At Peta, We Often Say That The

Ninety-five Percent Of The Eggs Produced In America Come From Factory-farmed Birds. Even If Free-range Farms Were Hugely More Humane, The Sheer Number Of Animals Raised To Satisfy People's Desire For Eggs, Meat, And Milk Makes It Impossible For Us To Raise Them All On Small, Free-range Farms.

Would I Rather The Research Lab That Tests Animals Is Reduced To A Bunch Of Cinders? Yes.

Fortified Plant-based Milks Are Delicious And Contain All The Calcium, Protein, And Vitamin D Of Dairy Products But With None Of The Cholesterol, Lactose, Hormones, Or Cruelty Found In Cow's Milk.

Going Meat-free Can Make A Huge Difference. Studies Show That Vegetarians Are, On Average, 10 To 20 Pounds Lighter Than Meat-eaters And That A Vegetarian Diet Reduces Our Risk Of Heart Disease By 40 Percent And Adds Seven Or More Years To Our Lifespan.

Animals Aren't Any Better Equipped To Survive An Emergency Than Humans Are. Few People Missed The Fact That After Hurricane Katrina, People Died Because Buses And Emergency Shelters Wouldn't Allow Their Animals.