Your Turn to Try

I have to say this: We vegans first tried our hardest to get people to go vegan for justice for animals and animal rights. When that didn't work we talked about compassion for animals and how much we have in common and how they feel just like we do. When that didn't work, we talked extensively about people's health and how almost all aspects of health will be improved with a vegan lifestyle. When that was ignored, we talked about the environmental reasons to go vegan and how animal agriculture ruins just about everything on this Earth. We even talked about how eating animals makes climate change worse! When that didn't work, we talked about how large farming corporations are taking all your money and your taxes are paying for their bailouts and their subsidies and even their Wifi. When that was ignored, we pointed out that all these viruses come from animals and that, in order to stop most viruses in the future, we must stop eating animals! I know that is being ignored too.
People who eat meat and dairy in this age are ruining the lives of others - animals, humans, our future generations, and all life on Earth.

There are vegan recipes all over the Internet. Your supermarkets are wiped out, but, as you always point out to me, there is some food in the "vegan section." Go there and get some! First read the labels, because some of it is just vegetarian or even "organic meat." (Boo.) Try the vegan sausages I recommend over and over. I will not tell you the brand, because I have said it so much, I have been accused of being paid by the company! (But the initials are F.R. and the types of that F.R. brand that I like are the apple sage sausage and the Italian sausage.)

Make an effort. Eat some grains, some vegan meat, some vegan cheese, some vegan sour cream, some vegan mayo, some Oreos, some potato chips, some vegetables, some fruits, purchase some plant milk, some vegan ice cream, and other vegan junk food if that is your desire. We have great food!

So try it.

Save this planet now!

You Know

For years, I have had discussions with people about animal rights, but a new idea hit me today.  My discussions used to go something like this:

Other Person:  It’s the circle of life.  We are supposed to kill animals.  We are predators.  Animals in slaughterhouses don’t know you are going to kill them.  Animals don’t have a sense of themselves, so it doesn’t matter.

I would usually argue back that we are primates and are most suited to eating grains, fruits and vegetables; that we were not born with tools in our hands; that animals do know fear and can smell blood and feel terrible pain when they are slaughtered; that most animals do have a sense of themselves because they react to pain, want love, and a few do look at their reflections and realize it is them.  I end up writing a lot of information on all these topics in order to try to prove each aspect.

What I thought of today is that it does not matter whether it is the circle of life, whether you think you are supposed to kill animals, whether you are a predator, whether animals don’t realize they are about to die, or whether animals have a sense of themselves - YOU know they are about to die. 

You know this is their only life – this is their only chance to live on planet Earth.  Why would you take that away?  Why would you categorize them as “livestock” or “food” when you could eat something else and allow them to live their lives? Why betray them?  Why be “The Devil” to them?  As long as they aren’t threatening your life, why take theirs?  Why not live as morally and kindly as you can?  Let them experience life for as long as their natural lives will last and help make every animal’s life as good as possible! 

Australia Fires and Animal Deaths - a Short Comparison

The Australia fires have killed 1/2 billion animals so far, and I hate to imagine their deaths. However, the United States has killed 59 billion animals this year for our choice of food consumption and I hate to imagine their lives and deaths. In addition, wild animals are killed to make room for cow grazing and crops for farm animal feed due to our choice of food consumption and I hate to imagine their deaths.

There is that word: choice.