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Post by marysgurl on Dec 1, 2005 21:22:05 GMT -5
This is a subject that has been a passion for me most of my life. I should've started a thread a long time ago so I would have a place to vent & rally support.
Better late than never.
PETA Declares Victory, J. Crew Stops Selling Fur After weeks of demonstrations, letters, and phone calls, J. Crew announced on November 30 that it would never sell fur again. We could not have achieved this major victory without your support. Thank you.
Most fur sold in the United States comes from China, where PETA undercover investigators found fur farmers routinely committing appalling acts of cruelty to dogs, cats, and other animals. You have helped us achieve a huge victory for animals throughout the world.
Thank you again.
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Post by bardling on Dec 1, 2005 21:39:22 GMT -5
Yes! That is excellent!
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 1, 2006 23:05:41 GMT -5
Ok...at the risk of actually committing to a "resolution" for the new year, I feel like this is the absolute best place to chance it. I have a hard time with this subject for a couple of reasons. Although I have had strong feelings about animal abuse & neglect for all of my life, I was also raised on a farm. My grandfather raised hogs his whole life. I love pork. We had a chicken house & it was a natural part of my upbringing to see animals & poultry butchered for food. Unlike the animals that live their whole lives as a tortured & agonizing exsistence where their horrific deaths put an end to their suffering, the animals that I ate as a child were pampered & treated almost like members of the family. I actually raised a runt one time on a bottle that I knew from day one would end up loaded up in the back of my papa's Chevy truck....I cried for a solid week after "Whitey" made that final trip down the dirt road away from our little farm....and altho Mom swore to me that Whitey would not end up on our table, I distinctly remember our freezer seemed quite a bit fuller in the time following my heart-felt loss. I remember my papa staying up all night long with his sows when they were having their litters...making sure the cords weren't wrapped around their little pink necks & making sure mamma didn't lay on them, & that everything went just as it should in a labor room. He loved farming & loved every creature that ever found a home at his home...even the ones that ended up on the dinner table. They weren't crowded into too-small pens & kept from the sunlight & their sleeping quarters were hosed down twice a day with the big hose that I couldn't control without Papa holding on to at the same time....he talked to them & cared for them & respected them as God's creatures. That is not how the meat & poultry industry works at all, though. The atrocities that are inflicted upon these animals every single day of their pitiful lives are enough to make you want to vomit. Not only farm animals....cats & dogs are being harvested & butchered in China for their fur (the videos are at the website...I have been unable to watch them all the way through yet), animals enlisted as circus acts are tortured & beaten to break their spirit & make them more "manageable", baby elephants are stripped away from their mothers--elephants are very maternal & the mother/baby bonding can go on for up to 10-15 years in their natural habitat. The list goes on & on..... This is just a starting place. Hopefully I can educate myself along the way & share enough information that may change one person's thought process....maybe just one family will reconsider going to the circus; maybe one more person will stop eating KFC; maybe one more person will stop patronizing manufacturers that do animal-testing on their products.... All I know is I have to try. I hope I can get a little support & maybe some feedback from those of you who care how these creatures are treated? Thanks in advance.
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 6, 2006 10:47:44 GMT -5
No meat for me for almost a week!!
It's not really that hard...all I need do is picture some of the video footage when I think I have a craving. I found some great burgers by Morningstar---"Mushroom Lovers".
This just might be the year I get a little healthier along the way to supporting something I truely believe is worth the effort!
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Post by quettalee on Jan 6, 2006 15:09:21 GMT -5
awww, way to go my baby... u have my full support... i'm so proud of u!!!
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 7, 2006 11:40:47 GMT -5
Thank you, mybaby.... If our 12-year-old can do it now for almost a year, so can I!!
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 7, 2006 11:41:54 GMT -5
FYI....
What's the difference between a vegetarian and a vegan? Vegetarians, or lacto-ovo-vegetarians, do not eat any meat products, but they eat dairy products and eggs. Vegetarians need to know whether a product contains gelatine or other meat-based products. Vegans do not consume any animal products.
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 18, 2006 10:52:59 GMT -5
Just try them...if you don't like them enough to finish the box...I'll refund your money!!
These are my favs so far....
Morningstar Farms
Mini Corn Dogs Prime Grillers (burgers) Chicken Strips Steak Strips (both great in fajitias & stir-fry) Chicken Patties Chicken Nuggets (haven't tried these myself, but our finicky 14-yr-old loves them)
Gardenburger (brand)
Riblets (the barbeque sauce is too sweet for me, but 12-yr-old loves these) Mushroom Lovers burger
Boca
Prime Grillers (burger)
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Post by tamee on Jan 20, 2006 11:31:38 GMT -5
Hi MG. Tam here. I've tried them all, I want my money back. Just kidding. I think that you are doing a wonderful job...keep up the good work...I have been thinking about changing my diet too(no meats) It takes effort.
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 21, 2006 5:51:54 GMT -5
Thanks, Tam. I have to say it wasn't the "more healthy for me" thing that motivated me as much as becoming educated & more aware of the practices of the meat & poultry industries. It's heart-breaking to me....you know us sensitive Gemini-types....if not, ask your sis....she has three of us to deal with all the time!!
