Thanksgiving is coming, a time to give thanks, be with friends and family, and celebrate with the ritualistic eating of an animal that was once considered as a candidate to be the national bird instead of the bald eagle.

So what do vegetarians and vegans do while everyone else is eating turkey? Many give to farm charities, especially www.AdoptATurkey.org. And hey, you don't have to be a vegan to do this. The parent organization, Farm Sanctuary, organizes several projects to either save farm animals from cruelty (not from legit farms who raise animals humanely) or they lobby for more humane treatment. So remember the animals on Thanksgiving too! They do an awful lot for us.