Greetings from the New Hampshire Animal Rights League!
In an ongoing tribute to World Day for Farmed Animals, observed annually on October 2, someone in your life requested that we send you this “Compassion Pack.”
Included you will find information about how animals raised for food are treated along with ideas and inspiration for adopting a vegan lifestyle.
Advertisements for meat and dairy products may show “happy cows” grazing on green hillsides and “free-range chickens” wandering through open fields, but the truth usually looks quite different, as those who go inside have revealed.
Even on small family farms, animals raised for food suffer. For example, it’s standard practice for newborn dairy calves to be taken from their mothers shortly after birth so that her milk can be sold. And egg producers, including “free-range,” “cage-free,” and “organic” farms, purchase hens from hatcheries where the male chicks are destroyed at birth because they have no economic value.
These are just two of the many cruel practices that take place on farms but are hidden from the consumer.
Fortunately, there is plenty of tasty and satisfying vegan food available, with more options becoming available all the time.
We hope these materials inspire you to make compassionate food choices. You can visit our web site for more information, and we are always here to help!
From all of us at the NH Animal Rights League.