Americans spent $38 billion on veterinary care and products in 2023. But taxpayers were also forced to pay livestock and dairy corporations $38 billion each year to prop up these harmful businesses, whether we purchase these products or not.
Veterinarians want vet care to be free too!
As the cost of veterinary care rises, taxpayers are forced to pay
corporations billions of dollars to prop up business practices that cause
large-scale animal disease and threaten public health and food security.
The National Institutes of Health spent $23 billion taxpayer dollars on
animal research, while many people can’t afford existing diagnostics and
treatments. If we increased access to health care for all species, how much
pain and suffering could we relieve, and how many lives could we save?
Ethical animal research exists, just like ethical human research exists, but
we need to prioritize observational and clinical research. Access to care
can work in alignment with ethical clinical research.
Americans spent $38 billion on veterinary care and products in 2023. But
taxpayers were also forced to pay livestock and dairy corporations $38
billion each year to prop up these harmful businesses, whether we purchase
these products or not.
Since 2022, taxpayers have spent more than $2 billion on the avian influenza
outbreak, while poultry corporations received more than $800 million to bail
them out after exterminating their flocks to stop the spread, while making
record profits, generating billions in revenue and paying their CEOs
millions of dollars.
Studies show that if we transitioned to animal-free food production, we
would save $7.3 trillion globally in health burdens and ecosystem
degradation.
What do you think? Would you support redistributing public funds away from
harmful corporations and towards increasing access to healthcare?
If you are a veterinarian, would you support subsidized veterinary care for
regular people instead of corporations? Would publicly funded spay/neuter,
vaccinations, parasite prevention, and early treatment for illnesses
ultimately reduce the number of more costly illnesses? To take action on
these questions, go
HERE.
Posted on All-Creatures.org: September 11, 2024
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