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Nadia Masoudi has a vision to see the world’s population become fully vegan by the year 2375. The beginning of this quest begins on Saturday, July 24 on the first annual Animal Freedom Day – a global event to raise awareness for the need of animal rights in every country.
Animal Freedom Day is the ambitious brainchild of Masoudi, an 18 year old animal activist from Ontario, Canada. The event will focus on getting people from every walk of life and from every part of the globe to refrain from eating animals or animal by-products for one day. Animal Freedom Day hopes to ultimately put an end to slaughtering animals, animal abuse and the creation of alternative plant-based foods.
The event will be launched from the Burlington Jazz Festival where the day’s activities will be webcast with live interviews via Skype. It is the first time an animal rights event will be streamed – around the world. There will also be updates on the Animal Freedom Day – Facebook page.
Masoudi’s plan is to change the way the world perceives animals – one day at a time.
The first year Animal Freedom Day will be held for one 24-hour period and organizers are asking people to eat a vegetarian diet for that day. The second year the event will expand to two days and supporters will be asked to stop eating animal products for that time period.
Each consecutive year Masoudi plans to extend Animal Freedom Day by one additional day, until finally it will encompass an entire year – with supporters becoming permanent vegans. Her calculations put this achievement in the year 2375.
Several well-known celebrity animal activists have joined to help make the first Animal Freedom Day successful. Some of these people are: actor Woody Harrelson, photographer Nigel Barker, science broadcaster David Suzuki and NHL player George Laraque.
The mission of Animal Freedom Day is to raise awareness about the abuses at factory farms, promote veganism and foster the creation of legislation to protect animals.
Here are ways listed on the Animal Freedom Day website to show your support:
- Refrain from eating meat, poultry, fish/seafood, milk, eggs or animal by-products.
- Do not hunt or fish.
- Do not wear clothing made from animals.
- Consider adopting a homeless animal.
- Refrain from using products that were tested on animals.
- Boycott entertainment that uses live animals.
This story contains links to the Animal Freedom Day website. Please beware the videos depict graphic scenes of animal cruelty.
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So much else to eat that doesn't involve animal torture .... For God's and your sake stop eating the…
Hurrah for common sense!
STOP EATING ANIMALS!!!!
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+ add your ownIt's a great first step!
One day a year -> one day a month -> one day a week -> everyday! :)
What an awesome idea, I support it totally!
Thank you, Nadia!
Great initiative!
Way to go Nadia Masoudi, good luck baby girl !!!!!
The best thing about this is the plan to take it slowly. In the end, although I am wholly in favour of ending all animal suffering and preserving all existing species, I don't believe this is viable. Without animals, we are doomed to chemical agriculture. There are only two viable ways to fertilize crops, manure or artificial fertilizers (most of them petroleum based -- so more oil wells, more pipelines, more potential for ecological disaster). A sustainable farming system is essentially a closed system in which everything works synergistically. There is no way to have such a system without animals (some of which, usually the males, are surplus and end up in the human food chain). 'That does not mean factory farming and cruel methods of transporting and slaughtering animals are inevitable. It means a rethinking of the best practices that are available to farmers and the return of local butchers, rather than factory slaughterhouses. Read Michael Pollan on this; he does a great job of describing such a sustainable system in the third part of The Omnivore's Dilemma. There are ways which minimize human impact on the land and on animals, but a move to crop-only agriculture is not one of them. The over reliance on soy and corn agriculture is already one of the worst environmental issues we face -- and a huge boon to the oil industry. When we make these plans, however good our intentions, we need to think seriously about the long term consequences.
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What a great young woman! Very inspiring!
I became vegetarian 3 yrs. ago. Still eat eggs(cage free), milk and cheese. I'm now cutting back on those products. My hair and skin is better than ever. People constantly ask what I do for my skin. I stopped eating animals due to moral reasons, not knowing I would be rewarded with better health. My LDL was cut in half the first 6 months. If you're thinking of making the change, just do it!
It's so great it's amazing! :D Ah, pity I missed it, July 24th, but oh well, I'll do that next year (for two days as it's suppose to be, right?)
This is a wonderful idea where believers can build justice for creation each and every day!
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