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My name is Kimberly and I'm an animal rights activist, I turned Vegetarian around my 21st birthday last yr and i'm slowly becoming a Vegan.
Everyone always asks the question on "why" I have turned towards animal rights and vegetarian/vegan, so I will explain myself.
When I was a child, I adored animals and enjoyed their love that they've always given me; i've never had a greater sense of love or what caring about someone else was all about. An animal may not be able to speak but they give off such a caring aura and they easily can tell when we're upset, they've always tried cheering me up; they've never backstabbed me either. You can never be sure who is or who isn't your friend when it comes to your own kind, not in words that I dislike my own kind, but I have been backstabbed and hurt emotionally by my own; an animal has never purposely broken my heart.
I've always known that cows, pigs, chickens, and other animals I was eating were killed for my food; it just never dawned on me HOW tragic and extremely cruel the process really was until I unchalantly came across videos, photos, and articles of the cruelty. To think about how animals have treated me and how they're being pushed around and murdered intensely everyday, it kills me; of course my own kind is causing the pain. So you can see where my love for animals stands much stronger sometimes, they are the innocence in most of the world; the ones that wish they could tell us how they feel and wish they could be treated the same but they have no voice. I decided that I would take on like many other people in this world, a voice for the voiceless; give them a chance to speak.
An animal is a pyschological being just like one of us, they have their moods and have their own little souls; I have decided to not take part in the cruelty by no longer eating any type of meat. And more and more i've began taken dairy and all animal bi products out of my diet. To me, it feels like the right thing to do.
It's someone elses mother, father, sister, brother, friend, daughter, son.
So what is the such cruelty that goes on in Factory farms?
- Castration. In other words "neutering" an animal while it's fully concious.
- Lameness
- Beating
- Hanging
- Stabbing
- Shackling
- Stunning
- Shooting
- Skinning
- Branding
- Sheering off birds beaks.
- Cutting off cows horns.
Does the idea of that happening to you make you a little sick? Well it goes on every.single.day and that's not just all i've listed, there is more but it would take forever to continue listing it all.
And it's not just the factory farms that sadden me, it's everything that has to do with any type of cruelty and if people like me don't start trying to stop abuse, it will continue to happen and more innocent lives will be taken.
One thing that seems to surprise and stun me is that people that are religious and believe in God, which in my point of view of Him/Her, I don't believe He/She would have ever wanted one of their creatures to be killed and abused; some people seem to think that it's okay to kill an animal to eat it when what they're possibly doing is what their God is against.
One more thing to add is that people often ask me what would happen if we didn't kill these animals for food? They seem to think that there would be an overpopulation but the fact is that we are continuously impregnating these animals for billions of people in this world to eat. If we no longer ate them, there would not be such a population of these farm animals.
xO♥Kim♥Ox
I pretty much made this page besides my original Myspace (www.myspace.com/kimmercane) because I had been getting too many complaints about what I reposted from friends, I also was being deleted because well...not a lot of people seemed to care about my bulletins for the animals so I decided to keep from avoiding their anger to bringing all of my activism to this page.
Animals. It's their world, too...
"I'm on a vegan diet, I do yoga every day, I work out, I'm totally spiritual …."
(Calgary Sun) ~ Avril Lavigne
"People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they’re in the rain. And they look fat and gross. They look like really immature, unenlightened, stupid people. When people are so blatant about cruelty, it makes me nauseous. ... [E]very season, [the furriers] put propaganda everywhere that fur is taking off again. And they give free coats to idiots like Jennifer Lopez and people who’ll wear them. Like Puff Daddy."
(Jane) ~ Pamela Anderson
"People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory."
(Time Out) ~ Richard Gere
"If you could feel or see the suffering you wouldn't think twice. Give back life. Don't eat meat."
(The Compassionate Cook) ~ Kim Basinger
It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.
- Mark Twain
"People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times."
—Isaac Bashevis Singer (Nobel Prize-winning novelist, 1902 - 1991)
I ♥ birds
THESE BIRDS AND ANIMALS AND FISH CANNOT SPEAK, BUT THEY CAN SUFFER ... AND OUR GOD WHO CREATED THEM KNOWS THEIR SUFFERINGS, AND WILL HOLD HIM WHO CAUSES THEM TO SUFFER UNNECESSARILY TO ANSWER FOR IT.
- GEORGE CANNON
Put a small child in a playpen with an apple and a bunny. If s/he eats the apple and plays with the bunny, s/he's normal;but if s/he eats the bunny and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car. Somewhere along the line we must have been TAUGHT to do the wrong thing. --Maynard
As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.
- Isaac Bashevis Singer
When non-vegetarians say that human problems come first, I cannot help wondering what exactly it is that they are doing for human beings that compels them to continue to support the wasteful, ruthless exploitation of farmed animals.
