Thread by @beepuke, Why animal agriculture is a human rights issue as well as an [...]

Why animal agriculture is a human rights issue as well as an animal rights issue, and why that issue disproportionately affects people of colour:

The Amazon forest is home to roughly 7,000 Kayapo people and, to the south, another 5,500 from 14 different people.

Animal agriculture is responsible for 91% of Amazon destruction

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060

http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0813-bertin_moratorium.html

Amazon Destruction

Background on why the Amazon is being deforested

https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/15060

1,100 Land activists have been killed in Brazil in the past 20 years defending their forest

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/08/brazilian-murder-dorothy-stang

http://news.mongabay.com/2008/1222-chico_mendes.html

Brazilian faces retrial over murder of activist nun Dorothy Stang in Amazon

Court orders arrest of man accused of masterminding the murder of rainforest campaigner Dorothy Stang

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/apr/08/brazilian-murder-dorothy-stang

Deforestation forces them out of their homes

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indonesia/deforestation-human-costs

http://www.pachamama.org/effects-of-deforestation

Deforestation: The Human Costs

INTRODUCTION "Of all the environmental impacts of the study projections, deforestation probably poses the most serious problems for the world, particularly for the developing world." Global 2000 "It...

https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/indonesia/deforestation-human-costs

Indigenous people are being murdered by cattle ranchers

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/brazil-land-indigenous-people-killings

http://amazonwatch.org/news/2013/1024-brazils-indigenous-tribes-are-being-hunted-by-murderous-cattle-ranchers

Almost 500 indigenous people were killed between 2002-2010, up 150 people from the previous 8 years http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/brazil-land-indigenous-people-killings

Killings of Brazil's indigenous Indians highlight tensions of land disputes

Brazilian government accused of pandering to agro-business lobby rather than reallocating areas to indigenous peoples

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/08/brazil-land-indigenous-people-killings

"Spray fields" outside of factory farms spray animal waste all over residential areas primarily dominated by poc https://www.rt.com/usa/216571-pig-waste-pollution-drone/

People living close are at increased risk of asthma, diarrhea, cancer, depression and other health problems http://observer.com/2017/05/pig-waste-factory-farming-north-carolina/

Flying pigsh*t! Drone catches Smithfield pork farms spraying animal waste into air (VIDEO) — RT USA...

Thousands of huge pig farms in N. Carolina are spraying untreated animal waste into the air and contaminating neighboring communities, Mark Devries, who shot a shocking aerial video with a spy drone,...

https://www.rt.com/usa/216571-pig-waste-pollution-drone/

There are over 4,000 "waste lagoons" in North Carolina alone, with black communities being targeted.

Malaria which is the biggest killer of African Children under 5 years old is HEAVILY influenced by climate change http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs266/en/

Climate change and health

WHO fact sheet on climate change and health: provides key facts, patterns of infection, measuring health effects and WHO response.

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs266/en/

Climate change destroys crops, which cuts the amount of food that can be grown esp staple foods! Malnutrition kills 3.1m people per year. Remember, animal agriculture is a HUGE contributor to methane and co2

Slaughterhouse workers are more likely to become violent criminals, domestic abusers, alcoholics, and drug addicts http://www.ptsdjournal.com/posts/the-psychological-damage-of-slaughterhouse-work/

The Psychological Damage of Slaughterhouse Work

A Texas Observer article reports that slaughterhouse workers face a variety of negative emotional and psychological consequences, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thousands of workers...

http://www.ptsdjournal.com/posts/the-psychological-damage-of-slaughterhouse-work/

This is from WHO

13 ways the middle east is under threat from climate change https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/climate-emergency-middle-east-extreme-weather

Climate crisis: 13 ways the Middle East is under threat

Climate change, rapid growth and mismanagement are devastating the region, exacerbating tensions

https://www.middleeasteye.net/discover/climate-emergency-middle-east-extreme-weather

Anyway there's a lot more PLEASE READ MY BLOG 19 YEAR OLD ME PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT https://madrabbits.org/2016/05/18/more-than-just-animals/

How Inclusive Is Your Social Justice?

I really do love social justice. I’ve done an article like this before, but not in this depth. I left a lot out because one was just supposed to bring to light that climate change did hurt us…

https://madrabbits.org/2016/05/18/more-than-just-animals/

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