The images in the following program
are very sensitive and may be as disturbing to viewers as they were to
us. However, we have to show the truth about cruelty to animals.HOST:
Respected viewers, on this week’s edition of Stop Animal Cruelty, we
meet Nathan Runkle, the courageous vegan founder and executive director
of Mercy For Animals, a non-profit animal advocacy group based in
Chicago, USA.
The organization conducts sustained community
outreach efforts and effective advertising campaigns to inform people of
the exploitation and torture of farm animals and why we must switch to a
plant-based diet.
Mercy For Animals also performs undercover
investigations of factory farms in the US to bring to light the
unfathomable barbarism and violence that occurs in the meat, dairy and
egg industries on a daily basis.
Runkle(m):
We focus on protecting farmed animals because this is the area of
animal abuse in our society where the largest number of animals are
killed and exploited.
Over nine billion cows, pigs and chickens
in the United States are killed for food every year. If we look at the
global level we’re talking about over 50 billion farmed animals!
And
each one of these animals are unique individuals with their own
personalities and needs and interests. So Mercy For Animals sets out to
expose the cruelty that’s taking place in factory farms and in
slaughterhouses and inspire consumers to adopt a healthy and
compassionate plant based diet.
For more details on Mercy For
Animals,
please visit
www.MercyForAnimals.org or
www.ChooseVeg.com