Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres - a well-known vegetarian - is urging folks around the country to consider adopting a turkey or two before they face the axe this coming Thanksgiving.
"Save a life this thanksgiving and join me in starting a new tradition of adopting a turkey instead of eating one," chirped DeGeneres in recent days, in her new role as spokesperson for the Adopt-a-Turkey project run by the Farm Sanctuary.
In place since 1986, the annual adoption program offers a safe haven at its New York shelters, or through placement with concerned citizens who take the harmless birds on as backyard pets.
At their website, the organization notes that on the Thanksgiving alone, at least 46 million of the gobbly creatures will be slaughtered so that the tradition of eating turkey meat may continue in homes across the country this upcoming holiday weekend.
Its important to note that the because Turkeys are excluded from the Humane Slaughter Act, each and every one will face a brutal cruel death, usually a short fourteen to eighteen weeks into their short life span.
Talk about merciless slaughter!
You go, girl!
"Save a life this thanksgiving and join me in starting a new tradition of adopting a turkey instead of eating one," chirped DeGeneres in recent days, in her new role as spokesperson for the Adopt-a-Turkey project run by the Farm Sanctuary.
In place since 1986, the annual adoption program offers a safe haven at its New York shelters, or through placement with concerned citizens who take the harmless birds on as backyard pets.
At their website, the organization notes that on the Thanksgiving alone, at least 46 million of the gobbly creatures will be slaughtered so that the tradition of eating turkey meat may continue in homes across the country this upcoming holiday weekend.
Its important to note that the because Turkeys are excluded from the Humane Slaughter Act, each and every one will face a brutal cruel death, usually a short fourteen to eighteen weeks into their short life span.
Talk about merciless slaughter!
You go, girl!
