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Five Good Reasons to Eat Your Dog or Cat

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WellBeing International WBI Studies Repository 1996 Five Good Reasons to Eat Your Dog or Cat Animal Rights International Follow this and additional works at: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/faracam Recommended Citation Animal Rights International, "Five Good Reasons to Eat Your Dog or Cat" (1996). Farm Animal Campaign. 15. https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/faracam/15 This material is brought to you for free and open access by WellBeing International. It has been accepted for inclusion by an authorized administrator of the WBI Studies Repository. For more information, please contact wbisr-info@wellbeingintl.org. 1. It could save your life! Hasanyone ever died from salmonella or E. coli after eating their companionanimal? But thousands of Americansdie from toxic meat, poultry and eggseach year. And millions becomeseriously ill, according to the Centersfor Disease Control (CDC). Becauseraising food animals in dark, squalidcages where they can't even turnaround, lie down or breathe normallyisn't just cruel and abusive. It's arecipe for lethal disease.2 You'll be taking a stand against cruelty. Right up to the moment your furry friend disappears into a crockpot, he'll have led a pampered and happy life. No such luck for the seven billion farm animals consumed in the U.S each year! Their lives are a never ending nightmare. The millions who drop dead from stress are considered just a routine business expense. 3. You'll help save the environment.Factory farms destroy theenvironment. The dumping ofmillions of tons of animal waste androtting body parts is poisoning oncepristine waterways and undergroundwater supplies. Putrid air is makingentire communities uninhabitable.4. You'll help exploited workers.You can chow down on Rover orMuffin without feeling youcontributed to the abuse of the humanvictims who cut up slaughteredanimals. Many workers, particularlyin the poultry industry, are crippledby having to cut up to 90 chickens aminute. When they can no longerwork. they are discarded like wornout tires.S. You'll help solve the dog and catoverpopulation problem. Unwanteddogs and cats are put to death by themillions. Until we can implement anational spay/neuter program and stop the endless cycle of unwanted animals starving in the streets, why not just attack the problem with a hot skillet and a dash of garlic? Finally, let's not allow anything as irrational as personal attachment to stand between us and that tasty poodle casserole. Loving and cuddling some animals while ignoring the suffering of others, who feel exactly the same pain, is what's really irrational. We are programmed from our first meals to pet some animals and eat others. But this need not be so. A meatless diet will improve your health, the environment and the lives of farm animals. Best of all, with your new non-violent diet you can keep cuddling your four legged friend while sending a powerful message to the meat industry's moguls of misery. Five Good Reasons To Eat Your Dog Or Cat 

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