CHRISTMAS shoppers in Hereford have been urged to be more compassionate to animals this festive season.
Members of Herefordshire Animal Protection League – some dressed in animal costumes – distributed hundreds of leaflets from Animal Aid to people in the city centre on Saturday urging them to give turkey a miss and have a veggie feast instead.
In a statement, the group said: "There is no need for turkeys or any other creatures to undergo such cruelty and killing, because we can all live healthily on a vegan diet without consuming meat, fish, eggs and dairy."
The leaflets also mentioned other ways of showing compassion at Christmas, such as by only buying cosmetics that have not been tested on animals.
Animal Aid's free Compassionate Christmas guide, can be viewed/downloaded at http://tinyurl.com/Compassionate-Christmas or by calling Animal Aid on 01732 364546).
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