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Commttee tht senior USDA ofcials had covered up

reports o illegal slaughterhouse practices.

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votos, such s workers stabbing or butchering pigs

who were still conscious and sensible to pain, wee ote

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Wtt odeed Bushw Pcg Vemot to susped

opetos thee tmes o cuet to ms, but USDa

Slaughterhouse Inspector Accuses

USDA of Covering Up Animal Abuse

Advancing the Legal Status of Animals

Drugged Animals, Sick PeopleI ebu, CBS Eveg news vestgted the serious dangers

to human health posed by the widespread use o antibiotic

drugs on actory arms. accodg to the epot, ove the pst

two decdes, drug-resistant bacterial inections have sky-

rocketed, g estmted 70,000 amecs st e oe.

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recet vestgtos t U.S. sughtehouses show

tht disregard or animal welare, human health and

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to ms, cudg woe attempting to skin a

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the ct, pedg uthe vestgto.

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Raeord Farms,whch s ove 30,000 tues ech d,

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Agribusiness as Usual

October, Mercy For Animals celebrated its 10th

versary. And while we have made great strides over

past decade, on a wide variety o platorms to protect

ed animals rom cruelty, I am most deeply moved and

ted by the personal stories I have heard o individuals

have been inspired and transormed by our

k propelling them to take actions to make the

d a kinder place or animals.

all historic, progressive movements, the success

e animal advocacy movement rests squarely on the

lders o an enlightened and committed ew who

risen to the challenge to not only embrace, but also

mote, justice, kindness and compassion to all beings,

in the ace o trying odds.

e an eective, longtime animal advocate, you must

a sincere belie that all humans have the ability,

desire, to be air, just and ethical.

ater all the blatant violence and cruelty to animals

ve witnessed over the past decade rom live animals

g thrown away into trash bins, to being beaten,

ed, punched and stabbed I still truly believe that

eople have the potential to be kind and merciul

nimals.

in point: Virgil Butler. A ew years ago at an animal

s conerence, I had the privilege o speaking alongside

l - a quiet, shy man with a hearty southern accent,

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Amy Bradley

Derek Coons

Daniel Hau

Alexandra Mann

Brooke Mays

Matt Rice

Nathan Runkle

Anya Todd

Mercy For Animals (MFA) isa 501(c)(3) non-proft animaladvocacy organization thtbeeves o-hum ms eepcebe dvdus whohve mo sgct teestsd hece ghts, cudg theght to ve ee o uecesssueg. Ma s dedcted toestbshg d deedg theghts o ms.

Gve tht ove 97% o mcuet occus the poductoo met, d, d eggs, Masm ucto s pomotg veget det. Ma wosto be voce o msthough pubc educto ddvetsemet cmpgs,esech d vestgtos,wog wth ews med, dgssoots ctvsm.

Ma ees o the geeoussuppot o compssotedvdus to c o oue-svg wo. To become membe, smp sed cotbuto o $15 to:

Mercy For Animals3712 N. Broadway, Ste. 560Chicago, IL [email protected]

long brown hair, and a genuinely gentle and kind

personality. For years, however, Virgil worked on a Tyson

slaughterhouse kill oor in Grannis, Arkansas. He worked

long hours snapping thousands o terrifed and rantic

birds into metal shackles sending them down the line

to have their throats slit by a spinning blade. During his

time at the Tyson slaughterhouse, Virgil witnessed extreme

cruelty including workers sticking ice bombs inside live

birds, ripping their heads o, stomping on them, and

breaking their bones.

Over time, Virgil grew so disturbed and troubled by the

abuse he saw and participated in that nightmares began

to haunt him prompting Virgil to quit his job at the

Tyson plant, leaving behind his riends and paycheck.

Virgils frsthand experiences eventually motivated him

to become an outspoken, vegan animal rights activist. He

began to blog about the horrors he had witnessed in the

poultry industry conducting interviews with the news

media, and hosting workshops at conerences.

Meeting Virgil strengthened and reafrmed my belie

that each o us has the potential to extend our circle o

compassion to include armed animals no matter how

deeply involved or engrained our past behavior is in their

abuse or exploitation.

Certainly, i a man who has slaughtered thousands o

animals can put down his knie, sympathize with their

suering, and take meaningul action to end it, cant

anyone make that journey?

In a movement where the abused and victimized cannot

speak up on their own behal, drat legislation, hold town

hall meetings, or plead with the attacker to please dont

hurt me, our actions, or inactions, are a matter o

lie and death.

And while some people, like Virgil, will have their own

compassionate epiphany, most o the world needs some

gentle encouragement something, or someone, to jolt

them awake and help redirect them down a more just

and kind path.

