WORLD DAY FOR FARMED ANIMALS OCTOBER 2
| Founded | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Dr. Alex Hershaft |
| Type | Nonprofit |
| Focus | Animal rights |
| Location | |
Employees
| 20 |
| Website | http://farmusa.org |
Farm Animal Rights Movement (FARM) is an international nonprofit organization working to promote a vegan lifestyle and animal rights through public education and grass roots outreach.[1] It operates ten national and international programs from its headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.
FARM has the abolitionist vision of a world where animals are free from all forms of human exploitation, including, food and clothing, research and testing, entertainment and hunting. FARM’s mission is to spare the largest number of animals from being bred, abused, and slaughtered for food, as this accounts for 98% of all animal abuse and slaughter.[2][3]
FARM was founded by Dr. Alex Hershaft in 1976 as the Vegetarian Information Service to distribute information on the benefits of a vegetarian diet. In 1981, it became the Farm Animal Reform Movement[4][5] by embracing veganism and the right of animals not to be used for food. In 2011, it adopted the DBA of Farm Animal Rights Movement to emphasize its commitment to ending the use of animals for food, rather than merely reforming their treatment.
World Day for Farmed Animals[edit]
World Day for Farmed Animals was launched in 1983 (as World Farm Animals Day) to expose the abuses of animal farming and to memorialize the billions of cows, pigs, and other innocent, sentient animals slaughtered for food throughout the world. The date selected was October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, world’s foremost advocate of nonviolence.
The occasion is observed each year with slaughterhouse protests and other dramatic events by hundreds of activists in the U.S. and two dozen other countries.[14][15]
World Day for Farmed Animals has been covered in the media[16] including The Washington Post,[17] Delaware Online,[18] and New York Daily News.[19]
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