Hanna Montana concert Wed Nov 14

[Guest guest]

We will be distributing " Try Vegetarian " pamphlets http://www.veganoutreach.org/img/pdf/TVSep06.pdf

to the Hanna Montana concert goers.

 

Hope you can join us!

 

When: 6:00PM Wednesday Nov. 14

Where: Fort Worth Convention Center 1201 Houston St. Why: To educate the public about factory farming and the joys of veganism

 

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Why Vegan Outreach? (an excerpt from " A Meaningful Life " http://www.veganoutreach.org/aml2006.pdf

)

1. The Numbers The number of animals raised and killed for food each year in the

 

United States alone vastly

exceeds any other form of exploitation, involving numbers far

greater than the total human population of the entire world. Ninety-nine out of every 100

animals killed in the United States each year are slaughtered for human consumption.

2. The Suffering Of course, if these billions of animals lived happy, healthy lives and

had quick, painless deaths, then our concern for suffering would lead us elsewhere.

But animals raised for food must endure unfathomable suffering.

Most advocacy tends to revolve around detailed stories of individuals, and the story of

any individual chicken, pig, or veal calf clearly rivals any other case of cruelty. Indeed,

perhaps the most diffi cult aspect of advocating on behalf of these animals is trying

to describe the indescribable: the overcrowding and confi nement, the stench, the

racket, the extremes of heat and cold, the attacks and even cannibalism, the hunger

and starvation, the illness…the near-constant horror of every day of their lives. Indeed,

every year, hundreds of millions of these animals—many

times more than the total

number killed for fur, in shelters, and in laboratories—don't even make it to slaughter.

They actually suffer to death.

3. The Opportunity If there were nothing we could do about

these animals' suffering—if it all happened in a distant

land beyond our infl uence—then, again, our focus

would be different. But exposing factory farms

and advocating ethical eating is the most

readily

accessible option for making a better world! We

don't have to overthrow a foreign government.

We don't have to forsake modern life. We don't

have to win an election or convince Congress

of the validity of our argument.

Rather, every day, every single person

makes

decisions that affect the lives of these

farmed animals. Inspiring someone to

change leads to fewer animals suffering

on factory farms. Many major national

campaigns spend huge amounts of time

and money for far less payoff. By choosing

to promote cruelty-free living, every person we

meet is a potential major victory.