I wish for all creatures of planet Earth, animals and humans, to be this warm and safe this Christmas, and always. Feliz Navidad. Peace and love for all, let's not eat each other!
Herr Gato, safe from harm, warm & cozy, all animals should live like this.
Rosemary Christmas tree, you can eat it after xmas.
To all my friends who might eat an animal today #Thanksgiving was a turning point for me, it was the handling of a dead turkey for Thanksgiving that make made the connection, while I was handling his dead body, I saw my cat, same weight same color, walking alive around the house. I did some research on how turkeys lived and died... By December I have quit eating chickens and any birds, by April on my b-day, I was a vegan. Let reason and compassion enter your heart #GoVegan
#Turkeys are wonderful birds
millions of them die for #Thanksgiving
We must evolve and learn to celebrate
without murdering animals!
My friend Ellen and I went leafleting the past days
creating awareness on the suffering of turkeys
and all the resources we use to feed them & kill them.
California is on the worst drought recorded in history
and a raising a turkey alone takes over 8,000 gallons of water
That is crazy! When you can have a compassionate Thanksgiving
Eating a vegan meal and not having a dead body
at your table...
Please consider saving a life this Thanksgiving,
helping your planet, the animals, and your health!
Every second in the U.S. 300 animals are killed
300, 600, 900, 1200... we can stop this. Food Relovution Film by Thomas Torelli
Support this project here we need this film out.
Please watch the trailer here.
Choosing food with awareness is a revolutionary act that can change the world.
All this talk about hurricane Patricia being the strongest
recorded in history adds to the concern of animal welfare, human welfare,
and the future of our planet…
“Scientists have linked the global ocean temperature
departures from average to manmade global warming, in addition to El
Niño.”
On manmade global warming and climate change: The
meat industry (chickens, pigs, cows, dairy, eggs) is number 1 cause of global
warming, 51% of greenhouse emissions are coming from animal agriculture. http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/
“Livestock
and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of carbon dioxide
(CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.”
This is more than all transportation: planes, trains, cars,
COMBINED.
Goodland, R Anhang, J. “Livestock and Climate Change: What
if the key actors in climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?”
Every
minute, 7 million pounds of excrement are produced by animals raised for food
in the US.
This
doesn’t include the animals raised outside of USDA jurisdiction or in
backyards, or the billions of fish raised in aquaculture settings in the US.
It
is not just about the ‘meat’ or animals we eat, but the water needed to grow
the grains they eat, the antibiotics we feed them (70% of all the antibiotics
sold in the US are administer to farmed animals) and all the waste the produce
that has ‘nowhere’ to go, the energy needed to run slaughterhouses,
transportation, freezing of the corpses, etc. etc. etc. Beans and broccoli come
from farm to fridge to table, and don’t poop, plant-based protein is more
readily and easily digested by our bodies too.
I have read some of Chris Hedges work, I
didn’t know he is a vegan:
"I'm
a vegan, and I'm a vegan because the animal agriculture industry maybe
surpasses the fossil fuel industry in terms of destroying the planet, and you
can wake up tomorrow and be a vegan." (don’t have to join Greenpeace and
leave your job to fight the fracking industry or Exxon) On California: "And
you're enduring this drought. It takes 1,000 gallons of water to make one
gallon of milk [source: Water Footprint Network]. And milk's not even good for
you. It's made for cows, it's not made for humans. It's made for baby cows. Who
we kill." –
Harvard-educated journalist, best-selling author, professor, Amnesty
International Global Award for Human Rights Journalism recipient, and member of
the team of reporters at The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2002
for the paper’s coverage of global terrorism Chris Hedges of Truthdig “What
We Choose to Eat Is Killing Us and Our Planet” http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/saving_the_planet_one_meal_at_a_time_20141109
You can watch the video here, on FB but open
to the public
#KFC #KentuckyFriedChicken #BreastCancer
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Pink Bucket to 'help'
cancer research is the biggest sad joke on women
KFC killing women but using pink buckets
Chicken, even skinless and boiled is the top 5
Cancer causing food... so yes, KFC better give
a lot of money to the cancer patients, since they are
make them sick on the 1st place!
Here the rest of big offenders:
Chickens are also the most abused animals in factory farms!
and the most misleading "health" food out there.
Read why Chickens are NOT health food
As see how these poor intelligent charming creatures are treated
Today was a great day! #VeganOutreach #IChicken #PETA #BalboaPark
I got to work with my dear friend Ellen for the animals
we leafleted hundreds of materials Vegan OutreachCompassionate Choices, Vegan Starter Kits from PETA Truth or Drought leaflets (which I proudly designed) SeaWorld information (anti-captivity anti-SeaWorld)
and FARM's You Have Been Lied To (please read these leaflets the have the most complete information on all the natural resources used for every animal we eat, it is very eye-opening to see this!)
People were kind and receptive today!
Me and Ellen at Balboa Park, our favorite place for vegan outreach
At the park were also our friends from PETA
with the exhibit "I, Chicken"
a fantastic virtual reality experience and lets you
see how chickens are taken from an open field
into a cage, and eventually a conveyor where
they will be killed.
The video is cartoon-like and is not gory at all,
there is no blood or violent images, so it's apt for children.
PETA did a great job, read more about it.
