Friday’s Best and Worst

Today’s Best site is AGF or better known as the American Grassfed Association. While this site had a few proper names that were not capitalized, I still found lots of good information on grassfed beef and other livestock. When I looked for North Carolina farms that sell grassfed meat I found these three: Appletree Angus Farm Beef, Blue Mountain Bison Bison, Terrell TT Ranch Beef. Grassfed is healthier and much more humane

Today’s Worst site is Premarin. While many women depend on this drug, they might find it revolting to know that their estrogen is coming from mares who are kept pregnant, have to stand in pee lines, and are confined to tiny stalls where that cannot move for the duration of their lives. The Premarin site gives lots of information about how estrogen works and also its side effects, but I couldn’t find any information on how it is made and what it is made of. I felt this site was rather deceptive. On the other hand, I found this site: MetroPets , which gave me lots of information on the treatment of Premarin mares.

 

Thursday’s Best and Worst

Today’s best site is RDS. While I believe all my products should be cruelty free, I do understand that for the advancement of medicine, and the health of society, we sometimes need animal testing. This is an informative site explaining the necessity for animal testing in certain instances, and the good it has done.

Today’s worst site is VARE. When I first came upon this site I thought it was actually a spoof of a real site. But once I read further I realized it is for humans who are victims of animal rights and anitvivisection groups. I would never call humans victims when we are the ones doing the testing. We shouldn’t forget who is getting electrocuted, poisoned, and made to live inside little cages.

Not only was I confused when I first visted VARE, but the information seems trite and not well thought out.

 

Wednesday’s Best and Worst

Wednesday’s Best
I came across a very good blog for animal rescue around the world. It is IFAW. This site has podcasts, video clips, and just about all the information you might need for rescuing and saving animals worldwide.

Wednesday’s Worst
I shouldn’t choose this site as the worst for Wednesday, but I will. Here it is Insects Rights Association. I never smash a spider, I love Praying Mantids, and the USDA lists them as useful insects, If a moth flies into my house I try to get it out. But roaches, silverfish, and camel crickets beware. I just don’t want you around.

 

Tuesday’s Best and Worst Sites

Tuesday’s best site is Rethinking meat: Eating humanely raised animals goes more mainstream. This article touches on several issues, one being the quality of food we eat while the other concentrates on the conscientious choices of freeing animals from the horror of a ghastly ending. Even the big fast food chains are jumping on board. The author writes, “The treatment of farm animals is an issue that’s no longer on the fringe. Burger King announced this year that it would begin a transition to cage-free eggs and chicken.”

Tuesday’s worst site is from Iliana Mercer, Return to Reason. While she writes a good arguement about animals being the lower species with no forethought or afterthought, the reality of our world is that animals suffer at the hands of cruel people, and that problem has to be addressed.

 

Monday’s Best and Worst Sites

Veganoutreach.org
This site in one of my favorites. It is very informative, providing undercover research into slaughterhouses, factory farming, and behind-the-scenes cruelty in our food supply. This site promotes a strict vegetarian diet. While I am not vegetarian, I’m in full support of those who are; however, I want to be able to choose to eat meat, but I want it to be cruelty-free, disease free and antibiotic free.

The worst site for monday is Animal Rights.
I find this site the worst because it is so one sided and dogmatic. Some of the words are misspelled. Some of the information is interesting, but I’m not sure I would trust it since links are broken. The site comes off as pro-animal rights when in fact it is the opposite.