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In this issue of CL, you will meet two Compassionate Living incredible visionaries who are doing just that. Ethan Brown and Josh Tetrick are CL two supersmart, passionate, and creative guys who are making the world a kinder place for animals through creativity and Contributors good old-fashioned entrepreneurship. Vandhana Bala Their products—Beyond Meat and Beyond Amy Bradley Eggs—live up to their names. They go Eddie Garza above and beyond their animal-based Brooke Mays counterparts and deliver tasty, healthy, and Matt Rice satisfying alternatives that cost less and Michelle Rubin are 100 percent cruelty-free. Ethan’s and Ari Solomon Josh’s brilliance has captured the interest Jaime Surenkamp of many, including that of Bill Gates. Yes, Brigid Sweeney the Bill Gates. 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JaneI Velez-Mitchell BELIEVE is a modern-day IN MERCYnot possible. How FORcould a human ANIMALS being JVM: MFA takes us behind the closed doors media maven. As the host of her own design what is clearly a torturous enclosure of industrial farming to speak for the most show on HLN, a celebrated author, and a for another sentient being, intentionally voiceless, helpless creatures on earth. There CNN mainstay, Jane is always outspoken, preventing them from ever being able to is a harsh disconnect between the image of especially when it comes to animals. This turn around? It turns out it is possible and it the "farm" and these massive warehouses. summer, MFA honored Jane with the must end. Compassionate Leadership Award for her %.;QW XGDTCXGN[TGRQTVGFQPCPKOCN groundbreaking farmed animal activism %.*QYFQ[QWHGGNUKPEGIQKPIXGICP! KUUWGUHQT[GCTU9JCVTGURQPUGUJCXG and unwavering commitment to a vegan *CXG[QWPQVKEGFCUJKHVRJ[UKECNN[ [QWIQVVGPHTQO[QWTHCPUCPFHQNNQYGTU! lifestyle. During the cover shoot for CL OGPVCNN[URKTKVWCNN[! magazine, MFA sat down with Jane (and her JVM: Americans are decent people. They rescued companions, Foxy and Cabo) to JVM: I've been vegan about 17 years. I want the truth of what’s happening on get her thoughts on being a vegan animal interviewed , the author of factory farms. Now they’re demanding “Nathan Runkle founded “It is my sincere pleasure “I am a strong supporter “ are very activist. “Mad Cowboy,” which exposes industry change. More major corporations are nixing Mercy For Animals with to support MFA’s for MFA, because they are important to us. For our secrets. His publicist said: "I hear you're a pig gestation crates. But much more needs passion and dedication. groundbreaking work. relentless in their fight to society to survive, we have %.*QYFKF[QWƂTUVDGEQOGCYCTGQH vegetarian. Do you eat dairy?" I said yes. to be done. He and his associates They bring the truth expose the practices of to treat all living creatures CPKOCNUUWHHGTKPIQPHCEVQT[HCTOU! She responded: "liquid meat." I never have done unprecedented to lighttouched about dairy animals again. I feel highly energized.factory farming, to help the with the respect they JVM:investigations7 i˜wÀÃÌÃ>ÜÌ iۈ`iœœv into the suffering on modern day plight of farmed animals. deserve. Mercy For Animals thousandsinhumane of pigs treatment lined up ofin tiny crates factory%.9JCVRCTVQH/(# UYQTMTGUQPCVGU farms, and their Undercover investigation, has done an amazing job calledinnocent "pig gestation animals. crates" They I said: this is courageYKVJ[QWVJGOQUV! is unmatched and in the face of ag-gag laws, in defending this cause continue to inform and unwavering. Their eye- is the only way to enlighten and we believe that their educate the unsuspecting opening exposés change the general public. When courage, generosity and public in many ways. I hearts and minds.COVER The PHOTO BY DEREKyou GOODWIN support MFA, you are dedication is unsurpassed.” am a vegan and support world is finally starting to part of the change to better MFA with an annual fund wake up thanks to MFA.” the world for animals.” -Youri Bujko 2 COMPASSIONATE LIVING WINTER 2013 because of these videos. and Luciana Andrade Thank you Mercy For - Sam Simon -Melissa Li Animals!” -Elisa Wolfe MAPPING COMPASSION

BY THE NUMBERS 1,000,000 +15,000,000 Pieces of literature 500,000 People impacted by distributed Signatures on media stories 200,000 petitions Members & Supporters 600 Outreach 2,000,000 +20,000,000 190 Events Online video views People reached through Cities spotlighting social media MFA events +300,000 3,200,000 Facebook followers 125,000 Website visitors Twitter followers UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIONS Over the last 12 months, MFA’s groundbreaking undercover investigations have been shining a bright spotlight on the culture of cruelty that runs rampant in the meat, dairy and egg industries. Media exposure for these investigations has been reaching millions of Americans and opening the eyes of consumers around the world to the nightmare animals face at the hands of factory farming.

