Published Letters and Op-Eds from
COK’s Writers Group

Choose Veggie Way and Save a Friend

Thank you for Rebecca Lerner’s thoughtful article encouraging readers to express their compassion for animals by adopting a vegetarian diet. (“Vegetarianism is the only humane path to take when choosing food,” Aug. 21.)

With virtually no laws to protect them, billions of animals raised on today’s factory farms are denied nearly everything natural to them and are, instead, treated like mere meat-, egg-, and milk-producing machines. As a former animal control officer in our nation’s capital, I am certain that if dogs or cats were subjected to same horrors that farmed animals are forced to endure, it would result in legal prosecution.

By choosing vegetarian foods, each of us can help stop animal cruelty—one meal at a time. For a free vegetarian starter guide and recipes, visit www.TryVeg.com.

Erica Meier
Executive director, Compassion Over Killing
WASHINGTON, D.C.