Bride of Chucky
January 24, 2007, 10:01 PM
I have been trying to round up support for the Meat is Murder download experiment and have been asked by one of the groups who have said they will help to post the following.
Please read:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/page.php?ref=955
Don’t Send a Cow
Think twice before donating money to charities that supply 'developing' countries with live animals. Farming animals is a wasteful, unsustainable and expensive way of producing food. Supplying cows, goats and chickens to impoverished people with limited resources just adds to their burden.
All farmed animals require proper nourishment, large quantities of water, shelter from extremes of weather and veterinary care. Surely it makes no sense to devote such resources - in critical short supply in much of Africa - to such an indirect way of feeding people.
On her dont-give-cow blog, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau points out that "aside from the obvious problems this model creates ... globalizing our preventable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes hardly seems charitable ... two-thirds of non-Caucasians on the planet are lactose intolerant and cannot digest dairy ... the last thing a hungry child in Africa needs is the milk of a cow".
An article on www.veggieromance.com reports that an organic milk brand sold at Sainsburys is promoting this 'charity'. The article points out that educating the public here in the UK about how the use of animals is keeping the poor stuck in poverty is just as important as direct donations to these countries.
Poorer countries do not need aid in the form of live animals. There are many ways in which such communities can be helped. These range from providing appropriate technology to supplying drought-resistant, sustainable crops.
Read more at Animal Aid's DON’T SEND A COW Press Release.
Don't Send A Cow Google Bomb Expodes Charity Myths!
Click here to find out how
Please read:
http://www.veggies.org.uk/page.php?ref=955
Don’t Send a Cow
Think twice before donating money to charities that supply 'developing' countries with live animals. Farming animals is a wasteful, unsustainable and expensive way of producing food. Supplying cows, goats and chickens to impoverished people with limited resources just adds to their burden.
All farmed animals require proper nourishment, large quantities of water, shelter from extremes of weather and veterinary care. Surely it makes no sense to devote such resources - in critical short supply in much of Africa - to such an indirect way of feeding people.
On her dont-give-cow blog, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau points out that "aside from the obvious problems this model creates ... globalizing our preventable diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes hardly seems charitable ... two-thirds of non-Caucasians on the planet are lactose intolerant and cannot digest dairy ... the last thing a hungry child in Africa needs is the milk of a cow".
An article on www.veggieromance.com reports that an organic milk brand sold at Sainsburys is promoting this 'charity'. The article points out that educating the public here in the UK about how the use of animals is keeping the poor stuck in poverty is just as important as direct donations to these countries.
Poorer countries do not need aid in the form of live animals. There are many ways in which such communities can be helped. These range from providing appropriate technology to supplying drought-resistant, sustainable crops.
Read more at Animal Aid's DON’T SEND A COW Press Release.
Don't Send A Cow Google Bomb Expodes Charity Myths!
Click here to find out how