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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Dec 23

Hey @nytimes.com, who paid you to write such a car crash of an article, full of misinformation about factory farming?
You already changed the headline in light of the negative response. Maybe it’s time to fact check the article by someone who doesn’t have an agenda?

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...

Opinion | Sorry, but This Is the Future of Food (Gift Article)

Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.

www.nytimes.com

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Nov 20

Thank you for everything you do for animals! 💚

Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Aug 21

An animal can kill to live, but unlike humans, an animal never lives to kill.
#govegan

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Aug 5

🐾 The British Veterinary Association officially dropped their old stance against plant-based diets for dogs 🌱🐶
After checking out the latest research, BVA now says it's safe to feed your furry friend a plant-based diet, as long as it meets all their nutritional needs 🥕
www.bva.co.uk/media/5997/b...

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Jul 19

By now, I thought I've seen it all. But today I found an animal sanctuary that actually serves meat and other animal products at their café. I mean, how bizarre and hypocritical can it get?
#govegan

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PETA UK @petauk.bsky.social · Jul 5

Did you know that during the #SanFermin festival 60 bulls are forced to scramble down Pamplona’s narrow streets only to be stabbed to death for a bloodthirsty mob?

https://petauk.org/3hf

Dozens in Medieval Torture Devices Protest Against Pamplona’s Bullfights

Animal rights activists gathered in Pamplona ahead of the San Fermín festival to protest against the archaic ritualised execution of bulls.

petauk.org

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Jun 30

A recent UK government report indicates that total meat production in the UK fell by 4.1% in 2023, marking the first decline in over a decade.
www.gov.uk/government/s...

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · May 29

I wonder how they would have decided if it had been the other way around?
#govegan

Danish Court Rules No Human Rights Violation in Lack of Vegan Hospital Options

A Danish Court has ruled that a patient's human rights were not violated by a lack of "adequate" vegan meal options in a hospital

plantbasednews.org

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · May 24

International furniture retailer IKEA exploits animals for leather while presenting itself as a sustainable company. Animals need their skin—humans don’t. Please take action here: peta.vg/3vxu

IKEA: Stop Selling Furniture Made Using Slaughtered Animals

Cows need their skin. IKEA doesn’t.

peta.vg

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Apr 25

Bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds, has now infected cattle and even one human. The more mammalian species get infected, the greater the risk of it evolving into a strain dangerous to humans. Experts warn that this bird flu pandemic could be 100 times worse than COVID.
#govegan

Opinion | This May Be Our Last Chance to Halt Bird Flu in Humans and We Are Blowing It

“There’s a fine line between one person and 10 people with H5N1.”

www.nytimes.com

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Apr 12

So, farmers feed cattle and other farm animals something called "poultry litter" - a mixture of poultry excrement, spilled feed, feathers, and other waste scraped from the floors of industrial chicken and turkey production facilities - and then we are surprised by outbreaks like H5N1?

Ground-up chicken waste fed to cattle may be behind bird flu outbreak in US cows

Experts warn that lax regulations could also see the virus spread to US pig farms, with serious consequences for human health

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Apr 3

In 2023, the USDA paid poultry producers more than half a billion dollars for animals they were forced to kill after H5N1 was detected on their farms.
Not only are we wasting taxpayer money on profitable companies for a problem they created, but we’re not giving them any incentive to make changes.

Is Giving Farmers Millions to Kill Millions of Chickens the Way to Curb Bird Flu?

Big poultry farms have received millions of dollars for their losses. Animal welfare groups contend that aid reinforces inhumane cullings of birds exposed to the virus.

www.nytimes.com

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Apr 2

When will we finally realize that nature is trying to tell us something?

Person Infected With Bird Flu in Texas After Contact With Cattle

The case adds another worrying wrinkle to a global outbreak that has devastated bird and marine mammal populations, and recently appeared in cattle herds.

www.nytimes.com

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Mar 7

A conservative estimate is that we kill 2.5 billion animals for food every single day, which means if we were killed at the same rate we kill animals, humanity would be wiped out within four days.
For animals, this planet is hell. #GoVegan and end the suffering.

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Mar 3

🌎 A global shift to a plant-based diet would enable us to provide food for every individual (!) on Earth and release 76% (!) of the current agricultural land. 🥦🌽
#GoVegan 🌱

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 27

When we talk about killing trillions of animals, we're really talking about the experience of trillions of individuals, each of whom is forced to endure the absolute horror, pain and suffering that we inflict on them.
#GoVegan

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PETA UK @petauk.bsky.social · Feb 24

Their freedom is not ours to take 🐬

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PETA UK @petauk.bsky.social · Feb 27

Every pound of flesh humans consume is hammering another nail into the polar bears' coffin, leaving them adrift on ever-thinning ice.

Change your habits, not the climate #GoVegan 🌍

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 27

Smash a car window to rescue a suffering dog on a hot day and the police will give you a pat on the back; rescue a piglet suffering on a factory farm and they'll arrest you.

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PETA UK @petauk.bsky.social · Feb 24

Future generations will look back at people who still ate meat and think, “Why didn’t you listen? Why didn’t you care?”

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 24

Despite the belief that animals lack understanding of death & time, evidence suggests otherwise, with signs of mourning and fear in slaughterhouses. This raises a troubling question: By subjecting animals to perpetual suffering without their understanding, are we not creating a living hell for them?

Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 17

🐷🌱 Animals are sentient beings with the ability to feel pain and emotion—just like you and me.
By adopting a vegan diet, you have the power to reduce the exploitation and suffering of animals in the meat, dairy, and egg industries.
Every meal you eat without animal products is a victory for animals.

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 12

Every living being deserves compassion, including those in our food system. Let's remember that farmed animals are individuals with feelings and deserve to be treated with kindness and respect. By going vegan, we can show compassion and work towards a more ethical and sustainable future. 💚🌱

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 11

Remember, every time you order a burger, a steak, a chicken sandwich, someone had to die.
#GoVegan 🌱

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Andre 🌱 @andrefornia.bsky.social · Feb 6

The UN’s Food & Agriculture Org. called for countries like the US to reduce meat consumption to combat global warming. Meanwhile the US Farm Bill spends billions to make high-emissions meat cheap for consumers & profitable for factory farms.
It’s a systemic problem, funded by the federal government.

The United Nations wants the US to eat less meat — try telling that to Congress

For the U.S. to live up to its climate commitments, it must stop subsidizing factory farming.

thehill.com