Nathan Runkle

Executive Director

ear Friends,

For a kinder tomorrow,w. ocs owed the pt to eope ech tme.The USDa suspeded opetos t the

ct, but o te undercover ootage revealing

unconscionable animal abuse, cudg woes

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Pced wth poweu undercover video ootage, deted descptos

o Ma's campaigns, hepu "how-to" activism guides, towde

outech evet stgs, d tips on working with local restaurants

to bode the veget seectos, Mec o ams' ew

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pestgous suppote oThe Hope Society d vous othe ws

to suppot ou wo. So, vst us o-e d get ctve o ms!

2009 ws othe goudbeg e o Ma s we expd

cmpgs, webstes d pt esouces. We dstbuted ove 4

brochures t moe th 400 public outreach events, eched

60 million people wth povoctve dvetsg cmpgs

the cout d opeed Advocacy Center in NYC, bg

gssoots eots to the to's gest ct.

We geed teto med tteto d cptued The

Eective Vegan Campaign Award t the nto am r

Coeece o ou hard-hitting undercover investigations,

exposs 2009 o oe o the tos gest btte cge eg

meg pg beedg ct d the wods gest htche.

eesed Fowl Play, an award-winning documentary tht bec

oc seecto oover a dozen flm estivals . Pese std

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CL: As Director of Investigations, what are your responsibilities?

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evewg the vdeo documetto, equestg sttemets bout

the ootge om wod-eowed m wee expets, d

pessg o cuet-to-ms posecutos though the poce d

couts. i so wo wth goces d estut chs to ed the

suppe etoshps wth cue ctes d deveop moe hume

bug poces.

CL: Why are undercover investigations important?

DH:Vdeo ootge o med m buse s ou movemets most

poweu too. Wheeve someoe chooses compssote det

ee o met, d d eggs, o egsto s pssed o copote

poc chges mde to educe the sueg o med ms, t s

most ws the esut o cuet exposed to the pubc though

udecove vestgto.

CL: How did you get involved in animal protection issues?

DH: Gowg up wth dogs d cts, i sw o deece betwee

the sueg o the dee m the shot the woods d the e,

p, jos d soows tht ou compo ms et. i ew

tht ech d eve m s dvdu wth mo sgct

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tht i coud o oge be pt o t, so i becme veget.lte, whe i eed bout the sueg o g hes d cows o

egg d d ms, i becme veg.

CL: Viewing undercover video of animals being mistreated

can be emotionally challenging. How do you cope?

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o ou vestgtos, i'm emded o just how vube ou wo s.

Tht s i eed to cope. The hetbe we edue b wtchg the

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CL: MFA has conducted 11 undercover investigations. What is

the most memorable case you have worked on?

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H-le iteto, the wods gest htche, ws espec

ewdg. Wtchg the cuet ootge go v o the iteet, d

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oud the wod wee pped to dscove tht ove 200 mo

me chcs the U.S. e goud up ve ech e, d coutesscosumes towde decded to dtch eggs o good.

CL: How can people support the work of MFAs undercover

investigators?

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m ghts movemet.The put the set o the e to do

the hetbeg d stomch-tug wo tht ew o us coud

mge. Suppot them d Ma b owdg the vestgtve

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the wod. rse weess.

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niel Hauff is a man on a mission. As MFAs Director of Investigations,

niel works closely with the organizations undercover investigators to

pose farmed animal cruelty to the public. He lives in Chicago with his

rtner, Reeve, and their four rescued dogs and two rescued cats. Daniel

lieves that we should all aspire to plant seeds of compassion for

imals, both through activism and leading by example.

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busess owes, membes o the ews med, m cetes d hethce poessos.

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A study recently published in the British Journal o Nutrition

showed that nearly 200 subjects ollowing a strict raw ood

diet had low levels o this particular antioxidant compared to

others available in ruits and vegetables. That being said, I

eel like proper nutrition requires a synergistic eect o whole

oods. Focusing on one particular antioxidant or vitamin in one

particular ood is a bit silly, i you are eating a variety o oods.

