View this site at: www.afa-online.org/
AFA operates under the simple principle that animals do not exist for humans to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. AFA promotes a Vegan lifestyle. AFA strives to end animal suffering through educational outreach, demonstrations, and media involvement. Becoming vegan is the single best thing you can do to help eliminate animal suffering. Billions of lives and unthinkable hours of suffering are at stake."
The Animal Freedom Foundation
View this site at: www.animalfreedom.org/english/
This is a portal for presenting articles and books about (the basics of) animal rights, healthy food in general and ways to end factory farming in particular."
Animal Place
View this site at: www.animalplace.org/
Founded in 1989, Animal Place is a nonprofit sanctuary for abused and discarded farmed animals. Rescued individuals and indigenous wildlife share 60 acres of forest, meadow, pasture, hills and small lake. Animal Place is also a humane education center that works to promote cruelty-free lifestyles and veganism. "
Compassion in World Farming
View this site at: www.ciwf.org
This is an UK based educational charity working internationally to prevent cruelty and promote respect for farmed animals and the environment. CIWF carries out hard hitting political lobbying, investigations that expose cruelty to farm animals and high profile campaigns designed to achieve better standards and happier lives for farmed animals everywhere. Its vision is a world where farm animals are treated with compassion and respect and where cruel factory farming practices end. Its mission is to advance the well being of farm animals worldwide. "
Compassion over Killing
View this site at: www.cok.net
COK is a nonprofit animal advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Working to end animal abuse since 1995. COK focuses on cruelty to animals in agriculture and promotes vegetarian eating as a way to build a kinder world for all of us, both human and nonhuman."
The Ducks’ Voice
View this site at: www.theducksvoice.org/
A coalition with the mission of exposing the cruelty of the foie gras industry. Two companies produce foie gras in the United States - Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York, and Sonoma Foie Gras in California."
Eastern Shore Chicken Sanctuary
View this site at: www.bravebirds.org/
Eastern Shore Sanctuary and Education Center provides a haven for hens and roosters who have escaped or been rescued from the poultry and egg industries or other abusive circumstances. In addition to sheltering and advocating for chickens, we conduct research and community education aimed at diet change and agriculture reform."
FactoryFarming.com
View this site at: www.factoryfarming.com
A USA based website committed raise awareness about the horrors and repercussions of factory farming.
Farmed Animal Net
View this site at: www.farmedanimal.net
The Web site of “Farmed Animal Watch” (a free, electronic digest of critical news and research), this site includes constantly updated information gleaned from academic, industry, advocacy, and mainstream sources, as well as archived newsletters, action alerts, important contacts, publications, links, and a pending factsheet section"
Farm Animal Reform Movement (FARM)
View this site at: www.farmusa.org
An educational organization advocating a plant-based diet and humane treatment of farmed animals through a variety of grassroots programs. Since its beginning in 1976 and official formation in 1981, FARM has launched a variety of grassroots campaigns in pursuit of our mission: World Farm Animals Day (1983), Great American Meatout (1985), Gentle Thanksgiving, CHOICE School Lunch (1991), Letters from FARM (1994), Sabina Fund (1997), Veggies for Ecology (Earth Day), and Plant-Based Hunger Solutions. These reflect FARM's strategy of pursuing dietary and agricultural reforms on the local, national and international levels simultaneously. In addition, FARM conducts movement-wide programs, like the Animal Rights National Conference. Every year between 1981 and 1987, then in 1997, and every year since 2000, FARM has been organizing national conferences that turn concerned individuals into effective animal rights advocates."
Farm Animal Shelters
View this site at: www.farmanimalshelters.org/
FarmAnimalShelters.org is a resource site for individuals and organizations working to provide protection and refuge for farm animals. The farm animal sanctuary movement provides life-long shelter for victims of ""food animal"" production, and in turn, the animals become ambassadors, effectively educating the public about the suffering associated with meat, dairy, and egg production. Through these rescue and education efforts, sanctuaries play a key role in changing the way society views and treats ""food animals."""
Farm Animal Welfare Network (FAWN)
View this site at: www.fawn.me.uk/
FAWN, originally known as Chickens’ Lib, was founded in the early 1970s by Violet Spalding and Clare Druce. A major concern of FAWN remains the reckless over-use of antibiotics on the farm. "
Farm Sanctuary
View this site at: www.farmsanctuary.org
United States’s largest sanctuary for rescued farm animals, farm sanctuary raises awareness about factory farming issues and vegan living. Visits and internships are welcome."
Farmed Animal Net
View this site at: www.farmedanimal.net/
Farmed Animal Net was developed out of a need for current, easily accessible information on farmed animal issues. Its mission is to empower individuals and organizations with knowledge about the complex issues relating to the billions of animals bred and slaughtered for human consumption."
