser and Daniel M. Weary).
4. Pain in Farm Animals: Nature, Recognition, and Management (G. John Benson).
5. A Concept of Welfare Based on Feelings (Ian J. H. Duncan).
6. Meeting Physical Needs: Environmental Management of Well-Being (Ted H. Friend).
7. Principles for Handing Grazing Animals (Temple Grandin
8. Principles for the Design of Handling Facilities and Transport Systems (Temple Grandin
II. Practical Applications.
10. Production Practice sand Well-Being: Beef Cattle (Joseph M. Stookey and Jon M. Watts).
11. Animal Well-Being in theU.
S.
12. Production Practices and Well-Being;
Swine.(Timothy E. Blackwell).
13. Maximizing Well-Being and Minimizing Pain and Suffering: Sheep (Cleon V. Kimberling and Gerilyn A. Parsons).
14. Welfare Problems of Poultry (Ian J. H. Duncan).
15. Rethinking Painful Management Practices (Daniel M. Wary and David Fraser).
16. Alternatives to Conventional Livestock Production Methods (Michael C. Appleby).
17. Euthanasia (Robert E. Meyer and W. E. Morgan Morrow).
Appendix:U. S.
Index.
Preface..
I. Theoretical Framework.
1. The Ethical Imperative to Control Pain and Suffering in Farm Animals (Bernard E. Rollin).
2. Human-Livestock Interaction (Paul H. Hemsweorth).
3. Quality of Life for Farm Animals: Linking Science, Ethics, and Animal Welfare (David Fraser and Daniel M. Weary).
4. Pain in Farm Animals: Nature, Recognition, and Management (G. John Benson).
5. A Concept of Welfare Based on Feelings (Ian J. H. Duncan).
6. Meeting Physical Needs: Environmental Management of Well-Being (Ted H. Friend).
7. Principles for Handing Grazing Animals (
8. Principles for the Design of Handling Facilities and Transport Systems (
II. Practical Applications.
10. Production Practice sand Well-Being: Beef Cattle (Joseph M. Stookey and Jon M. Watts).
11. Animal Well-Being in the
12. Production Practices and Well-Being;
Swine.(Timothy E. Blackwell).
13. Maximizing Well-Being and Minimizing Pain and Suffering: Sheep (Cleon V. Kimberling and Gerilyn A. Parsons).
14. Welfare Problems of Poultry (Ian J. H. Duncan).
15. Rethinking Painful Management Practices (Daniel M. Wary and David Fraser).
16. Alternatives to Conventional Livestock Production Methods (Michael C. Appleby).
17. Euthanasia (Robert E. Meyer and W. E. Morgan Morrow).
Appendix:
Index.
See More
Author Information
G. John Benson, DVM ,
MS , is a professor and Chief of Anesthesiology
in Veterinary Clinical Medicine at the University
of Illinois , Urbana
Bernard E. Rollin, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Physiology, and Animal Sciences , as well as University Bioethicist atColorado State
University , Fort Collins
Bernard E. Rollin, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, Physiology, and Animal Sciences , as well as University Bioethicist at
PETA / ISSUES / ANIMALS USED FOR
FOOD /
Fight Global Warming by Going Vegetarian
Global
warming has been called humankind’s “greatest challenge” and the world’s
gravest environmental threat. Many conscientious people are trying to help
reduce global warming by driving more fuel-efficient cars and using
energy-saving light bulbs. Although these measures help, science shows that going vegan is one of the most effective
ways to fight global warming. A
staggering 51 percent or more of global greenhouse-gas emissions are
caused by animal agriculture, according to a report published by the
Worldwatch Institute. Additionally, a recent United Nations report concluded
that a global shift toward a vegan diet is extremely important in order to
combat the worst effects of climate change. According
to the United Nations, raising animals for food is “one of the top two or three
most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at
every scale from local to global.” In
addition, the official handbook for Live Earth, the anti–climate change
concerts that Al Gore helped organize, says that not eating meat is the “single
most effective thing you can do” to reduce your climate change impact. Carbon
dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide together cause the vast majority of global
warming. Raising animals for food is one of the largest sources of carbon
dioxide and the single largest source of both methane and nitrous-oxide
emissions.
