Unitarian Universalists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals believes that the movement to end animal abuse presents us with one of the most pressing moral issues of our time.
Human beings are in danger of losing our connection to the natural world.
We live in cities that insulate us from the rhythms of creation. The misuse of science and technology has lead us to believe that we are exempt from the laws of nature. And a human-centered religious tradition has fostered the notion that the earth and her creatures have no other function other than to serve human wishes. These are dangerous beliefs beliefs which not only justify cruelty toward other sentient beings, but which have also brought about the destruction of the environment and ultimately imperil our own survival. Because the fate of non-human animals is tied to our own, we have little to lose and everything to gain from our activism in response to the current ecological crisis.