green Thanksgiving - Why?

No Turkey?! Why? - for the animals and for your health

For the Animals

Abusing and killing an innocent bird betrays the life-affirming spirit of giving thanks for our life, health, and happiness. The nearly 300 million turkeys killed each year in the U.S. spend their entire lives crammed in large sheds with little room to move. Artificially inseminated and selectively bred to gain enormous amounts of weight, they... :: Click here to continue reading ::

To learn more about atrocious factory farm practices, check out these undercover investigations:

• Click here to view a recent undercover turkey slaughterhouse investigation video by Mercy for Animals.

• Click here for PETA's undercover investigation of Butterball.

• Click here to find out about Compassion Over Killing's investigation of a North Carolina Turkey Hatchery that Supplies Butterball.

Find out the Top Ten Reasons to drop turkey from your holiday menu!

For Your Health

The birds get even... their flesh is replete with cholesterol and saturated fats, which have been linked with an elevated risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and other chronic diseases that kill 1.3 million Americans annually. Turkey flesh is also contaminated with... :: Click here to continue reading ::

What about Free-range Turkeys?

According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the single condition for the term "free-range" is that birds have access to the outdoors. All other facets of a free-range turkey's life can be indistinguishable from the living conditions of a conventionally raised bird. Like all other turkeys raised for food... :: Click here to continue reading ::