If you are looking for veggie-burgers that taste like hamburgers, let me try to steer you away from "Gardenburger" and point you toward "Boca Burgers." I tried them Feb. 22, 1999. They aren't exactly like hamburger, but nothing's going to be exactly the same. "Bocca Burgers" taste pretty close, in my opinion. I like 'em a lot! And if you're looking for veggie-bacon, I recommend "Morningstar's Breakfast Strips." I tried them Feb. 22, 1999 too. And let me tell ya, YUMMY!!! They taste great, and you're not killing anything! It's a win-win!! I have been told from someone that Morningstar has some of the best veggie-foods! Some people even like thier "chicken" nuggets better than McDonald's! And although I don't like them *that* much, they are really quite good!
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1. Approximately 4.9 million fur-bearing animals are killed each year for thier fur by trappers in the US. Another 3.5 million animals are raised on fur "farms."
2. Ranch-raised foxes are kept in cages only 2.5 feet square (minks in cages 1-foot-by-3-feet) with up to four animals per cage.
3. Animals can languish in traps for days. Up to one quarter of all trapped animals escape by chewing off their own feet, only to die later of blood loss, fever, gangrene, or predation.
4. Every year, thousands of dogs, cats, raptors, and other "trash" animals (including endangered species like the bald eagle) are crippled or killed by traps.
5. To kill the animals without damaging their fur, trappers usually strangle, beat, or stomp them to death. Animals on fur farms may be gassed, electrocuted, or poisoned with strychnine or have their necks snapped. These methods are not 100 percent effective and some animals "wake up" while being skinned.
6. According to a study by the Ford Motor Company, it takes almost three times as much energy to make a coat from trapped animals' pelts--and 40 times as much from ranch-raised furs--as it does to make a fake fur coat.
By Dr. Neal D. Barnard, Special to MSNBC "Given that turkey farmers cram as many as 25,000 turkeys into a single, dim warehouse full of ammonia fumes from accumulated excrement, and that turkeys have been genetically engineered to fatten faster and faster, it’s hardly surprisingly that they suffer health problems ranging from damaged hearts to crippled legs and joints to severe respiratory diseases.
Additionally, thanks to the more than 7,300 turkey-growing farms in 33 U.S. states (led by North Carolina and Minnesota), our ecosystems must cope with more than 10 billion pounds of domestic turkey manure each year, according to a December 1997 congressional report. Much of that waste winds up in our drinking water."
