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Update: Dirty Chickens
Consumer Reports carried out tests on 525 chickens purchased from local supermarkets, mass retailers, gourmet shops and natural food stores in 23 states. What they found is disturbing: 83% of chickens tested contained Campylobacter and Salmonella. This is a substantial increase from their 2003 study that showed 49% tested positive for one or both pathogens.
According to the National Institutes of Health, Campylobacter is the most common foodborne illness in the United States, infecting 2.4 million, hospitalizing 10,000 and killing 100 each year. Salmonella is another common foodborne illness infecting 1.4 million, hospitalizing 40,000 and killing 1,000 people every year in the United States. The most common source of both these organisms is chicken flesh.
Another startling statistic from the Consumer Reports study is that 84% of the salmonella and 67% of the campylobacter organisms analyzed exhibited resistance to antibiotics.
GO VEGAN!!! Be healthy and be SAFE!
The green pastures and idyllic barnyard scenes of years past are now distant memories. On today’s factory
farms, animals are crammed by the thousands into filthy windowless sheds, wire cages, gestation crates, and
other confinement systems. These animals will never raise their families, root in the soil, build nests, or
do anything that is natural to them. They won’t even feel the sun on their backs or breathe fresh air until
the day they are loaded onto trucks bound for slaughter.
Animals on today’s factory farms have no legal protection from cruelty that would be illegal if it were
inflicted on dogs or cats: neglect, mutilation, genetic manipulation, and drug regimens that cause chronic
pain and crippling, transport through all weather extremes, and gruesome and violent slaughter. Yet farmed
animals are no less intelligent or capable of feeling pain than are the dogs and cats we cherish as
companions.
WOULD YOU EAT YOUR DOG OR CAT? What, in reality, is the difference? They eat dogs in China. When you think about the insanity of eating animals when there is SO much out there to eat, without causing harm, why wouldn't you take the compassionate route and not support this cruelty by eating it!?
Amazing Animals
Chickens
Chickens are inquisitive, interesting animals who are thought to be as
intelligent as cats, dogs, and even some primates. They understand
sophisticated intellectual concepts, learn from watching each other,
and even have cultural knowledge that is passed from generation to
generation. Dr. Chris Evans, a scientist who studies avian cognition
says, “As a trick at conferences I sometimes list these attributes,
without mentioning chickens, and people think I’m talking about
monkeys.” Read more.
Pigs
Pigs are curious and insightful animals thought to have intelligence
beyond that of an average 3-year-old human child. They are smarter than
dogs and every bit as friendly, loyal, and affectionate. Scientists and
scholars who have studied pigs say that pigs are the smartest animals
outside of primates. Says Dr. Donald Broom, scientific advisor to the
British government, “[Pigs] have the cognitive ability to be quite
sophisticated. Even more so than dogs and certainly three-year-olds.” Read more.
Fish
Fish are smart, sensitive animals with their own unique personalities.
They have excellent memories and can learn to avoid nets by watching
other fish in their group and can recognize individual “shoal mates.”
Some fish gather information by eavesdropping on others, and some even
use tools. Says marine biologist Dr. Sylvia Earle, “They’re so
good-natured, so curious. You know, fish are sensitive, they have
personalities, they hurt when they're wounded.” Read more.
Cows
Cows are intelligent, loyal animals who enjoy solving problems. Cows
have been known to use their smarts to perform amazing feats, such as
leaping over a 6-foot fence to escape a slaughterhouse, walking 7 miles
to be reunited with a calf after being sold at auction, and swimming
across a river to freedom. When cows figure out the solution to a
problem, they have a “Eureka!” moment, according to animal
behaviorists. Read more.
Turkeys
Turkeys are social, playful birds who enjoy the company of others. They
relish having their feathers stroked and like to chirp, cluck, and
gobble along to their favorite tunes. According to Oregon State
University poultry scientist Tom Savage, turkeys are “smart animals
with personality and character, and keen awareness of their
surroundings.” Read more.
Ducks and Geese
Geese are very loyal to their families and very protective of their
partners and offspring. Often, they will refuse to leave an injured or
sick mate or chicks behind, even if winter is approaching and the other
geese in the group are flying south. After a partner dies, some geese
spend the rest of their lives without a mate; this can be a long time,
because geese can live up to 25 years. Read more.
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