It’s wonderful to be here. In 1986 when the Farm Sanctuary was established, I didn’t know much about what was happening to animals raised for food; so I began to visit farms to see first hand what was happening. In some cases, animals were tossed in trash cans while still alive, or they were left to die on piles of dead animals. We began to rescue them by taking them home and caring for them. Now we have two farms— in New York and in Oreland, California—for animals to live out their lives and as sanctuaries for people who care about animals. On our farms, animals are our friends, not our food. We are trying to reshape how cows, pigs, and other farm animals are perceived in our society, that they’re not just commodities to be exploited for their flesh.
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希臘哲學家蘇格拉底曾說:「吃素以後,人們會和平、健康地活到高壽,並且把類似的生活方式傳給後代子孫。」
又說:「如果你要吃肉,那你就得需要更大更多的土地來種植物;一方面給這些待宰的牛羊吃,一方面你自己也得吃蔬菜。於是,你就會開始覬覦隔鄰的土地,同時想把它搶過來,於是,就得發動戰爭。」
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動物是朋友而非食物
很榮幸能來到這兒。回溯至1986年,當我們開始經營動物保護區的時候,我實在不太了解這些農場動物是怎麼被對待的;所以我開始造訪農場,發現了那些被飼養來做食物的牛、豬和其他動物的第一手資訊。在某些狀況下,有的動物是活生生地被丟在垃圾箱裏面,或者混在一堆死的動物裏頭等死;所以我們就開始拯救牠們,把牠們帶回家照顧。我們現在有兩個農場,一個在紐約州,另外一個在加州的奧里蘭。動物可以在這個地方活到自然死亡,因此它不但是個動物保護區,也是一個愛護動物者的保護區。在我們農場(動物保護區)裏,動物是朋友而非食物。我們試圖重塑牛、豬和其他動物是社會一份子的觀念,因為牠們一直只被看做要被宰來吃的肉。
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德國著名醫學家史懷哲從小就非常善良,不忍殺生,朋友若是找他一起去釣魚,他總是不肯;每天睡前,一定要為所有生物禱告,才願意安心入睡。
史懷哲剛到非洲行醫時,看到當地人用小馬兒拉木頭,覺得很不忍;也因為非洲的種種經歷,讓他更體悟出尊重生命的理念。
對史懷哲而言,生命是平等的,他在非洲不僅照顧病人,也收養了兩百多隻動物,
他尊重每一個生命!
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