*Did you know that between 250 and 300 million turkeys are raised for slaughter every year in the United States alone – and that roughly 46 MILLION of them have been slaughtered for this year’s Thanksgiving?

*Did you know that the turkey you will (hopefully not) be eating this Thursday never met her mother, and that she came into this world hatched in a cold, dark drawer packed with thousands of other confused baby poults?

*Did you know that 99% of all Thanksgiving turkeys are raised on factory farms, where they never – not once – ever see the sun on their faces or feel the grass under their feet?

*Did you know that during the entire 3-6 months that they are “alive”, farmed turkeys are scared and often in great pain?

*Did you know that, unlike how we have been euphemistically told, your Thanksgiving turkey most certainly did NOT “give” her life to be your dinner, but rather struggled and fought and clawed and scratched and wailed for her life to the very end?

More importantly, did you know that YOU have the power to help stop this despicable cruelty? … Because YOU DO!

You see, the law of supply & demand is alive & well in the United States (indeed, all over the world), which means that for every turkey you refuse to buy this holiday season (indeed, for or any other season as well), one less turkey (at the very least) will be horribly raised for a horrific slaughter next year … Large corporations and small farmers alike are only engaging in these primitive & unethical practices because YOU & yours are paying them … If you stop doing so, they will too.

Please consider this with humility …
… and PLEASE find a way to act on this with Courage.

Peace to all – today & evermore … S