The I, Chicken team traveled from Los Angeles to educate about chickens and animal suffering
My dear friend Izabela, vegan, activists and music fan, we saw Morrissey together! #MozArmy
Today is National Feral Cat Day #FeralCatDay
Please help today, and every day, a cat in need.
I have so many stories to share...
but the rescue of Lucky is the closest to my heart.
This feral or abandoned or stray cat that Herr Gato
brought home a while ago...
you can read the entire story I blogged some years ago
He lives happily now adopted by my two dear friends
Mione and Perro.
Please adopt and help a feral cat!
Here another story of that gorgeous silver tabby
who I was very lucky to find a home for!
Late night
sleep won't come
well, fine!
Looking at these old pictures I took
back in 2007, yes, México,
and yes, mi Autlán,
where I spent my childhood summers
my mom's hometown.
Can't to go back and photograph.
Not the TVs but the Mexican land... Autlán, Autlán...
So eat almonds, they are good for you,
drink almond milk, almond ice-cream,
have an Amaretto, but please
Do Not Eat Animals or their secretions
that is what is destroying the planet,
and killing billions of innocent beings.
There are some things money can't buy (like water when it's gone).
I watched the Democratic debate last night
against my better judgement,
but then again I am a registered Democrat
and I am ready for Hillary Clinton to be our next president
or even better... Bernie Sanders, I am really liking this man!
Bernie Sanders on him not being a billionaire and not
part of the Casino Capitalism, please watch this!
My favorite parts of this debate (thank you YouTube)
Hillary on paid-leave, women's rights, & Planned Parenthood
(thank you for mentioning Planned Parenthood Hillary!) A must watch!
And the political Gato, Herr Gato, makes a comeback,
he meows: is OK to vote this time, but only for Bernie or Hillary
Busy days
hectic days
a doctor's appointment today
will determine if the knife will get to my belly
or not... pondering, will it be a deep cut? smiler with knife?
I wish, if I could
transport myself to Ecuador
to see beloved Morrissey
on that November 7th
to his sentences of humanity, of love, and un-love
and to dream to the sound of his voice (his voice)
of planet with NO pain
where animals are NOT on plates
and there is no sickness, and just joy.
Public transportation in Ecuador, taken from true-to-you.net
A dusty public bus in Ecuador, even there, Morrissey's name, face, and voice, brings hope.
#ForksOverKnives #Vegucated
This weekend I was trapped at home not feeling so great
It was almost a 100° F outside and very dry.
Dry heat gives me migraines, so I stayed in, closed blinds.
My companions weren't that thrilled either.
Frau Kitty slept a lot on a position that clearly stated
Please, Do Not Disturb.
Frau Kitty says: Do not disturb...
Being inside I had time to re-watch these influential
documentaries, I recommend everybody to watch.
I watch them at the beginning of my vegan lifestyle journey Forks Over Knives, is packed with rational information
on why we are much better off health-wise on eating
an whole plant based diet (a good link for starters).
How all the sickness that is brought to our bodies
when eat animals makes this way of eating a bad choice
because this film is what actually offered to me a door
into becoming a vegan... the film follows 3 people
from New York City into the challenge of becoming vegan
for 6 weeks... I really appreciate that this documentary
offers a view into the horrible conditions on how
animals for food 'live' and the terrifying deaths they suffer,
it also takes a look at the environmental disaster
that is the meat industry, and talks about health too.
Vegucated is a 'lighter' version of many other vegan documentaries
and the fact that follows every-day people from different
backgrounds and different daily lives makes it
very easy to relate to, as the time-frame of the challenge
So it was about 3 years ago, after watching Vegucated
that I decided to take the 'challenge'
I never ate too much meat or animal products
but of course I had some parmegian cheese at home
and some eggs... I ate the little cheese left
and after a couple of days threw away the eggs,
and then I didn't buy any more animal products,
when going to restaurants I started choosing
vegan options, and luckily we have so many
vegan restaurants in San Diego...
I still clearly remember the 1st time I willingfully
deny the offer to eat a hamburger at a friend's bbq
and the first time I said no to a b-day cake at the office
that had eggs and cream...
My transition wasn't painful at all!
Right away I found so many food substitutes
from vegan hotdogs, to veggie burgers, to 'chick'n'
in many flavors and styles, it does taste like chicken!
My migraines became less frequent and less strong
I lost some weight, and my mind and soul felt lighter, clearer
happier!! Is like I got rid of this weight over my shoulders!
My asthma improved and my hormonal status too.
It was been about 3 years of me ditching animals
and I cannot think of ever eating or wearing an animal ever again.
Vegan Super Italian Meatball Sub with Sausage Seitan from Native Foods Cafe
My only regret regarding veganism is not having done it sooner
in life! Live a wonderful healthier guilt-free compassionate life
Go Vegan, try it for a couple of weeks, or months.
I am sure you will never go back to eat animals
(as a piece of advice, if you ever eat a piece of animal
don't blame yourself and go back to eating vegan,
also indulge in vegan treats when needed... I remember
at the beginning of my vegan journey craving hamburgers
so I just bought veggie burgers instead with a good dose
of french fries and ketchup, maybe not so healthy
but at least I wasn't hurting an animal or our planet,
confession: I still indulge in a lot of processed food
now & then, vegan junk food, but I do love food
vegan food that is, and all you eat, you can find a vegan version of)
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