The studies that have been conducted on subjects ollowing a raw

ood diet have results similar to those o people ollowing a whole

ood, plant-based diet, which utilizes cooked oods. Results include

lower cholesterol levels, decreased weight, and decreased risk o

chronic disease like cancer and diabetes. A well-balanced vegan

diet should naturally include raw ruits and vegetables as major

components o ones nutritional intake. A daily salad o greens and

brightly colored veggies is a powerhouse o fber, vitamins, minerals

and antioxidants. For those devoted to a raw liestyle, I would

encourage you to make sure you have a regular source o vitamin B12

like every other vegan should. Meanwhile, I will continue to enjoy my

baked quinoa-stued peppers while daydreaming o raw cheesecake

rom my avorite vegan bakery.

e irst time I heard about the concept o raw oods, I was living

Boulder, CO. At the time, I did not give it much thought and

ugged it o as a hippy ad. Boy was I wrong! Ten years

er, my local bookstore abounds with a plethora o books about

raw ood liestyle, and restaurants are specializing in the

sine.

aw ood diet is based on consuming unprocessed oods that

ve not been heated past 115-120 degrees Fahrenheit. Thats right

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ariety o ruits, vegetables, nuts, avocado, and sprouted grains/

umes though there are variations o the diet, including those

o primarily consume ruit or sprouts or juice. Advocates o this

t believe oods are more nutritious in their raw state, and claim

nefts include increased energy, improved digestion and skin

ndition, weight loss, and decreased risk o disease.

s true that some ood preparation methods destroy nutrients

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d many o the B-vitamins are water soluble and susceptible to

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ilable to our bodies ater being cooked, like lycopene, an

ioxidant ound primarily in tomatoes. The reason lycopene is

re bioavailable is that the cooking process breaks down the

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DAY 1

The mechanic training me says of

the cows, "You'll learn to hate them."

He whips them with a frayed steel

cable and charges at them with a

large wrench.

John, an undercover Mercy For Animals investigator,

documented this barbaric abuse while working at Willet Dairy in

Locke, New York. Willet is the states largest actory dairy arm,

conining over 7,000 cows. For ive weeks during the winter o

2009, John posed as just another employee, all the while secretly

ilming the arms activities with a camera concealed on his body.

The images he captured on ilm are a ar and tragic cry rom the

dairy industrys happy cow commercials.

Evidence gathered during the investigation revealed:

Cows confined indoors in herds so densely packed or stalls sosmall that they could barely move

Workers kicking, punching and electric-shocking cows and calves

Newborn calves dragged away from their mothers, causing

emotional distress to both mother and cal

Downed cows those too sick or injured to stand left to suffer

or weeks beore dying or being killed

Workers injecting cows with a controversial bovine growth

hormone used to increase milk production

Cows with debilitating leg injuries, abscesses, open wounds

and prolapsed uteruses

Workers burning out the horns and slicing off the tails of

calves without anesthesia

M o the cows sueed om sevee swoe hocs (coe

to hum es), due to pooged g d stdg o

i m cses, the swegs wee s ge s gpeuts. T

egs wee ote mue-ecusted d the swoe hocs

wth ope soes, mpcted wth eces d dppg pus.

Wet empoees egu jected cows wth the gowth ho

Posc, ode to mxmze m poducto. Posc s co

dug, due to ts possbe to cce hums. Joh doc

seve cows sueg om mstts, pu codto th

esuts om excessve m poducto. Mstts s med b

d dscooed uddes, ote so goss fmed tht the h

to the foo d cuse the cows to w bowegged.

Joh so obseved mutpe cses o utee popse, co

whch the uteus hetes outsde o the cows vg du

These gotesque, beedg, d ote ected potusos e

o ppet vete ce, s do most jues d esses

des. Some wee excebted s the scped og the

foos whe the cows dow. Joh ced oe sevee cs

popse to the tteto o co-woe, who just smed d w

le m d cows coss the cout, Wets cows v

dsm wehouses. The ote stood bod-to-bod m

coecto ses, e hoo-deep excemet, o co

sts too sm o them to t comotb. Except whe he

to d om the mg po, cows e et ths cmpe

hodg e, d the be sw sught o bethed esh

ut the d the wee oded oto tuc boud o sug

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pc o mode des, m cows t Wet evetu becme

owed, o ube to w o std, due to ess o ju. Oe

mmo cuse o ju ws sppg o cocete foog tht ws

c wth excemet. Joh documeted umeous cses o dowed

ws et to sue o up to 12 ds wth o ppet povso o

od, wte o vete ce. i oe despete cse, cow hd

e et o the foo to gush o he sde. She ted he hed

peted, but t oed d copsed to the foo eve tme. Tcs

e hd ed the stw oud he evdeced he pooged

ugge to std.

oe occso Joh obseved dowed cow e deth, wth

pg, ected gsh o he eg. Joh sed mge wht the

m dd wth dowes. He sd, We gve them coupe wees d

he dot get up, we ---g shoot them. as woes heded cows

o the mg po oe d, oe o the cows copsed. Thee

es oced he to he eet b poudg o he bc, cg hethe sdes d jbbg he the us wth es.

