11/9/11 Meria with Nathan Runkle, Executive Director of Mercy For Animals, two times winner of “Non-Profit of The Year” award. Concealed animal abuse; making it illegal to photograph abuse (not the abuse); making compassionate food choices; 9 billion land animals killed yearly in USA; Standard agricultural practices; live in line with your values; gestation crates; are pigs stupid? disconnected from our food choices; is ignorance bliss? (think heart disease, cancer, diabetes, etc); animals as individuals; teach your children well; eating someONE not someTHING; What about free range? cruelty free? the movie “Forks Over Knives”; standard American diet is quite sad; vegs increasing on college campuses; 40 million turkeys to be killed for Thanksgiving; fat, sick turkeys =fat sick people; GM turkeys; whats to eat? Thanks-living; progress on the issue of veal; eggs; feces already in meat, why not a human feces burger? Vote with your forks folks.

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Nathan Runkle - Mercy for Animals

12/16/09 Meria interviews her favorite hero, Nathan Runkle of Mercy For Animals on his latest film “Fowl Play, The Untold Story Behind Your Breakfast“. The American egg industry;the shock value of the film; 200 million hens suffer each year for our eggs; spent hens fed to our kids; killing male chicks; fast food; 260 eggs instead of 25; 9 billion factory farm animals tortured and killed every year; disconnect between humans and animals; tasering animals with electric prods; bloody eggs; 60 yrs ago, we moved from family farms to factory farms; less than 2% farms left; the Ohio pork contest; feces, ammonia and blood on your table;no federal protection for food animals;no vet treatment; what about “cage free” birds? are they cruelty free? birds as genetic products;hints for cooking without eggs and more.

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