HUMANE REASONS TO GO VEGETARIAN

More than 50 billion animals are systematically killed in slaughterhouses around the world each year (over seven times the human population!). It is nothing more than an undercover massacre which we, as consumers, contribute to by distancing ourselves from the truth. Animals suffer enormously in the process. Quite apart from the terror of being killed, they undergo pain and fear through routine stock mutilations and during transportation to saleyards and abattoirs.

Most animals eaten in Australia today are intensively raised in dark, sunless sheds where they are fed a diet of processed foods. In most cases antibiotics and growth-promotants are routinely administered. These animals are treated as little more than meat machines. We would be horrified if our pet cat or dog was treated in this way, so why do we subject other animals to such cruelty? The fact that the killing is done by someone else makes it easy to eat meat but, by eating it, we are really condemning the next animal in line to satisfy consumer demand. Have you ever really stopped to think about the cruelty we systematically inflict on other species simply by eating them?