I ran across this and thought some of you might be interested. Have a great break!
Joey
by: Sharon Seltzer
If you are looking for an alternative way to celebrate Thanksgiving that doesn’t include plating a turkey on your table, you might be interested in the Adopt-a-Turkey Project.
Farm Sanctuary is a non-profit organization that works to stop the cruelty of commercially-raised farm animals and promotes a vegan lifestyle. Their two sanctuaries in New York and California are home to: pigs, sheep, cows, rabbits, geese, chickens and turkeys that have been victims of cruelty.
They began the Adopt-a-Turkey Project in 1986 as a way of offering a “compassionate alternative for Thanksgiving.”
Since then, Farm Sanctuary has rescued more than 1,000 turkeys from “a thankless fate at the dinner table and given thousands of people an opportunity to adopt a turkey for the holidays.”
Read the full post at: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/start-a-new-thanksgiving-tradition-adopt-a-turkey/
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