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Behind the closed doors of Wisconsin’s MFA exposed the violent and often Wiese Brothers Farms, a cheese supplier fatal practice of force-feeding ducks for DiGiorno pizza, MFA uncovered at Hudson Valley Foie Gras, the largest workers violently kicking and foie gras producer in the country and a beating cows, dragging them by their major supplier to Amazon.com. “Foie fragile necks and legs, and hoisting gras,” which is French for fatty liver, is frightened cows high up into the air produced by shoving metal pipes down by their pelvises. Dr. Temple Grandin, the throats of ducks and force-feeding considered the world’s leading expert them excessive amounts of food three on farmed , described times a day for up to three weeks. This the actions of workers at this facility painful process causes the birds’ livers to followed by massive media coverage as “severe animal abuse.” MFA is swell up to ten times their normal size. across Canada, including by the calling for criminal prosecution of the The resulting diseased, fatty livers are “National Post,” “The Globe and Mail” workers, and for DiGiorno—the largest then sold as foie gras. and the “Toronto Star,” reaching millions frozen pizza maker in the country—to of Canadians about the hidden horrors implement a meaningful dairy cow During the investigation, the of industrial egg production. welfare program. investigator rescued four female baby ducklings from certain death. , Kristen, Ellen and Carrie are TORTURED FOR TYSON now enjoying their days swimming, WALMART’S WOES WORSEN exploring, and hanging out with their An MFA investigation at an Oklahoma- friends, free from harm, at a farmed An MFA investigator documented based Tyson pig factory farm, a major animal sanctuary. horrific animal abuse at Pipestone Systems in Minnesota—a major Walmart Walmart pork supplier, revealed some pork supplier owned by Randy Spronk, of the most sadistic animal abuse we the president of the National Pork have ever seen, including a worker CANADA’S EGG INDUSTRY throwing a bowling ball at a pig’s head, CRACKED Producers Council. and workers kicking, throwing, hitting, body slamming, and otherwise torturing Mercy For Animals Canada shocked During the investigation, workers pigs. the nation with hidden-camera video were caught violently slamming of two suppliers to Burnbrae Farms— conscious piglets headfirst against Following the investigation, which McDonald’s Canada’s exclusive egg the ground, ripping off their tails and broke on NBC National News, Tyson provider. testicles without painkillers, hitting, immediately dropped its contract throwing, and dropping pigs and with the factory farm, and local law The undercover investigation piglets, and confining pregnant pigs enforcement began a criminal animal revealed thousands of egg-laying in filthy, fly-infested gestation crates cruelty investigation. hens crammed inside tiny wire battery barely larger than their own bodies cages, workers smashing in the heads for nearly their entire lives. MFA is now calling on Walmart to adopt of baby birds and tossing live chicks Mainstream coverage of the new animal welfare guidelines, including into trash bags to suffocate, and investigation in the Minneapolis “Star prohibiting Tyson and its other pork dead hens left to rot in cages with Tribune,” the “Arkansas Times,” and suppliers from confining pigs in crates live birds still laying eggs for human so small they cannot even turn around. consumption. “The Huffington Post,” among other major media outlets, prompted “W5,” Canada’s leading investigative hundreds of thousands of people to Undercover investigation news program, aired an in-depth story sign the petition calling on Walmart to reveals “torture” at foie about the investigation, which was ditch cruel gestation crates. gras factory Tyson cuts ties with pig farm after brutally graphic video shows abuse Animal rights group calls out McDonald’s Canada over alleged cruelty at chicken farms LEGAL ADVOCACY This year, MFA’s legal advocacy department continued its tireless fight on behalf of the nation’s eight billion farmed animals, advocating for improved legal protections and ensuring that existing animal cruelty laws were enforced to hold animal abusers accountable.

MFA’s legal advocacy work in 2013 resulted in groundbreaking victories for farmed animals nationwide, including more criminal convictions, legislative successes and judicial involvement in matters never before addressed by the courts.

CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS brought his criminal operations to light, CONTINUE Celedon’s activities were subsequently monitored by law enforcement and Three factory farm employees were in 2013 he was again convicted of convicted of criminal cruelty to criminal animal cruelty. This time he was animals this year as a result of MFA’s sentenced to three years in California state prison, 2011 undercover investigation of a one of the longest Ag-gag’s failure this year represents Butterball turkey facility in Hoke County, sentences ever imposed for farmed a tremendous victory for American North Carolina. Butterball is the largest animal cruelty. consumers, who have the right to turkey producer in the world. That know how their food is produced. investigation revealed workers violently kicking and stomping on birds, dragging CALIFORNIA CRUSADE FOR them by their wings and necks, and DOWNERS FIGHTING FOIE GRAS slamming them into transport crates. In response to MFA’s 2012 investigation Two of the three Butterball employees Following our undercover investigation into Ontario Sales, a were convicted by trial, one of the few of Hudson Valley Foie Gras, one of the Southern California livestock auction, trials relating to farmed animal abuse only remaining producers of foie gras the California Court of Appeals has ever held. These convictions follow in the U.S., MFA teamed up with New now agreed to review a one-of–a- those of two other Butterball employees York senator Tony Avella to press for a last year in the same case, including the kind California law that prohibits the dragging and inhumane treatment statewide ban on the force-feeding of first-ever felony conviction for cruelty MFA’s collaboration of non-ambulatory, or “downer,” ducks for foie gras. to factory-farmed poultry in U.S. with Sen. Avella helped revitalize efforts animals. Prior to MFA’s investigation, history. to outlaw this horrific practice and to no California court had ever addressed bring New York in line with other states the validity of this important law. MFA’s MFA’s investigation into Bettencourt and countries that have implemented investigation led to a total of Dairies, the largest dairy in Idaho and a 21 counts similar bans. supplier to Kraft Foods and Burger King, of criminal animal cruelty against the also resulted in a criminal conviction for owner of the facility and seven of his employees. animal abuse in early 2013. UNPRECEDENTED MEDIA COVERAGE The Bettencourt Dairies employee pled guilty based on MFA’s AG-GAG VICTORY MFA’s undercover investigations and undercover footage showing him our fight against ag-gag received The agricultural industry’s desperate maliciously beating and shocking unprecedented media coverage in 2013. cows and violently twisting their tails attempts to stop undercover National Geographic Channel devoted in order to deliberately inflict pain. investigations were utterly defeated in 2013. This year, eleven states introduced an entire episode of its program so-called ag-gag legislation—bills “Inside Secret America” to MFA’s legal as a result of investigations, aimed at criminalizing undercover successes BACKYARD BUTCHER including the historic Butterball trial. investigations and preventing people IMPRISONED In recognition of MFA as a leader in from learning how animals are treated undercover investigations, our hidden- on factory farms. Roberto Celedon was first convicted Every single one of camera exposés and the resulting due in large of felony animal cruelty in 2012 by a those bills was rejected, industry pushback were featured as a part to the efforts of a large coalition of California court following an undercover food safety, environmental, civil liberties, cover story in “The New York Times” investigation by Mercy For Animals. and also covered by thousands of MFA’s hidden-camera footage revealed and animal protection groups, including other media outlets, including CNN’s Celedon viciously butchering animals in MFA. “Headline News,” ABC’s “Nightline,” an illegal slaughter facility. Because MFA and “RT”—Russia’s largest news outlet. Senate Bill Seeks To Ban Cruel Force- Fifth worker at Hoke County Butterball farm Feeding Of Ducks Exposed In Shocking pleads guilty to animal cruelty New Undercover Investigation CORPORATE OUTREACH In 2013 MFA’s corporate outreach department made significant strides on behalf of farmed animals, successfully pressuring some of the world’s largest corporations to implement groundbreaking new farmed animal welfare policies and partnering with vegan food manufacturers to promote cruelty-free food choices. Our efforts this year vastly reduced animal suffering and saved countless lives.

