Thoughts on the Animal Rescue League of Berks County‘s Ham Dinner fundraiser by one of our members.
It strikes a painful nerve when local animal-helping organizations raise money through activities that involve animal suffering, like a ham dinner or a burger festival.
When I see ham on a plate, I see the trail of suffering that began with the birth of the piglet. It follows his short life of confinement, and ends in his fear and slaughter at about 6 months old. It’s taken me a long time to face what I knew was going on and make lifestyle changes to avoid this sanctioned violence.
Not everyone is there yet. But people who work with dogs and cats understand the love of animals and that they can suffer. They just don’t always connect it to animals considered livestock — or maybe they feel the fight against such as massive…
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Exposing the Big Game 
As a vegan, I believe all animals have the right to life and to be free of the suffering inflicted by human beings. We make a little progress here and there by undercover investigations, signing petitions, and shaming some business into improving there treatment of animals
But we also are taking steps backwards. There seems to be an increasing amount of eating dogs and cats and even serving them in some restaurants, if the reports can be believed. The authorities seem unwilling to stop it because of the cultural issues involved.. A recent attempt to pass a law in Pennsylvania was defeated (with the help of the NRA who tries to stop laws that would outlaw animal abuse), and it is apparently legal to eat dogs and cats in 44 states. I say we should not back down in fighting for pets or any other animals.
Yes, The backing down and backsliding is sometimes the most maddening!
By the way, there is a petition circulating to stop using dogs and cats as food. The link to this petition is: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/711/635/915/stop-killing-dogs-cats-for-their-meat-in-the-usa/
This raises a question in my mind: If people start “shopping” for dinner at animal shelters, will the shelters have to allow those animals to be taken to avoid accusations of discrimination?