Turkey Day or Thanksgiving??
With Thanksgiving coming up, I have to respectfully urge the omnivores among you to do one of two things (and no. 2 is relevant to the veg, too)..
(1) If you must eat turkey, please refrain from buying one in a grocery store due to cruelty issues and instead go to a local farm and buy one that has been more humanely treated throughout it's life.
(2) Consider making Thanksgiving about the birds and don't eat one; or at the very least, adopt-a-turkey (Adopt-A-Turkey Project through the Farm Sanctuary, my favorite animal-rights group who I made gift donations to last year on the behalf of my family and friends).
Thanksgiving has turned into something far different from what it was originally meant to be. (The Story of Thanksgiving) It is now all about eating and excessiveness. I have no problem with that to some degree, but I have a problem when millions of animals are suffering as a result.
For the veg among us, and for the omnivores who want to try something different and tasty (tasty so proclaimed by my meat-eating family), try Tofurky Feasts. They're really yummy, healthier, more environmentally-friendly, and cruelty-free. (Information on the 'Turkey Industry'. Safe for work and non-offensive as compared to more extreme groups.)
Disclaimer for my sake: I usually get people saying I'm a militant vegan here but I don't believe I am- only sharing something that I have firm beliefs in. My view, put simply: "If you couldn't kill it, don't eat it. I couldn't, so I don't." If you don't agree, that's fine, but don't bash me in return, please- and I only mention this because I've gotten some really nasty comments in the past. On that note, you'll probably see this one more time.
Happy Holidays- let's all celebrate this rather dumb, but amazing, animal!!
(1) If you must eat turkey, please refrain from buying one in a grocery store due to cruelty issues and instead go to a local farm and buy one that has been more humanely treated throughout it's life.
(2) Consider making Thanksgiving about the birds and don't eat one; or at the very least, adopt-a-turkey (Adopt-A-Turkey Project through the Farm Sanctuary, my favorite animal-rights group who I made gift donations to last year on the behalf of my family and friends).
Thanksgiving has turned into something far different from what it was originally meant to be. (The Story of Thanksgiving) It is now all about eating and excessiveness. I have no problem with that to some degree, but I have a problem when millions of animals are suffering as a result.
For the veg among us, and for the omnivores who want to try something different and tasty (tasty so proclaimed by my meat-eating family), try Tofurky Feasts. They're really yummy, healthier, more environmentally-friendly, and cruelty-free. (Information on the 'Turkey Industry'. Safe for work and non-offensive as compared to more extreme groups.)
Disclaimer for my sake: I usually get people saying I'm a militant vegan here but I don't believe I am- only sharing something that I have firm beliefs in. My view, put simply: "If you couldn't kill it, don't eat it. I couldn't, so I don't." If you don't agree, that's fine, but don't bash me in return, please- and I only mention this because I've gotten some really nasty comments in the past. On that note, you'll probably see this one more time.
Happy Holidays- let's all celebrate this rather dumb, but amazing, animal!!