CANADA GROCERS CAN Target, and Safeway, have GESTATION CRATES committed to phasing them out. To bring nationwide attention to This year saw increased momentum Walmart’s dismal animal welfare in the movement to end the cruel stance, MFA launched its Walmart practice of confining pregnant pigs Cruelty campaign. As part of the in gestation crates—metal enclosures campaign, the Walmart Cruelty motor so small the animals can’t even turn tour hit over 150 cities in 2013 with around, lie down comfortably, walk, or eye-catching, headline-grabbing engage in other basic behaviors. Shortly protests. This year’s campaign also after MFA Canada released shocking consisted of three full-page ads in undercover footage of appalling Walmart’s hometown newspaper, calling conditions inside one of the country’s on the mega retailer to stop supporting largest facilities, the cruelty. To increase pressure on Retail Council of Canada announced company executives, MFA unleashed in California and more than a dozen that all eight of the country’s leading a giant mobile billboard declaring, countries. Responding to pressure, grocery chains, including Canada “Walmart: Stop Torturing Pigs,” Amazon UK stopped the sale of Safeway, Wholesale Canada, and which made two appearances outside foie gras on its site this year, fueling Walmart Canada, would require their Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, pressure for Amazon US to do the same. suppliers to phase out the use of cruel Arkansas, each time circling the building gestation crates. A headline in “The for two weeks. Vancouver Sun” declared: “Pig cruelty VEGAN VENTURES video has desired effect, grocers press In response to increased pressure, for humane conditions.” including over 350,000 signatures This year saw unprecedented growth on MFA’s online petition asking the in plant-based food markets, as well as The announcement by the RCC company to ban gestation crates, unparalleled mainstream recognition of prompted “The Western Producer,” Walmart has publicly announced that vegan ventures. MFA partnered with a a major agribusiness periodical, to it is working “towards an industry number of game-changing companies, run an article titled “Gestation stalls wide model” that is “respectful” including Gardein, DF Mavens, done? Seems like it.” According to of animals, hinting that important Hampton Creek Foods, and Beyond the article, “When even Walmart and change is on the horizon. Meat, to transform the way Americans Costco sign-on to something like this, eat and spare countless animals in the farmers had better take it seriously.” process. FOIE GRAS: AMAZON STILL Such a policy change, unanimously DUCKING THE ISSUE RETAIL RELATIONSHIPS enacted by every major grocer in Canada, represents perhaps the single Following MFA’s startling investigation MFA’s corporate outreach department greatest animal welfare advancement into Hudson Valley Foie Gras, a supplier continues to nurture productive in Canada’s recent history. to Amazon.com, the world’s largest dialogue with over a hundred grocery online retailer, MFA organized a stores, restaurants, and major food nationwide campaign demanding manufacturers to strengthen their PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST Amazon stop its sale of foie gras. animal welfare policies. By convincing WALMART Campaign highlights included head- companies to ban inhumane practices, turning protests outside Amazon’s such as tail docking and the use of Unfortunately, Walmart in the U.S. still corporate headquarters in Seattle. restrictive crates and cages, MFA condones the use of cruel gestation The practice of force-feeding ducks to significantly impacts the lives of crates, even though almost all of its produce diseased duck livers sold as billions of farmed animals and brings major competitors, including Costco, foie gras is so cruel it has been outlawed them hope.

Animal-rights group targets Amazon Appears in Video over foie gras Asking Walmart to End ‘Torture’ of Pigs EDUCATION Education is the foundation of all societal change, which is why MFA’s education department worked so hard in 2013. Focusing on effective, results-driven tactics, such as advertising campaigns, grassroots advocacy, social media, and public demonstrations, MFA reached tens of millions of Americans about the plight of animals on factory farms and the benefits of a compassionate vegan diet.

