Our friends the animals...

Tonight, my husband was telling me about an article he's read on internet about a chicken farm in Australia where these poor animals are caged and left to die. Australia is not the only country, this is standard procedure in many countries. 

There are 10 chickens in small cages, so small they can't move. They are debeaked so they can't fight each other, they hang themselves caught in the wires of the cage and left to die. Pigs and cows have the same kind of cruel treatment. 

If you haven't already, I recommend you read "Diet for a New America" and "The Food Revolution" by John Robbins. These books were a total revelation to me. I had no idea of what is going on in these farms. I had no idea animals were treated this way. This was the beginning of my journey to become a vegetarian. It took me a very long time but I switched rapidly to "organic chicken".  At least, these farms treat their animals with respect and let them live their lives of animals! 

The conventional farm industries nowadays are a total shame to humanity. What kind of human beings get to the stage where they treat animals this way? Even is you think that "this is only an animal, who cares?!" (I have heard this before!). An animal is a living creature of our planet and therefore deserves our respect. If you eat this kind of meat, think again. What kind of meat does an animal raised in these awful conditions produce?  they have to be given all kinds of medication so they survive till it's time for them to be slaughtered. These medications do not disappear by magic. They stay in the animals' flesh. When you eat it, you get it all as well. 

To summarize: these animals live in prison all their short lives, unable to move, and drugged to death so they don't get so sick as their meat can't be sold. "Premium" meat please! People eat this without thinking a second about where the meat is coming from and how the animal was treated ("who cares....")..... Do you realize the insanity of all this? 

It amazes me that this is even allowed. What kind of health do you expect to have in return if you eat this kind of foods? Not only will you get sick one day or the other but by buying these meats, you are encouraging the food industries to go on. 

Well, I have finally understood that it is time to stop this insanity and the best way to do this is to start with myself. So I can only encourage you to find out more about this by reading books and finding information on internet: www.foodrevolution.org, www.earthsave.org, www.naturalnews.com and many more. Education is the only way people can understand and change.

Till next time, I am with you on the path to healing,

Anne