Animal Cruelty: What You Can Do Right Now to Prevent It

Animal cruelty can often be difficult to recognize but it has proven to be a pervasive problem. No species or community is exempt from the experience of animal abuse and neglect. Understanding what animal cruelty does and does not entail is one of the first steps to helping prevent it from continuing to happen. Animals don’t deserve to suffer whether for food, cosmetics, entertainment, or the pet industry.  

Worldwide, billions of animals are farmed for human consumption, trillions if we consider fish. You can help by:

• Sign this petition to protect California’s Proposition 12. In 2018, thousands of voters supported Prop 12, but now it is under attack by lobby groups.
• Support an organization advocating on behalf of farmed animals. Animal Charity Evaluators is dedicated to identifying organizations that help animals most effectively. Check out their 2021 Recommended Charities here, which include Faunalytics, The Humane League, Anima International, Dharma Voices for Animals, Essere Animali, FIAPO, Mercy For Animals, Sinergia Animal, xiaobuVEGAN, and more.
• Sign CIWFs petition calling on world banks to stop funding factory farms.
• Visit a sanctuary for farmed animals with family and friends. According to a study by Faunalytics, attending a sanctuary tour can inspire people to change their diets in the long term. 
• Consider volunteering at an animal sanctuary.               Source: https://sentientmedia.org/