Consider a vegan diet

 Chicken Cages Dear Editor: The alarming news that at least 15,000 hens at TysonFoods, the worlds largest meat processor, have been exposed to thebird flu virus will hopefully prompt people to reconsider theirfood choices. The best way to stop the spread of bird flu is tostop raising and eating animals. Chicken and turkey factory farms are so crowded and filthy thatthey are perfect reservoirs for disease. Tens of thousands of birdsare packed in sheds teeming with bacteria and ammonia fumes; manybecome ill from the unsanitary environment. Laying hens are crammedin battery cages stacked tier upon tier. Feces from the birds ontop fall on the birds below, providing ideal conditions fordiseases like bird flu to spread. According to the World Health Organization, humans can becomeinfected with bird flu by eating undercooked infected chicken andby eating food prepared on the same cutting board as contaminatedchicken or eggs. Even touching the broken eggshells of infectedeggs puts consumers at risk. We can all help prevent bird flu andother foodborne illness  and save billions of animals from painand suffering  by eating a vegan diet. Visit www.GoVeg.com for afree vegetarian starter kit.