Animal 0 Posté(e) le 13 avril 2006 Radical speaker denounces animal cruelty Yourofsky urges students to respect, not eat, animals By Jill Dodson Staff Reporter April 10, 2006 Gary Yourofsky showed a group of PSC: 372: American Radical Thought students a four-minute video about vulgarity toward animals Friday. He urged them not to shut their eyes. Yourofsky, an advocate for Animals Deserve Absolute Protection Today and Tomorrow (ADAPTT), spoke to students about speciesism, which he said is discrimination against animals, and how being a vegan is a very important part of his life. “This will be one of the most informative speeches you will hear in your lifetime,” he said. People can avoid many problems if they stop eating meat, he said. Every meat eater consumes more than 3,000 land animals a year, Yourofsky said, and 10 billion land animals are slaughtered annually. If people find racism obscene, they should feel the same way about speciesism, he said. “His perspectives were definitely interesting,” said Plymouth senior Stephanie Kivell. “Everyone hears about cruelty to animals but it doesn’t resonate.” Yourofsky has been arrested 13 times for his “random acts of kindness,” one of which was releasing caged minks that were to become coats. He said people wouldn’t have to worry about their cholesterol and saturated fat intake or bird flu and mad cow disease if they stopped eating meat. Eating anything that once had a face, a mother or a bowel movement is unnatural, Yourofsky said. Holt senior Katie Wolford said it was interesting to hear from someone who is living the vegan lifestyle. “I have been considering going vegetarian for a while,” she said. “It drove the point home.” ADAPTT is a non-profit animal rights organization that assists in the abolition of animal experimentation, rodeos and other animal-oriented entertainment and transforms circuses into all-human shows. Yourofsky said his intent Friday was to give students another perspective and to spread awareness about animal treatment. He has given 958 lectures this semester and has been to 33 colleges and will continue to lecture across the country. http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/04/10/4439d3b86ce0d Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
