Please Do Not Tap On the Glass

Once again I’m going to urge you to skip serving a slaughtered bird for your Thanksgiving dinner, and instead adopt a turkey from Farm Sanctuary or Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary

Every year in the U.S., 46 million turkeys are slaughtered for one day of feasting. Their short lives are spent in filthy, overcrowded pens where they endure artificial insemination procedures that require sexual contact with animals – illegal activity in most states except for farm animals. Slaughter procedures are often botched causing more suffering.

Is that what you want to serve your family and guests on Thanksgiving Day? Why not try the alternative and give a rescued turkey a happy, healthy life!

If you’d like to get up close and personal and meet a few turkeys instead of eating them, and you live in the National Capital Area, why not visit Poplar Spring’s annual Thanksgiving with the Turkeys?

Saturday, November 22, 2008
Noon to 4 p.m.

Come celebrate Thanksgiving WITH the turkeys – join our eight friendly turkeys and all their friends in celebrating a cruelty-free Thanksgiving potluck. Please bring a vegan (no meat, dairy, egg, or honey) dinner or dessert item to serve 8. $10.00 suggested donation to benefit the animals. No charge for children under 16.

If you prefer to travel to Watkins Glen, New York or Orland, California you can celebrate with the turkeys at Farm Sanctuary:

Celebration FOR the Turkeys
November 22, 2008
Celebrations FOR the Turkeys at our CA and NY Shelters
Help spread a compassionate holiday message this Thanksgiving by joining your Farm Sanctuary family in honoring our fabulous feathered friends at the Celebration FOR the Turkeys. California and New York festivities include shelter time with the animals, our famous “Feeding of the Turkeys Ceremonies,” special guest presentations, and delicious vegan feasts. Learn more and register today! See 2007 CA event photos and NY event photos.

Change your habits and change your planet.

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