- Dr. Peter Singer
Isn't man an amazing animal? He kills wildlife - birds, kangaroos, deer, all kinds of cats, coyotes, beavers, groundhogs, mice, foxes and dingoes - by the million in order to protect his domestic animals and their feed. Then he kills domestic animals by the billion and eats them. This in turn kills man by the millions, because eating all those animals leads to degenerative - and fatal - health conditions like heart disease, kidney disease, and cancer. So then man tortures and kills millions more animals to look for cures for these diseases. Elsewhere, millions of other human beings are being killed by hunger and malnutrition because food they could eat is being used to fatten domestic animals. Meanwhile, some people are dying of sad laughter at the absurdity of man, who kills so easily and so violently, and once a year, sends out cards praying for Peace on Earth.
- David Coats, Old MacDonald's Factory Farm
The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of man.
- Emile Zola
Take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
- Elie Wiesel
In fact, if one person is unkind to an animal it is considered to be cruelty, but where a lot of people are unkind to animals, especially in the name of commerce, the cruelty is condoned and, once large sums of money are at stake, will be defended to the last by otherwise intelligent people.
- Ruth Harrison, Animal Machines
Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.
- James A. Froude (1818-1894)
Life is life--whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage.
- Sri Aurobindo
"Killing an animal to make a coat is sin. It wasn't meant to be, and we have no right to do it. A woman gains status when she refuses to see anything killed to be put on her back. Then she's truly beautiful."
—Doris Day (actress, singer and founder of the Doris Day Animal League) http://www.ddal.org/
All beings tremble before violence. All fear death. All love life. -Buddha
Conserve a hunter, harvest one today. -unknown
Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. -Mark Twain
The wild, cruel animal is not behind the bars of a cage. He is in front of it. -Axel Munthe
"All national institutions of churches, whether jewish, christian, or turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit." -Thomas Paine, "Age Of Reason"
"But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh, we deprive a soul of the sun and light and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy." -Plutarch
"Look deep into the eyes of any animal, and then for a moment, trade places, their life becomes as precious as yours and you become as vulnerable as them. Now smile if you believe all animals deserve our respect and our protection, for in a way, they are us, and we are them." -Philip Ochoa Board Member, ALL FOR ANIMALS
"Thousands of people who say they 'love' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been utterly deprived of everything that could make their lives worth living and who endured the awful suffering and the terror of the abattoirs."
—Dr. Jane Goodall
Six million Jews died in concentration camps, but six billion broiler chickens will die this year in slaughter houses. -Ingrid Newkirk (PETA)
"When I think of the fact that literally tens of billions of animals are killed nearly every year for human purposes, part of me wants to go out and join the Animal Liberation Front."
(The Independent) ~ Moby
"Yeah, milk does a body good—if you are a calf. It is evil to your body to put something in there that's designed to make an animal go from very small to very big in a short time."
(The Independent) ~ Woody Harrelson
[On becoming a vegan] "My body just got so healthy and skinny and my skin became so radiant that I started looking fabulous anyway."
(The Independent) ~ Alicia Silverstone
"If any kid realized what was involved in factory farming, they would never touch meat again. I was so moved by the intelligence, sense of fun, and personality of the animals I worked with on Babe that by the end of the film I was a vegetarian."
(Newark Star-Ledger) ~ James Cromwell
"[Y]ou need to hunt something that can shoot back at you to really classify yourself as a hunter. You need to understand the feeling of what it's like to go into the field and know your opposition can take you out. Not just go out there and shoot Bambi."
(Minneapolis Star-Tribune) ~ Gov. Jesse Ventura
"I've always felt that animals are the purest spirits in the world. They don't fake or hide their feelings, and they are the most loyal creatures on Earth. And somehow we humans think we're smarter—what a joke."
(Chicago Sun Times) ~ P!nk
"We are big veggie people in our house. I know that sounds boring, but we are more indulgent with our love than our food. So it's going to be a veggie menu."
(OK! Magazine) ~ Jennifer Connelly
[When asked what she would do if she had to choose between animals and men] "I would choose animals all the way. I know that's the one thing in life I cannot live without. I would be so amazingly unhappy if I didn't have my puppies and my kitties. I haven't found a good man, yet. I've found lots of good animals, so I'd go with animals."
(CMT.com) ~ Carrie Underwood
"You name me one creature on this Earth that used milk after they're weaned. It's not good for you. It's good for a suckling calf. Are you a suckling calf?"
(Dateline NBC) ~ Jack La Lanne
"It must be vegetarian. I don't want any meat put in front of me."
(Celebrity Living Weekly) ~ Brad Pitt
"Eating vegetarian and jogging regularly have taken me far."
(MediaCorp News) ~ Susan Sarandon
"I cheer when a bull at Pamplona sinks his horns deep into the lower intestines of some drunken European macho swine. And my cheers grow louder when the victim is a young American macho-jock tourist asshole. Especially if the bull is able to swing the second horn around and catch the guy right in the nuts."
