We envision a world in which societal consumption of red meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, and dairy is significantly reduced.
We envision a world in which societal consumption of red meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, and dairy is significantly reduced.
Health Benefits
It’s been proven that, with a diet consisting of less meat and more fruits and veggies, we live longer, healthier, and happier lives.
Environmental
Eating less meat is good for the well-being of animals and the environment. It’s a win-win!
Cost
Eating meat is expensive! Vegetarians save money by consuming a plant based diet.
For The Love of Animals is more than just a forum to promote the reduction of consumption of animals and animal byproducts.
Our aim is equally to address the cruelty to animals that individuals are sometimes unaware of, and to draw attention to these areas and to encourage people to STOP SUPPORTING organizations, businesses and individuals that are cruel to our furry friends.
Animals in Captivity
Using animals as a source of personal entertainment and profit is wrong.
We sometimes rationalize how we behave, by saying things like ‘Zoos are educational’ or ‘where else will our children see a Polar bear’ – but we neglect to consider the harm that the animals face on a daily basis.
Most animals are smart and sociable and they do not respond well to captivity. Although some of the more reputable organizations attempt to replicate the animal’s natural habitat, no amount of effort is sufficient. Tigers and lions have around 18 000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. Polar bears have 1 MILLION times less space.
Ensuring animals are well treated is near impossible. Animals suffer in zoos- with more than half the animals experiencing behavioral problems – the only way the animals can convey their discomfort. It is also common cause that animals suffer premature death in zoos, animals that would usually live well into old age often suffer from illness contracted internally, or even, from loneliness.
Circuses
We live in an age where entertainment is available at the tips of our fingers all day every day. Circuses with animal acts are no longer necessary, and they are no longer entertaining.
Trainers use whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks and other painful tools of the trade to force animals to perform. This is the harsh reality of the lion jumping through flaming hoops and the elephant balancing on a bucket.
Circus animals are confined virtually all of their lives in barren conditions, while forced to suffer extreme physical and psychological deprivation:
- Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages.
11 months a year they travel over long distances in box cars with no climate control; sleeping, eating, and defecating in the same cage.
- When allowed out, these animals are trained using extreme “discipline” such as whipping, hitting, poking, and shocking with electrical prods.
- Babies are torn away from their mothers shortly after birth in order to ‘train’ them as performers.
Why should we ban animals from the circus?
For an animal, a life in the circus is a miserable one. Living conditions are cramped, badly maintained and lack the basic comforts animals need to be happy and healthy. They don’t have the opportunity to exercise, socialise or exhibit any of their natural behaviours, instead spending their lives trapped in cages.
Performances are loud, busy and stressful experiences and that’s before they are forced to perform tricks. Training is cruel and revolves around punishment and fear, with animals beaten and whipped regularly. Animals kept in these environments are unhealthy, suffer from injuries, exhaustion and stress. Animals have also died from overheating in hot and cramped cages during transport between shows.
Cosmetic Testing
Cosmetic testing on animals is cruel – and ultimately unnecessary!
Animals are sentient and can and do suffer. During experiments, animals are treated like lab equipment, kept in isolated, small cages and subjected to all sorts of painful procedures that lead to long-term suffering and death.
Cosmetic testing on animals is banned in many countries including India, Israel, Norway and the European Union (EU). Yet, cosmetic products are still tested without a problem, just using cruelty-free methods. It is possible to test new products on humans, which produces accurate results, and computer simulations and modeling are used to calculate impacts.
Cosmetic testing on animals is bad science!
Animals are not humans, and they react differently to experiments and products. Therefore, results cannot be transferred reliably to humans – if it works on or is harmless to animals, that doesn’t mean it will work on or be safe for us. This means that countries waste billions of on barbaric tests that don’t produce meaningful results, which is extremely wasteful.
Animals in Captivity
Using animals as a source of personal entertainment and profit is wrong.
We sometimes rationalize how we behave, by saying things like ‘Zoos are educational’ or ‘where else will our children see a Polar bear’ – but we neglect to consider the harm that the animals face on a daily basis.
Most animals are smart and sociable and they do not respond well to captivity. Although some of the more reputable organizations attempt to replicate the animal’s natural habitat, no amount of effort is sufficient. Tigers and lions have around 18 000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. Polar bears have 1 MILLION times less space.
Ensuring animals are well treated is near impossible. Animals suffer in zoos- with more than half the animals experiencing behavioral problems – the only way the animals can convey their discomfort. It is also common cause that animals suffer premature death in zoos, animals that would usually live well into old age often suffer from illness contracted internally, or even, from loneliness.
Circuses
We live in an age where entertainment is available at the tips of our fingers all day every day. Circuses with animal acts are no longer necessary, and they are no longer entertaining.
Trainers use whips, tight collars, muzzles, electric prods, bullhooks and other painful tools of the trade to force animals to perform. This is the harsh reality of the lion jumping through flaming hoops and the elephant balancing on a bucket.
Circus animals are confined virtually all of their lives in barren conditions, while forced to suffer extreme physical and psychological deprivation:
- Virtually 96 percent of their lives are spent in chains or cages.
11 months a year they travel over long distances in box cars with no climate control; sleeping, eating, and defecating in the same cage.
- When allowed out, these animals are trained using extreme “discipline” such as whipping, hitting, poking, and shocking with electrical prods.
- Babies are torn away from their mothers shortly after birth in order to ‘train’ them as performers.
Why should we ban animals from the circus?
For an animal, a life in the circus is a miserable one. Living conditions are cramped, badly maintained and lack the basic comforts animals need to be happy and healthy. They don’t have the opportunity to exercise, socialise or exhibit any of their natural behaviours, instead spending their lives trapped in cages.
Performances are loud, busy and stressful experiences and that’s before they are forced to perform tricks. Training is cruel and revolves around punishment and fear, with animals beaten and whipped regularly. Animals kept in these environments are unhealthy, suffer from injuries, exhaustion and stress. Animals have also died from overheating in hot and cramped cages during transport between shows.
Cosmetic Testing
Cosmetic testing on animals is cruel – and ultimately unnecessary!
Animals are sentient and can and do suffer. During experiments, animals are treated like lab equipment, kept in isolated, small cages and subjected to all sorts of painful procedures that lead to long-term suffering and death.
Cosmetic testing on animals is banned in many countries including India, Israel, Norway and the European Union (EU). Yet, cosmetic products are still tested without a problem, just using cruelty-free methods. It is possible to test new products on humans, which produces accurate results, and computer simulations and modeling are used to calculate impacts.
Cosmetic testing on animals is bad science!
Animals are not humans, and they react differently to experiments and products. Therefore, results cannot be transferred reliably to humans – if it works on or is harmless to animals, that doesn’t mean it will work on or be safe for us. This means that countries waste billions of on barbaric tests that don’t produce meaningful results, which is extremely wasteful.