Leona Lewis Backs Farmed Animal Protection On UN’s 2012 Earth Summit
Written by Vegetarian Star on May 7th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Environment-Eco-Green, Female Singers.
Leona Lewis is asking officials of the UN’s 2012 Earth Summitt to put protection for farmed animals on the agenda for the event in Rio in June.
The singer is asking fans to sign a petition created by the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) that will place animal welfare among priority issues such as food crisis and climate change.
“I am supporting WSPA, so please support me by going to the site below and joining thousands of others worldwide who are demanding that farm animals are on the agenda at the UN 2012 Earth Summit in Rio. By adding your name, you could help animals have a better future,” Lewis said.
“Farms with poor animal welfare aren’t just bad for animals; they have negative effects on our environment, our health and on the livelihoods of the world’s poor,” reads the petition addressed to the summit’s co-chairs H.E. Dr. John W. Ashe and H.E. Mr. Sook Kim.
“I hope you will agree with me that there is worrying evidence that the continued growth of industrialised factory farm systems is neither good for us nor the planet.”
The WSPA site has included a short video that gives examples of how better farmed animals help the environment and humanity. Free-range egg production in India employs women in poverty. Outdoor cattle use less water and energy. Land conservation is increased when animals live on terrain not suitable for crops.
To sign the petition and learn more, visit the WSPA site.
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