Helping animals is REALLY easy! Here are some great starting points…

• GET INVOLVED -- VOLUNTEER and/or DONATE time, money and resources. There’s no such thing as “too little” when it comes to animals. Animal organizations need all the help they can get.

• ADOPT -- your next animal companion. Don’t buy. 4-6 million animals are killed every year in the US shelter system simply because they don’t have a home. Adopting and rescuing are the best way to go! Even if you want a pure breed - as many as 25% of animals in shelters are pure breeds and there is a rescue group for every breed imaginable. #AdoptDontShop

• SPAY/NEUTER -- any animal companions you have now, even if you think you don’t need to. Accidents happen all the time, and the last thing the world needs is more homeless animals needing to find homes. And if you think it's important to share the "miracle of birth" with your kids, make sure you're also showing them the "miracle of death" by teaching them about euthanasia.

• DON’T WEAR FUR -- EVER! I don’t even wear faux fur. The fur industry is one of the most evil in the world, and there’s no such thing as “humane” or “green” fur. Animals are anally electrocuted, drowned and worse, skinned-alive for fur products. It's barbarically frivolous and unnecessary. We don’t need fur to keep warm anymore.

• BUY CRUELTY-FREE PRODUCTS -- Check on the labels of cleaning, beauty and general personal & household products that they say “no animal testing” or have the "leaping bunny" logo. There are some inexpensive, humane alternatives to virtually every product made. You get bonus points if the products are recycled and plant-based/vegan as well. 

• GO VEGAN/VEGGIE -- even if it’s one day a week, but adopting this lifestyle is the best thing for yourself, animals & the environment. Heart disease is the #1 killer in the US, and the #1 reason for heart disease is MEAT consumption. Animal agriculture is the #2 contributor of green house gases (energy production & use is #1) that is causing deadly climate change. Plus, animals are brutally tortured during the growth, storing and slaughter process. And if that's not reason enough, consider this: slaughter house workers are the #1 culprits of domestic abuse. It's a horrific business all the way around.

• SUPPORT HUMANE ENTERTAINMENT -- This includes avoiding zoos, all animal circuses and animal themed parks like water parks. And if you travel abroad, don't take animal rides on camels, donkeys or elephants. Don't buy paintings by animals. Don't swim with animals. Let them be wild. This might sound extreme, but believe me – it’s nothing compared to the extreme conditions in which the animal are forced to live and work.

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