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Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania: “Like the majority of Australia’s pigs, most Tasmanian pigs are farmed intensively in factory farms. Sows (mother pigs) live their lives in sheds standing in rows of crates called sow stalls, with metal bars surrounding them and concrete floors.”

Compassionate Kidz: “Every day millions of animals suffer because of the actions of people. Most people are not even aware that they are contributing to animal suffering.”

Animals Australia: “In Australia there are new National Standards for Egg Labelling. All eggs from battery hen farms should have the words ‘CAGE EGGS’ on the front of the carton.”

Voiceless: “Everyday in Australia thousands of animals are shot, beaten, tortured, starved, imprisoned and harmed in incalculable ways. We eat them, wear them, hunt them, race them, experiment on them and make them perform for us on command.”

All About Animals: “We can all do something to help animals. We might volunteer at our local sanctuary, walk our own dog every day after school, top up the bird feeder every morning over winter or even be a vegetarian for a day, a week or maybe forever! There are a thousand things we can do.”

Animal Club: “Many animals, including cats, dogs, primates, rabbits, sheep, cattle, pigs, mice and rats are used to test new products, to study human disease and in the development of new drugs. Animals are used in substance testing (draize eye and skin tests and toxicity tests), biomedical research, education research, and war-related experiments.”

PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals: “For animals in circuses, there is no such thing as ‘positive reinforcement’ - only varying degrees of punishment and deprivation. Animals do not voluntarily ride bicycles, stand on their heads, or jump through rings of fire. They don’t perform these and other difficult tricks because they want to; they perform because they’re afraid not to.”

Peta2.com: “Animal rights is both a philosophy and a social movement that challenges society’s traditional view that all the other animals on this planet exist solely for human use...... When it comes to pain, love, joy, loneliness, and fear, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy. Each one values his or her life and fights the knife.”

Animal Liberation NSW: “It’s too easy for people to just pick up a hamburger and have no idea that it was a living cow at one time. People don’t assimilate the two,” Bryan Adams.

These sites have ideas on how to make a difference.

Peta Kids: “It’s super-easy to get active for animals at any age. In fact, there are tons of things that you can do to help that don’t require much cash&endash;just your time and energy. Here are a few ideas to get you started.”

SaveBabe.com: “At this very moment there are over 300,000 mother pigs imprisoned on factory farms in Australia. Their hope, and that of their offspring, rest with caring Australians learning of their plight.”

A Teen Activists Guide to Factory Farms: “To eliminate factory farming in favor of a sustainable food production system which is healthful and humane, economically viable and ecologically sound.”

WWF - Australia: “With recent studies showing that 60% of the ecosystems that support life on earth will be severely damaged by 2050 if we continue living as we do, there’s never been a more urgent time to start working towards a sustainable future.”

Animals Australia: “Animals Australia needs your help to highlight and stop inhumane treatment of animals!”

Brightside Farm Sanctuary: “Our mission is to raise the level of awareness with regard to the plight of millions of factory farmed animals in Australia and to make the world a kinder place for farm animals.”

Links

Join a group concerned for the welfare of animals:

• Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania
• RSPCA Tasmania

School Groups

Get your school involved with these sites!

• The Year of the Dolphin
• Threatened Species Day, 7 September
• World Animal Day, 4 October