Meatless Mondays

Imagine this, one day a week for all Americans could potentially save the lives of so many animals. 

Now imagine this, laws are now being set up to punish those attempting to rescue these mistreated, misfed, and suffering animals. AG-GAG LAWS. In some US states these laws have made it illegal to record the mistreatment of animals, illegal to expose the cruelty that millions of animals are forced to go through. 

Imagine this though, you are constantly being fed this abused and tortured meat.. By abused I do not only mean hit and beaten, but many animals are actually physically abused. Many are kept in constant fear, kicked, pulled, whipped, slammed.. 

I am not saying to completely discontinue eating meat, rather to educate yourself, and figure out where the meat you purchase is coming from. And know that just because it is considered "free range meat" does not mean that it was not mistreated. Free range being defined by the following: (of livestock, especially poultry) kept in natural conditions, with freedom of movement; "Free range denotes a method of farming husbandry where the animals, for at least part of the day, can roam freely outdoors, rather than being confined in an enclosure for 24 hours each day. On many farms, the outdoors ranging area is fenced, thereby technically making this an enclosure, however, free range systems usually offer the opportunity for extensive locomotion and sunlight prevented by indoor housing systems. Free range may apply to meat, eggs or dairy farming.")  Rather the packaged meat may only be barely meeting requirements.

It is time that something like Meatless Mondays actually gets going, it is time that we end the senseless abuse that continually occurs in our "farms." It is time that we take into consideration the animals that help maintain our population, because even though they are meant just for food, they have a right to an abuse-free life.