The Downed Sideof Dairy

BreakingBonds

Scorched. Sliced.Standard

Such but tetmet o dowes ode to get them to the

eet s commo wth the d dust, ptcu mog

spet cows, who hve eched the ed o the m-poducg

es. no mtte how ped o decept cow m be, s og

s she s be to w o o the tspot te, eve ocb,

me c eg se he fesh o hum cosumpto.

D. Ho Cheeve, vete pcttoe, who hs eog

expeece wth d ctte, exps ddto, et e oted

dmeso o dowe sueg:

Any cow, as a prey and not a predator

species, experiences terror due to her

immobility, which instinctively causes

stress since she knows she is helpless

to protect herself with her instinctive

fight or flight response. These wild-prey

animal instincts are sufficiently deeply

ingrained, behaviorally, as to be resistant

to the mitigation of a few thousand

years of domestication.

Whe t s tu o cows to use d potect the cves o seve

moths beoe weg, o d ms cves e septed om

the mothes shot te bth. Joh obseved woes dggg the

teed ewbos out o the bthg e b the egs, the mothes

chsg d beowg dstess.

The cves wee emoved to septe hodg pe, the mothes

hoveg ove the pe o ttemptg to push though the gte

septg them om the cves. a co-woe descbed to Joh

how cow ote becomes cz te he c s te om he,

ug oud the box sts, oog o t o ds. accodg

to Deb Techout, DVM, who so hods degee vete

cc pthoog, These outwd sgs o d stess suggest

exteme pschoogc tumtc expeece o the mothes.

newbo cves to be sed s epcemet hees the mg

hed wee housed be, gd t shed. E oe mog,

Joh dscoveed dowed c, ppet dg om the cod.

He ced he codto to the tteto o the woe esposbe

o ewbos, who geed tht she ws e sueg om cod,

but too o cto to eeve he. lte tht teoo, the c

st the sme pce, ve but be bethg. The oowg

d Joh oud the c oze to deth. Two othe cves

hudded togethe, shveg.

ate dsbuddg, cves mmedte edued the tomet

docg, othe stdd dust pctce. Woes secue

cmps to the cves ts, scg o the eds, cudg ve

le dsbuddg, t docg s peomed wthout esthes

cves egs buced om the p, d the stggeed d

to the goud. Woes the pped the sme smog cu

o dsbuddg to the mputtos. M vetes d

scetsts, cudg the cosevtve amec Vete M

assocto, oppose t docg s cute pu poce

cs scetc suppot.

Cves who suvved the hsh st ew wees o e wee dested

o ves o cotued depvto d p. at oud oe moth

od, cves wee subjected to totuous muttos, cudg

dsbuddg. a stdd pctce wth the dust, woes beg

b usg cbe to muzze the cves d tght bd the heds to

the stee ecg. Ths mmobzed the cves, s woes used

smog o to bu the scet hos out o the heds, seg

though fesh d boe d evg behd mote, bood cvtes.

Cves wheezed, othed d sted to beow though the boud

mouths. Oe woe steded the heds o stuggg cves b

gspg the tops o the sus wth oe hd d thustg hs

ges to the cves ee socets.

A co-worker described to John

how a cow often becomes "crazy"

after her calf is taken from her,

"running around the box stalls,

looking for it for days."

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his downed cow is too

ck or injured to stand.

Workers separate mother cows from

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h equet obseved o steed to stoes o voet, d otedstc, btteg o the ms. The mechc tg hm ote

eted hmse b puchg cows the ce. O oe occso

ecouted cdet whch c hd escped d ed hm

d two othe woes o exteded chse. Oce the hd cught

, he sd, [W]e ted he to gte d the thee o us just stted

mmeg he. ---g cg he d httg he. ---g jumpg o

top o the goddm-ed gte d stompg o he hed d sh-t

awww, we wee p-ssedid just ---g hod he hed d stt ---g

puch the s--t outt he! you stupd b-tch! BaM! BaM! He eded

ths sto wth chuce.

P d teo wee the methods o opeto o hedg hees

to tspot tes t Wet. Woes pouded them the ump,

scemed, ced d eectc-podded them. The tspot tes

wee ote pced so tght tht the st ew hees e coud ot

t . nevetheess, woes eetess btteed them d shouted,

epeted ttemptg to cose the tuc doo o them, ut the st

o the hees oced he w .

A Culture ofCruelty

AY 30saw dozens of calves with bloody

ounds where their horns had been

urned out. My supervisor told me

hat this was his favorite job.