Carbon
Dioxide
Burning
fossil fuels (such as oil and gasoline) releases carbon dioxide, the primary
gas responsible for global warming. Producing one calorie from animal protein
requires 11 times as much fossil fuel input—releasing 11 times as much carbon
dioxide—as does producing a calorie from plant protein. Feeding massive amounts of
grain and water to farmed animals and then killing them and processing,
transporting, and storing their flesh is extremely energy-intensive. In
addition, enormous amounts of carbon dioxide stored in trees are released
during the destruction of vast acres of forest to provide pastureland and to
grow crops for farmed animals. On top of this, animal manure also releases
large quantities of carbon dioxide.
You could
exchange your “regular” car for a hybrid Toyota Prius and, by doing so, prevent
about 1 ton of carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere each year, but
according to the University of Chicago, being vegan is more effective in the
fight against global warming; a vegan is responsible for the release of
approximately 1.5 fewer tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year
than is a meat-eater.
A German
study conducted in 2008 concluded that a meat-eater’s diet is responsible for
more than seven times as much greenhouse gas emissions as a vegan’s
diet. Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the U.N.’s Nobel Prize–winning
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (and a vegetarian himself), urges
people to “please eat less meat—meat is a very carbon-intensive commodity.”
Methane
The
billions of chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows who are crammed into factory farms
each year in the U.S. produce enormous amounts of methane, both during
digestion and from the acres of cesspools filled with feces that they excrete.
Scientists report that every pound of methane is more than 20 times as
effective as carbon dioxide is at trapping heat in our atmosphere. The EPA
shows that animal agriculture is the single largest source of methane emissions
in the U.S.
Nitrous
Oxide
Nitrous
oxide is about 300 times more potent as a global warming gas than carbon
dioxide. According to the U.N., the meat, egg, and dairy industries account for
a staggering 65 percent of worldwide nitrous oxide emissions. (Use the N-Calculator to calculate your nitrogen footprint and to see how you could lower your
nitrogen usage.)
You Can Help
Stop Global Warming!
The most powerful step that we can take as individuals to avert
global warming is to stop eating meat, eggs, and dairy products. Order PETA’a
free ”Vegetarian/Vegan Starter Kit” and do your part to start saving the
plant and animals today!
Contact the
Arkansas
What do you say to
them? Tell the person who answers you
are a constituent of the Congressman, you are a vegetarian, and you would like
to know if he is also? If he is, cheer,
and say goodbye. If he is not, ask if he
is aware that vegetarianism is good for one’s health. (Be prepared to adduce some stats and
examples. My newsletters provide an
abundance of evidence.) Then ask if the
congressman is aware that vegetarianism reduces cruelty to animals, and in
general, cruelty. (Again, some
data.) And finally ask if he is aware
that vegetarianism resists global warming.
Expect a sympathetic listener; don’t assume rejection. The congressman prefers poor health, torture,
and rising seas?