Gourmet Cruelty.com
View this site at: www.gourmetcruelty.com/
GourmetCruelty.com is a coalition dedicated to exposing the cruelty of the foie gras industry. Just two companies are responsible for the barbaric practice of foie gras production in the United States—Hudson Valley Foie Gras in New York and Sonoma Foie Gras in California. Over the course of many months, the coalition conducted a nationwide investigation into the domestic foie gras industry. GourmetCruelty.com uncovered filthy, crowded conditions and documented an industry standard of disregard for the pain and suffering inherent to foie gras production. Investigators took undercover footage of the immensely traumatic forced-feeding process, and rescued fifteen of these long-suffering ducks. Delicacy of Despair, an undercover documentary about our investigation and rescue is now available on VHS and DVD through this website."
Grace Factory Farm Project
View this site at: www.factoryfarm.org/
GFFP works to eliminate factory farming in favor of a sustainable food production system which is healthful and humane, economically viable and ecologically sound."
The Humane Farming Association
View this site at: www.hfa.org/about/index.html
HFA's goals are to protect farm animals from cruelty, to protect the public from the dangerous misuse of antibiotics, hormones, and other chemicals used on factory farms, and to protect the environment from the impacts of industrialized animal factories. "
Meat.org
View this site at: www.meat.org/
The website the meat industry doesn’t want you to see (graphic images)
United Poultry Concerns
View this site at: www.upc-online.org/
Dedicated to the compassionate and respectful treatment of domestic fowl, UPC addresses the treatment of domestic fowl in food production, science, education, entertainment, and human companionship situations. UPC raises awareness of the ways poultry are treated by our society about inform people about and actively promote alternatives. Their website includes an article Why Go Vegan? (www.upc-online.org/phil_veg.html)."
Vegetarian Economy and Green Agriculture (VEGA)
View this site at: www.vegaresearch.org/
A research, information, and campaigning organisation focusing on farming, food, health and the land. VEGA campaigns for kinder farming (i.e. without exploitation of animals or the environment) and improved human health, nutrition and welfare (for all animals). VEGA attends meetings and conferences to raise questions and to comment on the issues raised. They inform the media about new research and have regular contact with journalists, papers, radio and TV to influence the media. They campaign for a reduction in the consumption of animals, support a vegan lifestyle endeavoring to end the misery of farmed animals. They have a database of articles and papers on these subjects which can be searched on their website. They have a free monthly newsletter (send an email with the subject Newsletter to info@vegaresearch.org)"
VIVA!
View this site at: www.vivausa.org
Viva! This US based organization campaigns on behalf of animals killed for food. Viva investigates factory farms and then produces campaign materials for students and activists, helping people change to a veggie diet! "
Ask Farmer Brown.org
View this site at: www.askfarmerbrown.org/
Putting the family back in farming.
Ban Cruel Farms - Farm Sanctuary
View this site at: www.bancruelfarms.org/
Animals exploited for meat, milk and eggs are increasingly subjected to inexcusable abuse on industrialized farms. Cattle, pigs, chickens and other animals are genetically altered, crowded and confined in cages where they can barely move, and subjected to cruel mutilations, harsh handling, and inhumane slaughter. Please join Farm Sanctuary and help prevent cruel and irresponsible factory farming practices."
Beyond Beef
View this site at: www.mcspotlight.org/media/reports/beyond.html
Factory Farms and Health
View this site at: www.iatp.org/foodandhealth/issues_factoryfarms.cfm
Modern food production is increasingly industrial and factory-like, meaning more intensive use of energy, like petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides, and indoor confinement of food animals which concentrates manure and manure-related pollutants that impact the health of farmers, workers and neighbors. "
Fostering Cruelty - East Bay Animal Advocates
View this site at: www.fosterfacts.net/
KFC Does Chickens Wrong
View this site at: www.kfccruelty.com/index.asp
If you've been to KentuckyFriedCruelty.com, then you know that PETA is asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses that chickens suffer on the factory farms and in the slaughterhouses of its suppliers, including live scalding, lifelong crippling, and painful debeaking. KFC tortures chickens in ways that would result in felony cruelty-to-animals charges if cats or dogs were the victims, but KFC still refuses to make any changes. We've come up with just a few ways for you to help the more than 750 million chickens killed each year for KFC and earn some free stuff for yourself while you're at it."
Meat Factories
View this site at: www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1525/is_1_84/ai_53501840/
This article originally appeared in the January 1999 issue of Sierra Magazine (Sierra Club)
Poultry
View this site at: www.poultry.org/
Poultry.org exists to educate consumers about animal suffering and other deleterious consequences of the poultry industry.
Tortured by Tyson
View this site at: www.torturedbytyson.com/
Tortured by Tyson
View this site at: www.upc-online.org/broiler/022403tysons.htm