We burn em'. It's this little iron, and

ou put it on the little nubs on their

ead and it kills it off. It's like,

ssssss.' I used to love doing that."

Mountainsof Manurei tems o ove evomet, Wet ws vetbe cesspoo.

Johs supevso oute stucted hm to ucog m ue pts

ude the mg sttos b evesg the pump such tht muesped ove the cows the mg e d suoudg e.

Mue om these doo pts om ded to outdoo

goos, whch sped ces d geeted expsve, chog

stech. Joh wodeed whethe t ws bech oe o Wets

goos tht cused cow eces to fow om oc esdets wte

ucets ew es ee.

Joh so documeted dg vts hodg bc, o wte the

esut o es cotg ottg mtte, wth chus o stw, mue

d othe debs fotg o top. O oe occso he obseved cow

dg bow wte tht hd coected o pe o mue. not

om thee, he dscoveed decomposg cow t the eed supp.

Cowd gtes ctted hedg cows to the mg po. These

eected met gtes cosed o the heds, poducg eectc jots

tht oced the cows to w owd. The heds wee equet so

dese tht some cows becme ped gst the gtes to sue

epeted shocs.

The cows wee med thee tmes d, hedoced to the

mg sts. Tpc eght woes med ppoxmte 500

cows pe hou, hued d ough ttchg the mechzed

mg devces to the cows tets. Tpc o cows o cto des,

Wets cows poduced t est 50 pouds o m pe d ove

thee tmes tht usg cow woud tu poduce.

Posted o egeto dug stoge oom wee esuts o

ecet tests peomed o m om Wets cows, eveg tht

1,600 wee fcted wth Steptococcus, Stphococcus o E. co.

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ow's budding horn is burned

a painful mutilation performed

hout anesthesia.

Several times a day, dairy cows

are hooked up by their udders to

milking machines.

A worker cuts through a calfs

skin, nerves and tailbone during a

painful tail docking amputation.


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verstory co

The ve dust s bpoduct o d mg. appoxmte

h o the cves bo to d cows e me d o o use

to d mes s the w ot poduce m. Mes o the

d beed o ctte do ot c eough musce to be sed

potb o bee, so the e sughteed o ve the fesh

o oug cves, cosdeed decc b ve cosumes o

ts tedeess.

Cuet s heet ve poducto, o mtte wht the

tpe o ve (whte, m-ed, ogc, gss-ed o

ee-ge). Cves used o ve e tpc soted om

the mothes shot te bth, cusg exteme emoto

tum o both ms. M cves e so cstted wthout

esthes ode to pevet testcu homoes om

tougheg the fesh.

Cves sed o goumet whte ve e ed o-decet

omu, desged to duce bodee em. Ths debete

moushmet poduces the pe fesh o whch whte ve s

med. Such cves e so ote coed to dvdu sts o

ctes, so sm tht the e ube to tu oud, stetch the

mbs o e dow comotb. immobzg cves ths w

hbts musce deveopmet, esutg the ut-tedeess

o whch whte ve s pzed b m. Cted cves expeece

eg d jot dsodes, d those wth mped bt to

w e ote eectc-podded, ced d dgged oto the

ucto d g foos.

Some cves e sughteed o set to ucto mmedte

te bth, ote wth the umbc cods st ttched. These

cves e sod o bob ve, chep met used TV des

d dog ood.

Ech tme we st dow to me o vst the goce stoe, we

must ot o emembe the sueg o d cows but so o

the ospg. Wheeve we suppot the d dust, we so

suppot the ve dust.

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Death on a Dairy Farm

Dairy's Downward Spiral

t tmes copses occuped hodg es wth ve cows, who

es sed the bodes o the peshed hedmtes. The ded

ee evetu ped ot ot, whee dves pced them up

d deveed them to edeg pts to be tued to ow-gde

og ood d sop. Oce Joh otced cow the ot who hd

ee et behd. The dve hd stuc ote o he, usg db

mue, whch ed, So, ct te ths cow. rotte. Ths.

cto m e does ot ovecome them st, cows t Wet d

he dustzed des the U.S. e spet d set to sughte

ge ou o ve, bout qute o the tu esp.


D-ee hs eve bee moe decous. not o e thee

mzg butte, sou cem d cem cheese substtutes, thee

e decdet veg whpped cems d cocout m o so

m-bsed ce cems vet o fvos.

rce ms, mod ms, hemp ms d so ms p,

v d chocote e vbe e eve goce

stoe. The e get o the ow, seved ove cee, o used

bg.