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SENATORS
Sen. John Boozman
Republican, first term 320 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-4843 Fax: (202) 228-1371 Arkansas offices: FORT SMITH: (479) 573-0189 JONESBORO: (870) 268-6925 LITTLE ROCK: (501) 372-7153 LOWELL: (479) 725-0400 MOUNTAIN HOME: (870) 424-0129 STUTTGART: (870) 672-6941 EL DORADO: (870) 863-4641 Website: www.boozman.senate.gov
Sen. Mark Pryor
Democrat, second term 255 Dirksen Office Building Constitution Avenue and First Street NE Washington, D.C. 20510 Phone: (202) 224-2353 Fax: (202) 228-0908 Little Rock office: (501) 324-6336
Website: www.pryor.senate.gov
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REPRESENTATIVES
Rep. Rick Crawford
1ST DISTRICT Republican, second term 1771 Independence Avenues SE Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4076 Fax: (202) 225-5602 CABOT: (501) 843-3043 MOUNTAIN HOME: (870) 424-2075 Website: www.crawford.house.gov
Rep. Tim Griffin
2ND DISTRICT Republican, second term 1232 Independence Avenues SE Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2506 Fax: (202) 225-5903 LITTLE ROCK: (501) 324-5491 Website: www.griffin.house.gov
Rep. Steve Womack
3RD DISTRICT Republican, second term 1119 Longworth Office Building New Jersey and Independence Avenues SE Washington 20515 Phone: (202) 225-4301 Fax: (202) 225-5713 Arkansas offices: ROGERS: (479) 464-0446 HARRISON: (870) 741-7741 FORT SMITH: (479) 424-1146 Website: www.womack.house.gov
Rep. Tom Cotton
4TH DISTRICT Republican, first term 415 Phone: (202) 225-43772 HOT SPRINGS: (501) 520-5892 PINE BLUFF: (870) 536-3376 Website: www.cotton.house.gov
Con
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Factories
make hot dog by blending animals
Contents #1 Nov. 12, 2013
Vegetarian Organizations, Magazines, Books,
Films:
Vegetarian Voice
Vegetarian Times
Vegetarian Living
VegNews (Vegan)
Organizations, Magazines, Books, Films
for Preservation of Animals
PETA’s Animal Times
Foundations of
Vegetarianism
Why People
Become Vegetarians
Nutrition,
Health
Moss, Addictive
Junk Food
Nutrition and
Ethics
Google Search, Food, Inc.
Food and
Climate Change
Google Search
Meat vs. Climate
Peace
Tuttle, World
Peace Diet, Food, Compassion, Interconnectedness, Harmony
History:
Recipes from Famous People
OMNI’s
Library
Contents #2 Nutrition, Ethics of Eating
Meat, Climate Change
Declaration
for Consideration
Nutrition
Eliz. Renter,
Poisons in Meat
Get the
Antibiotics Out of Turkeys
Ethics
Schweitzer,
Reverence for Life
Susie Hoeller,
Ethical Food
Climate Change and Food
Google Search
Contents #3 Ethics of Eating Meat: Factory Farms, Killing
Dick,
Vegetarianism Discussion
Vegetarian Times
Early History
of Vegetarianism; Percy Bysshe Shelley
Cahill,
Cruelty and Kindness
Schweitzer,
Ethics of Vegetarianism
From Rolling Stone, Cruelty of Factory Farms
Google
Search: Cruelty of Meat Eating
Google Search:
Factory Farming
Humane Society
of the US
Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Contents #4
Animal Rights, Meat Production, Global Warming, Climate Change, Feb. 4, 2014
Animal Rights
Christina
Sarich, Humane Society and Others Oppose Tyson Factory Raised Pigs
Prof. Steven
Best, Strong Advocate of Animal Rights, Google Search
Charles
Carnosy, a Christian Perspective Offers Us a Consistent Ethic
Dr. David
Katz, a Middle Position, a Vegetable Diet is Better for Health and Ethics
Warming, Climate Change
Nathan Fiala,
Meat Production and Consumption Contributes to Global Warming, Climate Change
PETA,
Vegetarianism versus Climate Change
Vegetarianism
versus Climate Change, Google Search
Stress on
Environment: Vegetables vs. Meat
Misc.
International Studies of Emissions: Meat
vs. Other Causes
Contents #5 March 12,
2014 Animal Rights,
Meat Production, Consumption and C02, Warming, Climate Change
Monbiot,
Public Mobilization
Robert
Neubecker, Linus the Vegetarian T-Rex
PROTECTING
ANIMALS (for more compassionate action organizations or for more information
about them see earlier newsletters)
UUA First Principle Project
Action for Animals PETA
Animal Legal Defense Fund
In Defense of Animals
Best Friends Animal Society
Mercy for Animals
Physicians Committee for Responsible
Medicine
Farm Sanctuary
Yeats and
Felder on Complicity
Vegetarianism
Against Increase of C02 and Global Warming
Vegetarian
Newsletters Nos. 1-4
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