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VEGETARIANISM
AND ETHICS
Ethical
Issues that direct many people to a vegetarian / vegan life style include:
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Factory
Farming Farm animals today are often raised under abhorrent
conditions. Over 35 million beef cattle and more than 10 billion
chickens are slaughtered in the industry each year. For more
information about factory farming, please visit www.factoryfarming.com
and http://www.veganoutreach.org/whyvegan/animals.html.
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Animal
Testing It's been estimated
that as many as 70 million animals a year are used for medical research and
testing consumer products. Much of the research is extremely
cruel and painful, but continues. This is despite the fact that it
has been repeatedly demonstrated
that non-human animals are not good models for humans. For more
information about animal testing please visit http://www.guardian.co.uk
and http://www.peta.org/mc/facts/fsae1.html.
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Environmental
Impacts Raising animals for food has severe environmental impacts,
ranging from problems with waste disposal, to the exponential increase
in the destruction of natural lands for growing food to feed factory
farmed animals. For more information on the environmental
impacts of a meat-based diet, please visit
http://www.peta.org.uk/feat/UKvegkit/environment.asp.
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Caring
About Animals Many people love and care about all animals,
and do not feel comfortable "eating the object of their
affection". The VRGT works in cooperation with the Humane
Society, which is very active in our community in finding homes for
animals, and working tirelessly to help reduce the
"unwanted" animal population through spay and neuter
programs. Did you know that 5-6 million animals are euthanised
each year in this country? Please feel free to visit the Humane
Society of Southern Arizona website.
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