The Humane Society of the United States today released the results of an undercover investigation documenting shocking animal abuse at a Vermont slaughter plant. > more> facts about Factory Farming > Personalise draft & Email Letter to the Department of Agriculture now .
No one would tolerate an industry in which thousands of kittens and puppies were kept almost on top of each other in feces-filled barns, were beaten by workers with sticks and even crowbars, and then had their throats cut and their fur scalded off. So why do some people think it’s OK when this happens to chickens and turkeys? If only these gentle animals had cute noses instead of beaks and had paws instead of clawed feet—maybe then they would be treated as the smart and vulnerable individuals they are rather than as things. > more about Factory Farms . > You can help .
Here are several animals that need your help. The letters of appeal have already been drafted for your slight modification and ready to be sent via email:
> Appeal against farm practice of Smashing Heads of Pigs With Hammer
> Speak up for cows that are left to die slow & painful death
> Help stop cruel Dog & Cat Fur trade
> Ask Edmonton to Let elephant Lucy Pack Her Trunk
> here are more animal issues . > Home page .
> Undercover Investigation Reveals Cows Suffer for Land O’Lakes > More Action Alerts for volunteers who want to help
I’ve been phasing out my milk intake with soy milk, which is a delicious veg alternative to milk. Cow milk, according to reliable sources, is laden with pus, hormones and bacteria anyway. Among the soy alternatives out there, I like the SILK brand of soy milk the best, especially with cereal, coffee, tea and hot chocolate 
Yum.
Many of you have asked for ways to contact these restaurants. Here are the websites where you can find their contacts. Moreover, a draft letter has already been prepared for you. Just make some changes and hit the “Send email” button, or call them: (1) McCruelty (2) iHop . Veal : Get informed about how veal is made > Link 1 > Link 2 . Foie Gras : Learn about what goes into it > Link 1 > Link 2 .
> Have your gift doubled to fight animal cruelty on Factory Farms .
Denny’s does it. Burger King does, too. Wendy’s got on board earlier this year. All these major restaurant chains buy some of their eggs from cage-free farms that don’t cruelly confine hens in barren battery cages.
But the restaurant chain most known for its breakfasts refuses to take this modest step. When IHOP serves its pancakes and eggs, you can be sure the eggs come from hens crammed into wire cages so small the animals can barely move for their entire lives.
IHOP’s refusal took on new urgency this week with the release of this undercover video that reveals shocking abuses at IHOP’s primary egg supplier. As you can see, the footage reveals filthy conditions, sick and injured hens, and birds forced to live in cages with the decomposing corpses of dead birds.
You can help to move IHOP away from this cruelty. Please urge IHOP to follow its competitors’ lead and start switching away from battery cage eggs. Here’s how:
TAKE ACTION
Please make a brief, polite phone call to Argonne, a company that owns hundreds of IHOP restaurants, at 404-364-2984 (if voicemail picks up, press ‘1′ for Argonne President Michael Klump). You can say something like this:
“Hello, my name is [your name] and I am calling to ask IHOP to start using eggs that don’t come from hens crammed into cages. I just watched the undercover video of your egg supplier, and the images of animal cruelty are appalling. Please start switching to cage-free eggs. Thank you.”
After you make your call, please follow up with an email to IHOP headquarters to let them know that customers care about animal welfare.
Thanks for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Wayne Pacelle
President & CEO
The Humane Society of the United States
P.S. Thanks to you and thousands of others, The Humane Society of the United States has successfully persuaded companies such as Wendy’s, Ben and Jerry’s, and Trader Joe’s to enact cage-free egg policies. Please join us in our latest campaign to help farm animals by making a quick phone call to IHOP today.
Having read about the conditions of animals raised in factory farms, I have gone out of my way to reduce my consumption of meats and dairy. Besides, animals in factory farms are fed so much biochemicals to artificially strengthen their immune system that such biochemicals, when they enter our human system by our consumption, will likely be harmful to us. If I have to eat meat, I try to buy organic meat and free-range eggs as they come from animals which have been allowed to roam freely instead of intensive confinement in cages for their whole lives.
(1) How Factory Farming affects the food you eat (2) Orgzns that help (3) Chickens in Singapore (4) Model Farm Project in China .
After viewing undercover footage of factory farm conditions, which showed that animals were packed into tiny metal crates in which they couldn’t even turn around, comedian and former spokesperson for the New Zealand Pork Industry Mike King recently spoke out against the atrocious conditions that pigs on factory farms in New Zealand must endure. > more .
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