Pilgrims sharing game birds and pumpkin pies with Native
Americans. Sure.
The First Thanksgiving was probably vegetarian according
to Rynn Berry, historical advisor to the North American Vegetarian
Society, who goes on to say that the pilgrims probably broke into Native
American pantries and stole much of the corn and beans to sustain them
through the winter.
The holiday is actually a fabrication constructed by
President Lincoln to unite the country during the civil war. Read Rynn
Berry's whole article at
This is Satya | The First Vegetarian Thanksgiving
http://www.montelis.com/satya/first_veg.html
Many of us animal activists and vegans feel deeply
saddened towards the middle of November, when we think of how few wild
turkeys are left, the ones who can fly free. Then we consider the
millions of turkeys who live a short life of torture each year to
continue this fantasy tradition called "Thanksgiving" and we pray not in
thanks, but for compassion and change.
The modern factory farmed turkey has been bred to be so
large and heavy with meat that not only are they unable to fly, but they
are unable to have normal love and sex; they are two large to mount and
reproduce naturally.
To deprive a fellow creature of those basic instincts
would be bad enough, but today's turkey raising practices are so
incredibly horrific that they can best be described as inter-species
rape and killing for profit. Turkeys are held down by workers and
artificially inseminated in a painful and fear inducing manner. If you
can take the facts on these practices, read this report by an undercover
inseminator from United Poultry Concerns....
UPC Expose on a Turkey Breeding Factory
http://www.upc-online.org/fall94/breeding.html
and for more information on turkey farming see these
related UPC pages....
UPC - Food for Thought Turkey Brochure
http://www.upc-online.org/fft2.html
The Modern Turkey - Karen Davis
http://www.upc-online.org/turkey.html
Animal Welfare
http://www.poultry.org/suffering.htm
On November 22, from 1pm until 3pm, United Poultry
Concerns will hold their second annual protest against the presidential
"pardoning of a turkey" ceremony at the White House. For Information
check the UPC site
United Poultry Concerns [UPC] - www.upc-online.org
http://www.upc-online.org/upchome.html
or contact Karen Davis at 757-678-7875; [email protected] or Franklin
Wade at [email protected]
On November 23, Robert Cohen, author of Milk, the Deadly
Poison, UPC and other activists will hold an event in front of the White
House to protest the symbolic "compassion" of the annual Presidential
turkey pardoning ceremony and to raise awareness of the suffering of
these birds. A twenty foot turkey, constructed by Canadian artist
Brandon Leudke, will symbolically have her throat cut, read about it
here....
The TurkeySave Project
http://www.turkeysave.com/main.asp
For a good listing of recipes and articles go to....
Vegetarian Thanksgiving Central
http://vegetarian.about.com/food/vegetarian/library/holidays/blthanksgiving.htm
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