Guest guest Posted March 23, 2001 Report Share Posted March 23, 2001 Dear Friend, I am writing to you as a like-minded person, supporting the rights of animals. I am looking for long-term commitments to our ongoing efforts to end ALL cruelty to animals worldwide. Please take a moment to consider the following: In the United States alone, we annually slaughter more than 35,000,000 cattle, 100,000,000 pigs and 10,000,000,000 chickens and turkeys, that’s right, 10 billion chickens and turkeys to satisfy our insatiable appetite for flesh. The slaughtering techniques are more cruel and horrific than you could ever imagine. From the time of their birth until their inhumane death, these animals are treated simply as products, the same as an automobile, computer or can opener, not the sentient living, breathing, thinking emotional beings that they are. They are raised in conditions unfit for any life, treated worse than the prisoners of any war. I don’t want to offend anyone by thinking I am comparing the lives of the animals to those who suffered through the holocaust, but the analogy is very relative. EVERY HOUR in the US, we slaughter 2 million animals by means more cruel than you can imagine. That is only one aspect of man’s dominance over animals; we hunt them in every possible manner, poison them, experiment with their natural balance, breed them for our own selfish purposes, discard them for no good reason, try to find solutions to our own self-inflicted diseases by experimenting with them, lock them in solitary, expose them to situations that drive them crazy and then see if we can cure them. I could go on for hours and I often do, but for now, I just want to find out if you are seriously interested in making a difference in our relationships with animals, meaning all living beings. Below are my hopes and wishes for the future of living beings, a list of websites and books that you will find interesting if you are really into making a differencein reducing the suffering of animals. As we work to eliminate racism and sexism, we must also fight to eliminate speciesism. We must accept, endorse and support the rights of all living beings. We are their guardians, speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves. Man has crippled a world balance in three centuries that Mother Nature was able to maintain for millions of years. You be the judge, have we been good decision makers. Dedicated to all earth’s creatures, great and small   WISH  That all cruelty to animals would end today. We would not kill any more animals for food, sport, or money. We would not imprison them for our entertainment, and not torture them in the name of science. We would treat all animals with the same dignity and respect we expect for ourselves.  VISION  Bythe year 2025 animal cruelty (as described above) will be eliminated.  OBJECTIVES 1. Acceptance of the term “living beings†as a replacement for such terms as human beings, non-human beings, animals, fowl, fish… 2. Eliminate the consumption of all forms of living beings as food. 3. Stop the senseless hunting and killing of animals in the name of sport and environmental control. 4. Replace meat with grains, fruits and vegetables as the world’s primary food. Use the world’s grain products for food instead of feeding it to the “animals†and then eating them. 5. Teach people to treat their bodies respectfully through proper diet and exercise so they do not need the scientific advances made by torturing millions of animals to find a cure for their self-inflicted diseases. ACTIVITIES  1. Educate the children worldwide. 2. Form alliances with all animal rights groups. 3. Run commercials on radio and television to drown out the messages funded by thefast food chains and meat vendors. 4. Organize nonviolent organizations and corporations to support the animal rightseffort. AnimalFriendly Websites  1. cok-online.org 2. ciwf.co.uk 3. animalfreedom.org 4. animalliberationfront.com 5. waystation.org 6. stopeatinganimals.com 7. meat.org 8. newdream.org 9. ethologicalethics.org 10. e4ars.org 11. farmsanctuary.org 12. ran.org 13. peta.org 14. enviroweb.org 15. loveallanimals.com 16. freefarmanimals.org 17. meatstinks.com 18. murderking.com 19. mhr-viandes.com 20. amerhumane.org 21. animalunderworld.com 22. furisdead.com 23. paws.org 24. animal.discovery.com 25. cefr.org 26. blackbeautyranch.org 27. aldf.org 28. fsis.usda.gov 29. visi.com/juan/congress 30. brightstar-farm.com 31. elephants.com 32. worldwatch.org 33. boston.earthsave.org 34. pbs.org/wnet/nature/animalmind AnimalFriendly Books  When Elephants Weep (the emotional lives of animals) Jeffrey Moussaieff & Susan McCarthy You Can Save The Animals (simple ways to stop thoughtless cruelty) Ingrid Newkirk Introduction to Animal Rights (Compelling call for understanding) Gary Francione Ethics Into Action (the animal rights movement) Peter Singer Slaughterhouse (inhumane treatment inside the U.S. meat industry) Gail Eisnitz The Jungle (1906 Slaughterhouses) Upton Sinclair Dead Meat (behind the scenes in the meat industry) Sue Coe Inhumane Society (the American way of exploiting animals) Dr. Michael W. Fox Disposable Animals (the tragedy of throwaway pets) Craig Brestrup Animals as Teachers and Healers (stories about lives touched by animal healers) Susan McElroy The Hog Book (understanding the lives of pigs) William Hedgepeth Kinship With All Life (how animals communicate with others) J. Allen Boone Inside the Animal Mind (exploration of animal intelligence) George Page Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover’s Soul (pets as family) Canfield, Hansen, Becker, Kline The Secret Language & Remarkable Behavior of Animals (communication/action) J. Benyus When Animals Speak (communications with animals) Penelope Smith The Scalpel and the Butterfly (animal rights/experimentation) Deborah Rudacille Rattling the Cage (toward legal rights for animals) Steven M. Wise Ranch of Dreams (America’s most unusual animal sanctuary) Cleveland Amory The Cat Who Came for Christmas (the beginning) Cleveland Amory So,  If you are a person willing to commit to our efforts to end speciesism, and treatall living beings with the dignity and respect we want for ourselves, then please contact me and join our efforts to make this world a better, safer place for our fellow beings. If you are not committed to joining our effort, but support the principals underlying this effort, then bless you and carry on, knowing that you are living a life that is healthier for you and those who depend on us for their well-being. Sincerely, Richard (RTandAssociates) " I wish no living thing to suffer pain. " ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley " I wish no living thing to suffer pain. " ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley " I wish no living thing to suffer pain. 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