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Why should people interested in helping animals support Mercy For Animals over other animal rights and animal protection organizations like PETA, the World Wildlife Fund, or the Humane Society?

I think a key difference that still exists with "ethical farming" is that it has more or less the same negative environmental impacts as conventional farming. While I understand that Mercy For Animals mission is concerned with the treatment of animals, I know that many vegans and vegetarians have adopted their diet because of the serious way that animal agriculture contributes to global warming. Beyond the global warming issue, in countries like Brazil, large swaths of rainforest are cleared each year to graze cattle resulting in the death or displacement of millions of wild animals. While sourcing your meat from ethical farms is better than conventional farms, it still isn't as ethical or environmentally friendly as abstaining from meat entirely.

There is also the issue of lifespan. Depriving an animal of its life is also a form of harm. Even if the life of cows on those farms is superior to conventional farms, we are still slaughtering them at 2-5 years of age, which is about 1/5 of their natural lifespan.

Have you considered adding additional accommodations to your sanctuaries given the high demand? I have been wanting to spend a weekend at the NY sanctuary, but it seems to book for the entire year within a few days of opening.

Do you have pro-Bono opportunities for lawyers interested in helping the animal rights cause?

When confronted with evidence of abuses in factory farming, one of the common responses is to say that these practices are atypical - do the 'shock videos' released by animal rights organizations accurately represent the treatment of most farmed animals?