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d butte, eeze t beoe usg t

pe cust. Ch the cust 15 mutes

beoe og t d g beoe bg

t. aso, decese st the ecpe

b h, uess ou veg mge

s st-ee.

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Putting Ethics on the TableThe buses ecoded t Wet e ot soted. Cuet vestgtos

hve exposed sm buses towde, stog suggestg tht

Wet s ot mee bd ppe o the dust, but efecto o

dust oms.

O couse, d cows e ot the o vctms o m gbusess.

The met, egg d seood dustes so subject ms toucoscobe d sstemc buse. ad e othe busess,

gbusess suppes poducts espose to met demd;

theeoe, the best cto tht we c te to ed m sueg s

to sh cosume demd o m poducts b doptg pt-

bsed, veg det.

The o veg poducts o the met, cudg het ux mets

d decous tetves to d poducts, s pd expdg d

cesg mstem, mg cuet-ee vg ese ow th eve.

accodg to some estmtes, the vege veg spes the

ove 50 ms pe e shg testmet to the powe

hods to me postve mpct o the wod.

Most o us woud eve dect subject ms to the bus

documeted t Wet. Such mstetmet us gst ou

g. as thg peope, howeve, we must s ousevesdeet s t, t , to p someoe ese to buse m

beh?

Whe we suppot cto ms wth ou cosume dos,

s cupbe s cto m woe o owe. Utmte

mg s dt busess d the coudt do t wthout

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year a shining testamto the power each of holds to make a posiimpact on the world.

as Wet D expos w s pubc-etos ctstophe o the

S. d dust. loc d to teevso sttos coss the

ut etued the udecove ootge d the assocted Pess

tteto-gbbg tce most mjo U.S. ewsppes.

ost otb, nghte d aBCs Wod news Toght wth De

we ed povoctve epsodes, whch epotes cooted the

EO o Wet D hed-o. Combed, these epsodes eched

ve 12 mo amec vewes.

po eese o the udecove ootge to the pubc, Wet ost

e o ts gest bues. lepo oods, Deve-bsed cheese

oduce tht dstbutes cheese to the top thee pzz compes

the U.S. Pzz Hut, Domos d Pp Johs, dopped the cue

s m suppe, ctg m wee coces.

as vestgto so pompted new yo Stte assembmembe

d B. roseth to popose b o the t docg o ctte,

m to the new yo b o hose t docg ected decdes

o d the b o ctte t docg sged to w Co

st e. Sce ts toducto, the b hs geed e two-

oze co-sposos the new yo Stte assemb.


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ionalert

os hve cedbe oppotut ths e to ed some o

e cueest mg pctces the stte. a compssote, ctze-

osoed bot ttve, speheded b the goup Ohos o

me ms, s udew to educe the sueg edued b

e 27 mo med ms ech e o Ohos cto ms.

ec o ams s poud o Ohos o Hume ms,

oto o m dvocc, ood set d evomet

voctes dvg gssoots cmpg to pce med m

otecto mesue o the novembe 2010 b ot. The mesue

ud ot o pevet exteme coemet o med ms

tes d cges, but so pohbt met om dowed ms

m eteg the hum ood supp d b pu hume

uths methods commo pctced the stte.

s bot mesue woud ow votes to povde much eeded

dce to the ew ected lvestoc Ce Stdds Bod

settg mm, commo-sese stdds tht woud get

duce cuet to ms, mpove heth d ood set, d

p segud the evomet. I pssd, ms d:

ProhIbIt Downer CowS FroMenterIng the huMan FooD ChaIn.

aowg sc d jued ms to the ood supp thetes

pubc heth d ood set. Cows too sc o jued to std

o w o the ow to sughte shoud ot be pu dgged,

pushed, shoced d bete oto the foo to be used o

hum cosumpto.

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a cto me ws vdeotped g sc pgs b hgg them

executo-ste om tcto, evg them to wthe the o

mutes o ed. He ws cqutted o cuet chges vedct

Ohos gbusess commut hed s huge vcto becuse

the stte hs o w specc equg hume euths o

med ms.

Thee e o ws egutg the g o sc d jued ms o

the m d o es Oho wmes hve ed to ddess eve

the most heous buses. Oho hs some o the weest t-cuet

ws the to d med ms, though the cout o the

vst mjot o ms the stte, hve the est potecto.

Whe the most poweu cto tht ech o us c te to educe

m sueg s to dopt veg det, the bot mesue stds to

mpove the ves o mos o med ms, d pssed, woud

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clusive interview

The

L: What inspired you to write an illustrated book or

hildren about vegetarians?