FRESH NEW VEGAN our Paid-Per-View video pledged to RESOURCES reduce or eliminate their consumption of meat, dairy and egg products. In our ever-expanding effort to bring a This is life-changing, and lifesaving, vegan lifestyle to the masses, in 2013 grassroots advocacy at its best. MFA launched two brand-new resources: our rebuilt ChooseVeg.com website From coast to coast, over 250 MFA and revamped “Vegetarian Starter volunteers marched in 15 pride Guide.” These innovative support parades behind logo banners tools are complete with mouthwatering declaring, “No one is free when recipes and meal plans, information on others are oppressed.” Combined the ethical, environmental, and health- they handed out more than 60,000 of related benefits of a plant-based diet, our “Veg Out” leaflets and inspired tips on making the switch, a vegan food thousands to consider adopting a pyramid, and expert advice. compassionate vegan diet. MFA’s “Why Love One but Eat the Aiming to make the transition to a vegan Other?” pro-vegetarian billboards, one diet a healthful, easy and delicious one, AD CAMPAIGNS: featuring a puppy and a baby piglet, the MFA’s powerful new site and starter MAINSTREAMING other featuring a kitten and a baby chick, guide have reached over a million COMPASSION appeared in cities from Las Vegas people. to Tampa and served hundreds of With a special focus on online thousands of commuters some serious advertising, which allows us to reach food for thought. MFA also teamed SOWING SEEDS OF CHANGE millions of young people with up with music mogul Russell Simmons, compelling, life-altering information spotlighting him on a billboard in South In 2013, MFA conducted over 600 on and factory farming, MFA Chicago that encouraged locals to “Eat outreach events in 190 cities, continued to expand its highly effective Well, Live Well. Choose Vegetarian.” distributing close to one million pieces educational advertising programs in of pro-vegan literature at college 2013. Ads on Facebook, Hulu, Google, campuses, festivals, and Earth Day and other online hot spots directed THE PUPPY BURGER TOUR events, inspiring many of tomorrow’s millions of teens to MeatVideo.com and leaders to transition to a vegan lifestyle. ChooseVeg.com where they saw the Hitting over 70 cities across the horrors of factory farming with their own country, and generating front-page As part of MFA’s grassroots advocacy, eyes. headlines and coverage on dozens of we reached over 10,000 people TV shows, our traffic-stopping Why Love through our Paid-Per-View events, Our provocative Mad Sausage ad, One but Eat the Other? tour got millions paying them each $1 to watch a featuring a talking piece of meat who of people thinking about why we love four-minute video depicting cruelty confronts a would-be diner with the animals we consider “pets” but eat to animals on factory farms. Once violent reality of his past on a factory others we call “dinner.” The campaign confronted with the hard realities of farm, aired on MTV, VH1, Bravo and featured a head-turning, 10-foot-long industrialized animal agriculture, over Hulu and was viewed by millions of inflatable puppy in a hamburger bun. 80 percent of people who watched teens. The eye-catching spot took our meatless message to the masses. MEET Y oUR nEw bFFS (BEST FAB FOODS) // boUnTY on A tHe bUDGET FREE Vegetarian STARTER GUIDE Campaign protests meat producers’ cruelty to animals

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SupERFoodS to thE REScuE: FVEGETARIANEEl STARTER G GUIDE REAT & look GoRGEoUS “I have been wanting to go vegetarian for “I’ve been a meat lover my whole life and after a long time but have not known how. After I saw that commercial with the talking sausage, seeing the Walmart and Tyson video about I realized it’s time to change things.” cruelty against pigs, I am angry and anxious “MY HUSBAND AND I ARE INTERESTED IN to start.” BECOMING VEGETARIAN. WE JUST HAD A BABY AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE HER VEGETARIAN AS WELL AFTER SEEING A DOCUMENTARY CALLED ‘ANIMAL UNDERCOVER’ ON NAT GEO TV.” “AFTER WATCHING THIS VIDEO IT “AFTER WATCHING MADE ME THINK ABOUT REALLY EVERYTHING WE DON’T KNOW ABOUT WHERE OUR FOOD COMES WANT TO MAKE A FROM. I REALLY IT ON.” CHANGE AND PASS MFA: INSPIRING COMPASSION IN 2013 “I WAS INSPIRED TO BE VEGETARIAN BY THE ‘FARM TO FRIDGE’ VIDEO.” RELATIVES. THANK YOU!” TALK ABOUT THIS TO MY FRIENDS AND I DECIDED TO GO VEGETARIAN. I’LL INFORMATION. AFTER LEARNING THIS, “THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS “JUST DECIDED TO ADOPT “THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME A PLANT-BASED DIET GET STARTED GOING VEGAN. I LARGELY AS A RESULT DIDN’T REALIZE THE HORRORS OF VIEWING THE VIDEO PRODUCED BY MERCY FOR ANIMALS GO THROUGH UNTIL ANIMALS. HOPEFULLY THIS RECENTLY AND YOUR ARTICLE VEGETARIAN STARTER GUIDE AND VIDEOS WERE VERY HELPFUL. WILL GET ME GOING!” TIME! THANKS AGAIN!” WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT! BECOME A VEGAN. I ME BE MOTIVATED TO “THANK YOU FOR HELPING

“THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. I HAD NO OF ANIMALS. I WILL IDEA OF THE TORTURE GO VEGAN. THANK YOU.” DEFINITELY I’M SHARING ON FACEBOOK.” ♥ YOU.” YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE TO STAND UP FOR STAND SO MUCH FROM “I HAVE LEARNED “I HAVE ANIMALS, THANK “Found this because of a link to MeatVideo.com someone shared on my Facebook. Thank you so much for all the good you’re doing for animals and for helping me and so many others get involved.” “I was literally in tears when I saw a video showing how they kill animals in I want to industry. the food processing play my part and stop this by opting for a vegetarian diet.”

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