National Farm Animals Day, April 10, is an important holiday to help raise awareness of the plight of animals destined for human consumption. Each year in America an estimated 10 billion farm animals are killed for food. An unfathomable 99 percent of these animals are forced to spend their entire lives confined to factory farms. These intelligent, loving and gentle beings are being deprived of all their natural behaviors, and in turn are being reduced to mere commodities who bear the brunt of our desire to eat their products.
Thankfully there are many organizations working year round to put a stop to this cruelty, and to share with the public just how amazing farm animals truly are.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/10-beautiful-photos-that-celebrate-farm-animals.html#ixzz2yVBF3FC0
Take a look at these 10 beautiful photos: http://www.care2.com/causes/10-beautiful-photos-that-celebrate-farm-animals.html
Let’s do the needful so that farm animals get to live out their natural lives freely and happily.
What can we do?
This!
Have a happy Veggie Friday!!