R: i 2003, i wet veg s heth expemet d t ws e

g o hev jcet d sttg to u. The moe i eed bout

od, ms, cmte chge, d ou ood d heth dustes,

e moe m choce ws vdted. st owd, i ws techg

t t eemet schoo d the ds wee cuous bout m

gsm. ltte b tte, d ve mtte-o-ct, i shed m esos

d the espoded wth cedbe sght. M ds wted to go

g, but thee ws o suppot sstem the schoos o homes.

ooed, but coudt d boo o the subject tht wst bsed

tg m o vegetbe, whch i et the wee too smt o.

o i decded to cete the boo mse.

L: Your book is inormative and honest, while not too scary

r young children. How did you approach the text and

ustrations in order to strike this balance?

Ruby Roth is an author, illustrator and painter, residing

in Los Angeles. Roth created her new illustrated book,

Thats Why We Dont Eat Animals , or elementary school-

aged children, exploring topics such as actory arming,

overfshing and rainorest destruction in a manner that is

truthul, yet age-appropriate. As Jane Goodall , primatologist,

activist and UN Messenger o Peace says o Roths latest

book, Farm animals have emotions similar to our pets and

this is conveyed in Roths enchanting illustrations. It will

make children and their parents think.

Exclusive Interview with Ruby Roth

RR: i wted to povde ctu, emoto des tht chde ete

to. i m expeece techg, i oud tht chde dot eque the

sugcotg the usu get. The espod wth get tegece

to cts d tu, poweu sese o se-empowemet. athough

the boo s wtte smpe, sweet guge, t s ct compsed o

ctu, ethoogc omto. i wted ds to det the cedbe

smtes d deeces betwee ouseves d ms the de

beg tht both spe wode d compsso.

CL: What values do you hope to instill in children who read

your book?

RR: Ths boo s bout vug e d eeg coected to

ms d the pet. Wth ths d o coscous ppecto o

vg begs, wee moe e to tet the pet d ech othe

d ouseves wth get ce. aso, beg tht veg chde get

tte suppot the wod outsde o the mes, i wt ths boo

to spe se-codece, bve, d pde se-detemto.

i wt veg ds to ee good bout stcg up o wht the beeve

, egdess o wht the pees e etg t bthd ptes o

the schoo cete.

CL: What has the response been to the book?

RR: Peope coss the wod hve bee supe-excted d suppotve.

at edgs, chde hve show cedbe teest d sght

eve those sed o met d d. i th the ejo beg et

o wht seems to hve bee secet ept om them. The e

excted b the tuth d stt sg ot o questos d dwg

the ow cocusos.

CL: You conclude with a page titled What Else Can We Do?

How do you hope children and/or their parents will apply

what theyve learned rom your book?

RR: i hope mes cotuous d ws to oste sese o

ppecto o ms, heth, d the pet. i s the boo

tht ech d, we hve the eedom to chge ou ves. i th

ths s ve mpott cocept o chd o dut to bsob;

d oe to emphsze whe ou ed the boo to d: we do

ot hve to e thgs tht we hve the powe to chge. Ths

d o upbgg exteds beod vegsm to cets o

ed t sts etme.

CL: What role do you see this book playing in the animal

rights movement?

RR: i hope ths boo becomes the go-to esouce o teches,

bs, pets, d veg mes who espect chds cpct o

omto s we s the cpct to me decsos. Thee hs

eve bee moe eevt tme to e bout vegsm.

it s souto eted to m cuc ssues the hed

om dsese d hethce to cmte chge d edg

CL: Do you eel that you have a social responsibilit

writer/artist?

RR: yes, ptcu poo ecoom whe t d boo

i m o m wo to be ot o pctc, but potc. Bu

wht m cee, i woud ee esposbt. regdess o o

be t house cee, meup tst, o we, ou hve t

to be ve eectve b toducg soc, evomet,

esposbt wth ou ed.

CL: What do you see in the uture o veganism and

rights?

RR: oowg the cv ghts movemet, vegsm s the

o mo pogess ou socet. i th the movemet w

the sme hstoc tjecto s pevous ghts movemthough de d ge, but cceptce. Most mm

i evso the edcto o cto ms. Be t om the ou

s esut o wdesped educto o om the sde ou

esut o wdesped dseses e H1n1, i beeve tht c

mg w evtb copse. it s too usustbe

ech tht pot evetu.

