21/04/2025
🌼 Eggs, lambs, chicks, bunnies. All under a brightly colored sun, cheerful pastel colors and the smell of flowers. Because that is what the image of Easter is, in addition to the story in several religions. New life, that’s what it’s all about. Then why are more (baby) animals dying and suffering today, BECAUSE of this worldwide celebration?
CHICKS
🐥 Twice as many eggs are eaten > the demand for them is greater worldwide > more chickens have to lay eggs > so more chickens have to excist during this period > and therefore more than half as many male chicks go through the shredder on their first day of life.
There are also more chicks being sold as ‘toys’, which are also bred in large numbers. Many don’t survive their first year.
CALVES
🐮 On the Easter table, next to eggs, there is also a lot of dairy such as fresh butter and milky chocolate eggs. Maybe today, as they celebrate new life, they would reflect on all the newborn calves that are torn away from their mothers and killed as a result? No, not even today.
LAMBS
🐑 Lambs, frolicking in the meadow. How cute, every petting zoo has them now. Because who doesn’t love it? Sadly, they are not born to grow old, but only to earn money around this month, and that is why they are bred in large numbers. In the summer, when people have new interests and forgot even the photos in their phone from them, these lambs stand in line at the slaughterhouse. There are even humans who want to eat lamb racks on Easter. These lambs are often only a few weeks old and are bred especially for this day.
BUNNIES
🐰 Easter involves bunnies, and how fun is it to give your 3-year-old child a newborn fluffy ball? Every breeder has them! They only forget that it is fun for 2 days, and many rabbits are then dumped OR they choose to keep them until Christmas, after which they have to serve another horrible purpose.
How Easter is currently celebrated in the world is not about celebrating new life, but about killing new life. Show what it should stand for, see the hypocrisy and go vegan. 🌱