Animals in Food Industry
Palm Oil
PALM OIL IS BAD FOR EVERYONE! Why should we concern ourselves about what is happening half a world away, when we have so many problems at home? Because our demand of palm oil is destroying families, indigenous peoples, forests and their inhabitants, particularly, but not only orangutans. Because of
Cat Poop Coffee
CAT POOP COFFEE, AKA ‘KOPI LUWAK’ Kopi Luwak is coffee made from the digested, partially fermented beans expelled from the Asian Palm Civet’s digestive tract. The wild cats choose the ripest, reddest coffee berries, but the whole thing is not digested. The resultant faeces are washed and the beans are
Sheep
Until they get to know them, many people see sheep as dull and uninteresting animals. The truth is very different. It is often difficult for people to recognise and understand sheep behaviour, because most of us are not used to being around sheep and because their facial structure makes it
Cows
DRINKING MILK and consuming any milk product contributes directly to factory farming and human illness. The demand for milk products (which is now found even in some fruit juices, potato chips and foodstuffs that were originally dairy free) has resulted in factory farming practices. In order to sell the milk
Battery Farming and Chickens
We have deliberately used the word ‘chickens’ as the word ‘chicken’ has come to mean something crumbed and fried, not a living, intelligent being. BIRD BRAIN? Several research teams have recently published findings on chicken intelligence that have challenged old notions about avian cognitive abilities. For instance, scientists have
Why Not Free Range?
40 really interesting numbers you may wish to know about – Meatanomics index After learning about the cruelty involved in factory-farmed products, many people think free-range, barn raised or organic meat, eggs and dairy products are the solution. Grazing animals pollute water, erodes topsoil, kills fish, displaces wildlife, and