So how are you going to help animals this year?
A new year and a chance to turn over a new leaf.
Eat kindly
Factory farming is the number one cause of animal cruelty today. In fact, the vast majority of pigs, battery hens and chickens raised for meat are raised in factory farms — where they endure intense confinement and surgical procedures without pain relief. By eating kindly, you can help save animals from suffering and fear inside factory farms and slaughterhouses.
Speak up
Animals don't have a voice, so why not lend them yours? In our daily lives we come across many opportunities to speak up for animals - from informing a friend about factory farming, to filling in a feedback form at our local supermarket.
Open your heart and your home
There are so many homeless dogs and cats that there simply aren't enough loving families. If you have the time and commitment, please consider welcoming an animal in need into your family, or become a foster carer for animals who just need more time to find their forever home. Contact your local shelter or rescue group to get started.
Get physical
Even if you can't take those homeless four-legged furries into your house, you can still help them! Many animal shelters welcome volunteer walkers to exercise the dogs and provide company. By giving just an hour or two of your time each week, you'll cheer up an animal and may even get fit in the process! Contact your local shelter to lend a hand.
Become a frontliner for animals
Around the world, animal action groups are achieving unprecedented progress for animals. Join up with your local group today and see how you can make a difference - whether by donating or actually getting involved.
We need to open our eyes and see what has been in front of us for years - animals are abused, mistreated, experimented on, and generally lead miserable, unnatural lives until they are violently killed for our eating pleasure. We don't need to eat meat to live - look at the millions of vegetarians and vegans around the world - they're a pretty healthy bunch. Many top celebrities and athletes are vegetarian or vegan - Ellen DeGeneres, Johnny Depp, Pink, Paul McCartney, Carl Lewis, Martina Navratilova, Mike Tyson, Venus Williams, Usher etc etc.
Vegetarians are at lower risk for developing heart disease, colorectal, ovarian, and breast cancers, diabetes, obesity and hypertension (high blood pressure). This is because a healthy vegetarian diet is typically low in fat and high in fiber.
If it was natural to eat animals, try killing and eating a cow with your teeth and hands - that's how it happens in nature. We definitely aren't designed for that.
So - if you can live a healthy life without harming an animal, why wouldn't you?
adapted from https://www.animalsaustralia.org/features/help-animals-in-2014.php