Animal 0 Posté(e) le 31 octobre 2006 Des cadeaux qui changent des vies... mais des cadeaux qui tuent aussi... http://www2.worldvision.ca/gifts/app?service=page/Home Les moutons sont particulièrement appréciés, car leur entretien ne coûte presque rien et ils sont une merveilleuse source de lait et de viande. Leur laine peut même générer des revenus. ------------------------------- 2 Hens and a Rooster- Prix: 50 $ With up to 150 eggs a year, 2 chickens and a rooster are our most popular gift. -------------------------------- 2 Rabbits A rabbit produces up to 20 bunnies a year, and those bunnies rapidly reproduce. Prix: 35 $ -------------------------------- Dairy Cow 1 cow gives 20 glasses of milk a day—more than enough for children to drink. Prix: 600 $ ---------------------------------- Donkey A donkey can carry, pull, forage, and plow, improving life for an entire family. Prix: 300 $ ---------------------------------- Fill a Stable Fill a stable with animals, and provide a community with hope and self-reliance. Prix: 1 200 $ -------------------------------------- Fish Farm A fish farm can provide a lifetime of food and income for families in need. Prix: 65 $ ---------------------------------------- Goat One goat can provide 350 litres of milk a year for protein and extra income. Prix: 100 $ ----------------------------------------------- Ox and Plough The gifts of an ox and plough can take a tremendous load off a struggling family. Prix: 475 $ ------------------------------------------------- Piglet A pig is a great source of protein, fertilizer and more for a family in need. Prix: 40 $ ---------------------------------------------------- Sheep Sheep are a source of meat and milk, and can provide a family income from wool. Prix: 150 $ ------------------------------------------------------- Turkey Farm A turkey farm comes with 2 turkeys, a mobile turkey house, hatchlings and more. Prix: 1 200 $ --------------------------------------------------------- Water Buffalo A water buffalo can provide a family with protein, additional income, and more. Prix: 700 $ ------------------------------------------------------------- http://www2.worldvision.ca/gifts/app?service=external/Home Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
Animal 0 Posté(e) le 31 octobre 2006 Un très bon article pour faire suite aux cadeaux de Vision Mondiale... ----------------------------------------- This Holiday Season, Don’t Give a Cow VegNews Magazine November/December 2004 By Colleen Patrick-Goudreau I am often perplexed by the claim that animal advocates are anti-human, as if compassion for one species means lack of compassion for another; as if our capacity for mercy and kindness is limited. When we deem certain groups unequal, we call it racism, sexism, or anti-Semitism. When we do it to non-human animals, we justify it on the grounds of tradition, science, or religion. The claim seems rather odd because though we are reminded daily that humans steal, lie, cheat, kill, rape, and hurt each other, I have never heard any of these people called “anti-human.” Wouldn’t the accusation better suit someone who actually acts against humans? Ironically, those who commit the worst crimes against humans are derisively called “animals.” This societal premise leaves animal advocates reluctant to publicly object to such groups as Heifer Project International, whose mission is “to end hunger and poverty and to care for the earth.” Their mission statement does not say that they give animals to people around the globe to use, breed, sell, and consume their milk, eggs, flesh, hair, fur, feathers, and skin. Instead, Heifer, whose $56 million revenue increases every holiday season, dupes individuals and seemingly progressive celebrities, such as Susan Sarandon, Frances Moore Lappe, and Jimmy Carter, into supporting what is essentially an animal slave trade. Aside from the environmental and health problems this model creates, Heifer perpetuates a speciesist paradigm, viewing animals as mere commodities with no regard for their own inherent value. Heifer says “sharing the offspring of gift animals with others in need” is “fundamental” to its approach; however, a mother’s relationship with her offspring is sacred and not unique to humans—we even call ourselves “mother hens” when we fuss over our own. Manipulating a female’s reproductive cycle is offensive enough (as with egg-laying hens and lactating cows), but to take away her offspring is the ultimate blow. The Heifer Project’s glossy “catalog,” sent to millions of homes every year for “holiday shopping,” egregiously exploits children’s affection for animals and manipulates our sensibilities, as they depict beautiful children hugging their “beloved animals.” This carefully crafted public relations campaign succeeds in helping us forget that these catalog “products” are living, feeling beings. The truth is concealed. There are no pictures of slaughter, or of females yearning for their young, or of the animals’ living conditions. There are many other programs dedicated to providing solutions to hunger without exploiting animals. Trees for Life (treesforlife.org) enables you to buy a fruit tree in someone’s name, providing a food source to communities in developing countries. Every time you buy a gift from the Women’s Bean Project (womensbeanproject.org), you help a woman break the cycle of poverty and unemployment by supporting their programs that provide skills and training to women. One of Plenty International’s (plenty.org) programs includes training villages in soy bean agriculture and production as a way to improve nutrition, soil quality, and food security. If we claim to be a compassionate society—a compassionate species—don’t we have a duty to foster solutions that do not harm others? The great humanitarian Albert Schweitzer certainly thought so when he wrote, “The thinking [person] must oppose all cruel customs no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another.” Colleen Patrick-Goudreau is founder and director of Compassionate Cooks LLC, dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices and to debunking myths about vegetarianism through cooking classes and DVDs, nutrition courses, and humane education workshops http://www.compassionatecooks.com/word/Heifer09.op.ed.htm Partager ce message Lien à poster Partager sur d’autres sites
