The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is a non-profit animal rights organization with just 300 employees. Despite its small workforce, PETA boasts a large 3,000,000 supporters from around the world. While three million people is no laughing matter, in comparison to the United States' population of over three hundred million. Only 3 percent of the United States population supports the ideas and goals of PETA. Obviously, compared to just twenty years ago, the progress that has been made is immense. At the moment, PETA is still not large enough to fully combat its opponents (owners of farms and food industries). However, with the rate of growth and progress that PETA has made over the past few decades, there is no where to go but up.
Fighting for a cause you believe in can be difficult, but it means fighting for it until the end. Until we exhaust all our words, we must continue to spread the message of the cruelty that animals face everyday just so consumers can have a snack. Slowly, the information that farm owners tried to keep hidden is being uncovered and the public is no longer being blinded the power of false advertisement and slander. Each animal saved from a shelter or slaughterhouse closed due to poor conditions brings us one step closer to the goal of ethical treatment of animals.
PETA makes use of undercover investigators and field agents in order to unearth more about the severe conditions of animals being held in laboratories and slaughterhouses. By then giving the information they gather to government and health agencies, they are able to slowly take a step in the right direction. Anyone, however, can make a difference. If you know any instances of animal abuse or mistreatment you can contact the police or the ASPCA.
Beyond whistle-blowing and spreading the word, you can make a donation, start a fundraiser or campaign, or just simply adopt an animal in need. If you believe in a cause, you must support it to the best of your ability and that means everyone can contribute, no matter the position you are in.
Fighting for a cause you believe in can be difficult, but it means fighting for it until the end. Until we exhaust all our words, we must continue to spread the message of the cruelty that animals face everyday just so consumers can have a snack. Slowly, the information that farm owners tried to keep hidden is being uncovered and the public is no longer being blinded the power of false advertisement and slander. Each animal saved from a shelter or slaughterhouse closed due to poor conditions brings us one step closer to the goal of ethical treatment of animals.
PETA makes use of undercover investigators and field agents in order to unearth more about the severe conditions of animals being held in laboratories and slaughterhouses. By then giving the information they gather to government and health agencies, they are able to slowly take a step in the right direction. Anyone, however, can make a difference. If you know any instances of animal abuse or mistreatment you can contact the police or the ASPCA.
Beyond whistle-blowing and spreading the word, you can make a donation, start a fundraiser or campaign, or just simply adopt an animal in need. If you believe in a cause, you must support it to the best of your ability and that means everyone can contribute, no matter the position you are in.