ABOUT THE FOUNDER
With baby Kira, who also loves animals but still pets the cats too hard
My name is Max Peck, and I am the founder and executive director of EZ Animal Rights.
Since I was young, I have been particularly sensitive to animals, and have been consistently surprised by the egregiousness of their treatment by humans. This has remained consistent throughout my time growing up in Asheville, my college experience at UNCG, and then my time spent living in China, India, and elsewhere for many more years. I have never been a vegetarian, and have never felt scruples about eating ethically-sourced meat from animals whose lives were good, BUT: the practices of factory farms - and the lack of substantial animal protection laws in most states - have always struck me as obviously wrong. (Especially here in NC, where I was born, raised, and am now raising a family of my own.)
Finally, I decided to do something about it, and this organization was thus created.
Our goal is to achieve elimination of each of our "Targets" listed on the front page - both in NC and in all other states - and then to move on to more ambitious targets (e.g., federal law). We will accomplish this, in full compliance with IRS's 501(c)(3) regulations, by educating + being educated by the public, researching + presenting information to advance our causes, advocating for our "targets," and helping to get laws drawn up and passed.
Our only income comes from your investment. With this income, we:
- pay all employees $35/hour (if we get more funding than expected this number will go up to $50 and higher, but never anything unreasonable, and will always be updated and detailed here)
- travel around states to raise awareness to our causes, and to/from state legislatures to advocate for EZ Animal Rights "Targets"
- cooperate with other organizations with similar goals
- educate the public via social media, events, and more about our "Targets"
- engage lawyers to sharpen our legislation and ensure compliance
How do I know that we can succeed in passing laws to reduce the suffering of animals on a huge scale?
- A. Many states have already done it.
- B. I have friends from all across the political spectrum, and there is widespread agreement on the issues EZ Animal Rights is tackling. Our issues are and will remain expressly nonpartisan, as a rule.
To maintain full transparency, we send all investors a biweekly newsletter, so investors are fully aware of exactly what we are doing with their money.
As always, we love to hear from you - contact details are below.
Since I was young, I have been particularly sensitive to animals, and have been consistently surprised by the egregiousness of their treatment by humans. This has remained consistent throughout my time growing up in Asheville, my college experience at UNCG, and then my time spent living in China, India, and elsewhere for many more years. I have never been a vegetarian, and have never felt scruples about eating ethically-sourced meat from animals whose lives were good, BUT: the practices of factory farms - and the lack of substantial animal protection laws in most states - have always struck me as obviously wrong. (Especially here in NC, where I was born, raised, and am now raising a family of my own.)
Finally, I decided to do something about it, and this organization was thus created.
Our goal is to achieve elimination of each of our "Targets" listed on the front page - both in NC and in all other states - and then to move on to more ambitious targets (e.g., federal law). We will accomplish this, in full compliance with IRS's 501(c)(3) regulations, by educating + being educated by the public, researching + presenting information to advance our causes, advocating for our "targets," and helping to get laws drawn up and passed.
Our only income comes from your investment. With this income, we:
- pay all employees $35/hour (if we get more funding than expected this number will go up to $50 and higher, but never anything unreasonable, and will always be updated and detailed here)
- travel around states to raise awareness to our causes, and to/from state legislatures to advocate for EZ Animal Rights "Targets"
- cooperate with other organizations with similar goals
- educate the public via social media, events, and more about our "Targets"
- engage lawyers to sharpen our legislation and ensure compliance
How do I know that we can succeed in passing laws to reduce the suffering of animals on a huge scale?
- A. Many states have already done it.
- B. I have friends from all across the political spectrum, and there is widespread agreement on the issues EZ Animal Rights is tackling. Our issues are and will remain expressly nonpartisan, as a rule.
To maintain full transparency, we send all investors a biweekly newsletter, so investors are fully aware of exactly what we are doing with their money.
As always, we love to hear from you - contact details are below.
MISSION STATEMENT
EZ Animal Rights came forth based on the belief that all sentient beings, including those raised for food, should be treated as humanely as possible, with their suffering minimized to the greatest extent feasible.
EZ Animal Rights exists to improve animal welfare across the United States. The organization will accomplish this by educating the populace on these issues and advocating therefore, as well as by presenting, on its website and across social media, animal rights “targets” to be improved (and bad practices to be eliminated) by state law, and will:
- provide templates for doing so (based on laws successfully passed by certain states)
- modify templates for individual states based on their unique requirements
- engage in outreach to citizenry, for mutual education / assistance
EZ Animal Rights will first focus on factory farming and excessive tethering dogs in the state of North Carolina; as EZ Animal Rights’s budget and staff grow, it will expand to other animal rights causes (e.g., captive animals, animal research, companion animals, and wildlife) and other states, as well as pushing for (the ultimate trophy) federal legislation to protect animals.
Through EZ Animal Rights’s actions, the hundreds of billions of animals within the US’s factory farming system will have their welfare / quality of life improved tremendously, and their suffering minimized.
EZ Animal Rights will be expressly nonpartisan and will favor no political parties. EZ Animal Rights will lobby any candidate ostensibly willing to advance its causes. EZ Animal Rights will not be involved in any political movements besides those involving animal rights, given that the causes that it supports have broad support across the political spectrum.
EZ Animal Rights will not scold, will not moralize, and will not antagonize. Instead, we will work to educate and be educated, spread awareness, and work in good faith with all those willing, always keeping our mission and targets in mind.
EZ Animal Rights exists to improve animal welfare across the United States. The organization will accomplish this by educating the populace on these issues and advocating therefore, as well as by presenting, on its website and across social media, animal rights “targets” to be improved (and bad practices to be eliminated) by state law, and will:
- provide templates for doing so (based on laws successfully passed by certain states)
- modify templates for individual states based on their unique requirements
- engage in outreach to citizenry, for mutual education / assistance
EZ Animal Rights will first focus on factory farming and excessive tethering dogs in the state of North Carolina; as EZ Animal Rights’s budget and staff grow, it will expand to other animal rights causes (e.g., captive animals, animal research, companion animals, and wildlife) and other states, as well as pushing for (the ultimate trophy) federal legislation to protect animals.
Through EZ Animal Rights’s actions, the hundreds of billions of animals within the US’s factory farming system will have their welfare / quality of life improved tremendously, and their suffering minimized.
EZ Animal Rights will be expressly nonpartisan and will favor no political parties. EZ Animal Rights will lobby any candidate ostensibly willing to advance its causes. EZ Animal Rights will not be involved in any political movements besides those involving animal rights, given that the causes that it supports have broad support across the political spectrum.
EZ Animal Rights will not scold, will not moralize, and will not antagonize. Instead, we will work to educate and be educated, spread awareness, and work in good faith with all those willing, always keeping our mission and targets in mind.
VISION STATEMENT
By 2028, EZ Animal Rights envisions becoming a prominent force in the fight against animal suffering, throughout the US and beyond. With thriving branches in nearly every state, we will have achieved: much greater public awareness about specific animal rights issues and how to solve them, significant legislative successes, expanded international efforts, and saved trillions (not exaggerating) of animals from needless suffering. Through a proven pattern of accomplishing stated goals and embracing ever more ambitious challenges, our focus remains centered on the mission of mandating humane treatment for all sentient beings