DONATE!!!
There are tons of amazing charities and non-profit organizations dedicated to factory farming, and providing safe homes for those rescued. One of the best organizations is the Woodstock Animal Farm Sanctuary. It is a beautiful facility that takes in animals of all shapes and sizes, and makes sure these animals have a safe comfortable home. Even the smallest donations are appreciated and will go towards this sanctuary's wonderful cause!
Cut Down on meat and dairy intake
People are always going to say, "I can't live without meat," no matter how convincing and gruesome the facts are. However, you don't have to completely eliminate meat in order to make a difference, for simply cutting down does something as well. If everyone had one Vegan day per week the results would be tremendous.
"Just as a small example, if everyone in the US was vegetarian or vegan for one day the US would save:
There are tons of Vegan/Vegetarian restaurants across the globe, and Marty's Flying Vegan review is a great resource blog with a long list of them.
http://www.martysflyingveganreview.com/p/restaurant-by-city.html
http://vivalavegan.net/community/articles/515-what-if-everyone-was-vegan-or-vegetarian-for-a-day.html
"Just as a small example, if everyone in the US was vegetarian or vegan for one day the US would save:
- 1.5 billion pounds of crops fed to farm animals - enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year.
- 70 million gallons of fuel - which is enough to fuel all the cars in Mexico and Canada combined.
- 33 tons of antibiotics."
There are tons of Vegan/Vegetarian restaurants across the globe, and Marty's Flying Vegan review is a great resource blog with a long list of them.
http://www.martysflyingveganreview.com/p/restaurant-by-city.html
http://vivalavegan.net/community/articles/515-what-if-everyone-was-vegan-or-vegetarian-for-a-day.html
Raise Awarness!!
Raising Awareness is one of the best ways to help this issue, for people need to come around in their own time. You cannot make people stop eating meat, but you can try really hard to do so. Just simply spreading the word about this site might make a huge difference to someone. Raising awareness about factory farming is not only about that topic, but about the environment, human health, and the treatment undocumented workers as well.