(Brain Droppings) ~ George Carlin
"I'm 23 now, and I've grown into this woman. I feel sexy and more mature. I wanted these inside changes to be reflected in both my look and music. I am a vegan now, and it was a conscious decision. I studied a lot about African culture and health and the best way to take care of the body. I really wanted to be healthy. At first I was just trying to challenge myself; I thought it was a phase and that I would grow out of it, but it wasn't. I found out a lot about the body and what [hormones] they put in meat. My taste buds started changing, and I didn't crave [meat and dairy products] anymore."
(Essence.com) ~ Brandy
"I'm anti-fur because there's no need for animals to die for fashion. It isn't necessary. Besides, wearing fur makes you look like an old woman! It can take up to 100 chinchillas to make one coat, and Jennifer Lopez has one made of 80 of them, all killed by electrocution or [by] having their necks [broken]. China, where most fur now comes from (as it's cheap), has no regulations for animal welfare. Dogs, cats, and other animals are skinned alive and die slow, extremely painful deaths. If you want to help, all I can say is: Never. Wear. Fur."
(Cosmopolitan) ~ Natilie Imbruglia
"Linda McCartney [vegetarian] sausages were my favourite. They're much better than eating real sausages and you don't have to contemplate half way through exactly what's inside them. ... You can have them, a bit of fried bread, tinned tomatoes. Delicious."
(AnimalAid.org) ~ Simon Cowell
I admit to having worn suede and leather pants myself for a while, but you just never feel clean, and it's degenerate, anyway, to wear animal skins.... So I went back to bluejeans after my degenerate period.
-Andy Warhol
Vegetarians have the best diet. They have the lowest rates of coronary disease of any group in the country....Some people scoff at vegetarians, but they have a fraction of our heart attack rate and they have only 40 percent of our cancer rate. They outlive other men by about six years now.
-Dr.William Castelli
Excessive animal protein is at the core of many chronic diseases.
-Dr.Campbell
I've always been very bonded to animals -- more so than most people. (laughs) I don't think that they can defend themselves, so we have to help them.
-Jennie Garth
"All of us who are vegan have at some time or another just felt like absolute outsiders in the places that we’re supposed to be the most comfortable… our homes, our jobs, and with our friends and families. Though most vegans are likely not any “freakier” than your average person, the simple and compassionate act of denying animal products for ethical reasons can literally make you into the weirdo at the dinner table, or in other social and personal contexts.”
~ From "Vegan Freak" by Bob and Jenna Torres, PhDs
Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.
~ Winston Churchill
Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
Despite there being a ban on commercial whaling, Right now the Japanese whaling fleet are in the southern ocean whale sanctuary, where they plan on slaughtering 935 minke and 50 endangered fin whales, Goverments of the world are not doing enough if anything to stop this, I urge people to boycott Japan and please sign petitions and write to Japanese embassies around the world to put pressure on the Japanese Govt, as well as your own govt. Whaling is totally unnecessary, barbaric and cruel, whaling needs to end today!!
Recently, the Northern Territory government announced plans to kill 3000 camels by means of aerial shooting in the township of Docker River. Thirsty and in search of water, the camels converged on the community of Docker River. Instead of assisting the community by building barriers to keep the camels out of the township and investing in long term solutions such as research into birth control or the construction of a manmade waterhole for the camels to drink from, the government are planning to herd the animals away from the town, shoot them and leave their bodies to rot. Despite the outrage of thousands of concerned people from around the world, the Northern Territory government has given the green light for the cull to go ahead and thousands of scared camels are now being annihilated by marksmen from helicopters.
Can you help to have world leaders view 2 VEGGIE video messages in Copenhagen?
Winning films will screen in selected cinemas in the United Kingdom AND three finalists will also be chosen to screen at the Copenhagen Climate Conference.
Update: Stray black dog who's friend was killed by hit & run truck.
Pictures I took today 10/22 Thurs. of the stray black dog whose best friend, another black male dog was purposely run over & killed by someone in a white truck couple months ago in front of me & this dog who lost the only living thing he ever let near him.
He's eating a bowl of dry food, always takes food out the bowl & puts it on the ground before eating. I took the pics through my front window screen, he's a lot further than it looks. We built a cover over the bowl so the food doesn't spoil in rain, still won't come in garage to eat.
Little guy's gone underground, we think he stays under a small bridge that goes over a running stream partly on our property. He still hangs out in the cow pasteur across the road. My husband says there's small hollow caves, nooks & crannies where he can protect himself from bad weather under bridge.
He's not skinny anymore & is eating food we put out for daily. We still try to coax him but he runs, he's become wild.
My friends here followed this story since the other dog was alive & I was trying to rescue both.