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 21, 2006 5:54:55 GMT -5
Wanted to add spinach nuggets to the list of nummies. I can't remember who makes them, but they are usually in the produce as opposed to the frozen section & look just like chicken nuggets---but they're made out of spinach & breaded. I was eating way before I even gave up meat. We all love them at our house.
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Post by marysgurl on Jan 22, 2006 23:19:12 GMT -5
Meijer had Boca products on sale this weekend...2/$5!
New one that three of us love....(#2 daughter not a big pasta fan)....
Boca Meatless Lasagna-Chunky Tomatoe & Herb!
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Post by tamee on Feb 19, 2006 17:12:39 GMT -5
Did you get that recipe from my oldest neice? hahah It sounds tasty.
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Post by marysgurl on Mar 9, 2006 7:44:03 GMT -5
McCartney Wants Animal Lab Out of Ariz. Mar 8, 05:47 PM EST NEW YORK (AP) -- Paul McCartney, in a letter to the governor of Arizona, says he doesn't want drug developer Covance Inc. to open an animal testing lab in the state where he owns a ranch. Covance submitted plans in October to build a 400,000-square-foot facility on a 38-acre parcel for clinical animal testing in Chandler, Ariz. The company says the testing is mandated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for new drugs. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), however, claims that an undercover video filmed last year shows abuse of monkeys in Covance's Vienna, Va., laboratory. That video is posted online at www.CovanceCruelty.com. "Arizona has a special place in my heart," McCartney writes in the letter to Gov. Janet Napolitano. He explains that his Arizona ranch is where his wife Linda spent her last days before she died of breast cancer in 1998. "It is for her and all of us who want to protect animals from harm that I am writing to ask you not to let Covance, an animal testing laboratory, set up shop in Chandler," the former Beatle writes in a letter dated March 3. McCartney also cites a health concern. Covance operated under the name Hazelton Research Products in 1989 when several hundred primates at a Virginia lab were killed by the Ebola virus. Laurene Isip, a spokeswoman for Covance, responded to McCartney's letter with a statement sent to The Associated Press on Wednesday. "It is unfortunate that PETA is using Mr. McCartney to spread their false allegations against our company. Covance conducts government required medical research to find medicines for diseases like breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's, and many others." Jeanine L'Ecuyer, a spokeswoman for Gov. Napolitano, said the letter was received, but it was a matter for the city of Chandler. She added, "it's a situation that the governor's office will continue to monitor." Barry Broome, president of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, said in October the council was "really excited" about Covance coming to Arizona. But resident Kathy Urrea said, "As much as I love this community and am happy to be in Arizona, I do have to say if Covance does move to Chandler, I will consider leaving Chandler."
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Post by marysgurl on Mar 14, 2006 9:48:33 GMT -5
Alabama Cow Tests Positive for Mad Cow Mar 14, 05:02 AM EST By LIBBY QUAID - AP Food and Farm Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government investigators are tracing the history of an Alabama cow that has become the nation's third case of mad cow disease.
The Agriculture Department confirmed the infection Monday. Unable to walk, the cow was killed last week by a local veterinarian and buried on the farm.
"This animal did not enter the human food or animal feed chains," the department's chief veterinarian, John Clifford, told reporters during a Monday conference call.
Word came as the Bush administration sought to reassure Japan, South Korea and other trading partners that U.S. beef is safe. The United States is still working to recover some markets that were cut off after the first U.S. case of mad cow disease in 2003.
"If the infected cow turns out to have been born before April 1998, when the South Korean government banned meat and bone meal, it will not influence the South Korea-U.S. beef import agreement in January," the South Korean Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry said in a statement issued Tuesday in Seoul.
Federal and state investigators are working to determine where the cow was born and raised and find any herdmates or offspring.
They also want to pinpoint its age. Based on the animal's teeth, the local vet reported that the cow was older, "quite possibly upwards of 10 years of age," Clifford said. But he said it can be hard to tell the age of older cows from their teeth.
"It's an estimate," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "We may not be able to determine the exact age. But we're going to do everything we can to trace this animal back to the herd of origin and determine its age."
The age of the cow is important because the U.S. put safeguards in place nine years ago to prevent the disease from spreading. The U.S. banned ground-up cattle remains from being added to cattle feed in 1997. Eating contaminated feed is the only way cattle are known to contract the disease.
Older animals are more likely to have been exposed to contaminated feed circulating before the 1997 feed ban.
In Canada, which enacted a similar feed ban in 1997, the most recent case of mad cow disease was an animal born after the feed ban, raising questions about enforcement. That case was confirmed in January in Alberta.
he first U.S. case of mad cow disease appeared in December 2003 in a Canadian-born cow in Washington state. The disease was found again last June in a cow that was born and raised in Texas.
Japan, once the top international buyer of American beef, closed its market after the first U.S. case and had only recently lifted its ban. However, Japan halted U.S. beef shipments in January after finding veal cuts with backbone - cuts that are eaten in the U.S. but not in Asia. Mad cow disease is the common name for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. In humans, eating meat products contaminated with BSE has been linked to more than 150 deaths, mostly in Britain, from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and fatal nerve disease.
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Post by Quettalee on Jul 29, 2006 5:40:17 GMT -5
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Post by Quettalee on Aug 30, 2006 7:34:29 GMT -5
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Post by Quettalee on Nov 20, 2006 9:38:19 GMT -5
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