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stknow

hs ecet boo, Eating Animals, Joth S oe choces

e exteme ovecowdg, but hdg, totuous muttos,gect d teg, voet sughtes tht compse the tometed

stece o ms used U.S. met, d d egg poducto.

he the bu o oes boo ddesses the emoto, pschoogc

d phsc sueg o ms t the hds o cto ms d

ughtehouses, hs chpte tted ifuece/Speechessess,

e gues tht the buses mpt cto mg w evtb

ch beod o-hum ms d cuse wde-sce hum

eg d deth.

g the ood d agcutu Ogzto o the Uted ntos,

e Wod Heth Ogzto (WHO) d the Wod Ogzto o

m Heth, oe epots tht thee s eutbe betwee

to mg d the emegece o dug-esstt supepthoges

d moe vuet sts o smoe, E. co d fu tht thete

stophc gob pdemcs.

g mode pout mg s exmpe, oe usttes how

et sod supemets becomes dsese-dde d eces-

tmte d. accodg to oe, the pobem ogtes the

ecowded, th-dde, doo coemet d cude mshdg

ms sed o ood.

cto mes tpc house ms b the thousds wehouses

e wth qud mue d ec dust. These ms e pced

d-to-bod, be be to move, et oe vod hg o

uchg the ow d ech othes excemet. E. co, smoe

d cmpobcte ( commo om o ood posog tht c be

vee debttg) e eces-boe pthoges, whch combed

tmte up to 83 pecet o chce met sod et stoes.

c cotmto s ctted b ssemb-e sughte sstems.

ms movg og hgh-speed coveos pss b woes o

ough utomted mches so quc tht the e ote mpope

stued o the cuc tees mssed

d the cotue og the bet, ve dcoscous, bethg , swowg o

bsobg pthoges the evomet.

Due to botched ttempts to them, m

chces ete the scdg ethe-emov

ts ve. accodg to govemet estmtes,

bout ou mo bds pe e go ve to scdg

ts. as eces o the s d ethes s tseed

to the wte, these ms eve the ts ed wth

pthoges tht the hve gested o bsobed though the

poes, whch dte om the het.

Hgh tes o cotmto so occu s ms pss though

utomtc evscetos mches tht sce them ope d

emove the te ogs. ag, the pd pce d mechzto

o ths pocess commo ed to botched esuts, such s testes

ccdet to ope, eesg eces to the ms bod cvtes.

, thousds o ded, etheess, gutted bds e cooed t

the sme tme mssve ts o cod wte. Tom Deve, om

the Govemet accoutbt Poject, hs stted tht the wte

these ts hs bee pt med ec soup o o the th

d bcte fotg oud. The U.S. Deptmet o agcutue

cuet ows 11 pece t o ccsss weght to cosst o

bsobed ec soup sod t chce met pces.

oe ssets tht ot o does cto mg ctte the sped

o exstg dseses though cotmted met sod to cosumes,

t thetes hum heth b pomotg the ceto d sped o

ew dseses be to move betwee med ms d hums.

Ctg voogst robet Webste, he exps tht fues hve the

ogs domestc bds. Webste cos ths the bd theo

o tsmsso. Ech speces o mmm s susceptbe to o cet

fu vuses ced b bds; howeve, thee s ovep, d ths s whee

the toube begs. Pgs d hums, o exmpe, e vuebe

to t est two o the sme tpes o bd ues. Hums e so

susceptbe to cet fues ced b pgs. Whe m becomes

ected wth two tpes o vuses t the sme tme, the vuses m

mge d mutte to ew st. i the cse o H1n1 (swe fu),

t ppes tht pg becme ected wth bd d pg fu vuses

tht wee so cotgous to hums, cetg ew st o hum

fu, moe vuet th othe. Scetsts t Coumb d Pceto

Uvestes hve bee be to tce most o the geetc compoets

o H1n1 dect to U.S. cto ms.

Meg-m ctoes e vtu pet dshes o the emegece

o such ew fu vuses. Subjected to exteme ovecowdg, stess,

squo d tc ght, cto-med ms e ess-poe.

uthe, s ms o cto ms e bed o geetc uomt,

the e pe o the pd-e sped mog them o ew

dsese. accodg to WHO, othe eth gob fu pdemc

s comg d 2 mo to 7.4 mo peope w de.

Case in Point: Disease-Ridden,eces-Contaminated Chicken

Inuenza: The Barnyard Theory

The Rise of the "Superpathogen"

Veganism: Preventative Medicine

ams o cto ms e ed tbotcs o d bss to

compeste o the weeed mmue sstems. Such o-

thepeutc use o dugs thetes the deveopmet o wht oe

tems ded supepthoge o supepthoges, esstt to

vbe dugs. He ctes umeous studes tht show bcte

quc dpt to ew tbotcs te the dugs e toduced to

The U.S. Department of Agriculture

currently allows 11 percent of a carcasss

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