The Festive Season and the animals

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Hi All,

 

Christmas is approaching and with the coming of the " festive season " I hope

those on the list who are vegetarians can heighten their efforts to educate

people

Christmas is not " festive " for the animals who suffer and die for humans to

eat.

 

I hope all who are able will continue to spread the word

vegetarianism and compassion to animals are necessary for humans to be

humane and to regain their affinity with nature and each other.

 

The horrors of cloning, GE and xenotransplantation (raising pigs to kill for

their

organs as transplants to humans) only detract from the obvious facts that

humans are causing their own ill health through poor diet, lack of exercise

and poisoning our own environment.

 

I hope we can all remain focused and vigilant and remain voices for the

voiceless.

 

If anyone on the list is putting up a Christmas AR page, please email me the

link

to add to my links on my Christmas page dedicated to the animals.

 

http://www.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/xmaspg.htm

 

Also, for those interested in Animal poetry, I have a page containing

some AR poetry including

the authentic version of " Voice of the Voiceless " by Ellen Wheeler Wilcox

(this version is slightly longer than the poem people usually read as being

attributed to Ms Wilcox and I obtained the fill length poem from the Ellen

Wheeler Wilcox Society).

http://www.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/poetcnr.htm

 

If anyone on the list has any other references for AR poetry,

I would really appreciate the links.

 

Also, if anyone is wanting clip art to build a web page

with an animal/nature theme, I have a small animal and

nature collection free for people to to download at

http://www.iinet.net.au/~rabbit/animgraph.htm

 

All the best for Christmas

 

Kind regards,

 

Marguerite

 

Point of View

By Shel Silverstein

 

Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless

Christmas dinner's dark and blue

When you stop and try to see it

From the turkey's point of view.

 

Sunday dinner isn't sunny

Easter feasts are just bad luck

When you see it from the viewpoint

Of a chicken or a duck.

 

Oh how I once loved tuna salad

Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too

Till I stopped and looked at dinner

From the dinner's point of view.

 

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