Veganism is believing that animals should not be hurt or killed. It’s really that simple. It is the idea that all animals deserve nothing but respect, compassion, and freedom. Being vegan means you align your actions with these values and do not participate in anything which causes harm to animals as far as is possible. This includes not eating eggs, meat, dairy, or any other animal products, not wearing fur or leather, not buying products tested on animals and so on. Being vegan means respecting all animals, not just some. Just like you wouldn’t hurt a cat or a dog, you do not hurt pigs, chickens, cows, fishes or any other animals either.
Going vegan is easy once you imagine yourself in the victims’ place. Is your momentary taste pleasure really worth more than the life of an innocent animal?
Animal Cruelty
Every day, incomprehensible numbers of animals are exploited, tortured and murdered for food, and also for fashion, entertainment, and experimentation etc. Animals are sexually violated, they’re separated from their families, they’re mutilated, they’re forced to live in horrible conditions, they’re injured, beaten, and abused, they are forced into slaughterhouses, they are lowered into gas chambers and hung up and stabbed in the throat. Go to my pages on animal exploitation to find out more.
Why Animal Activism is Important
Being vegan simply means you refrain from actively participating in the exploitation of animals. Its a non-action, like choosing not to hit your child or not to neglect your cat. It should really be the moral minimum expected of people. Think of it like this: you’re walking along the street and you see someone violently beating a dog in exchange for money. You have three options; you could go to the person and pay them to keep hurting the dog, you could walk past and not encourage them but not do anything to stop them either, or you could interfere and stop the person from beating up the poor dog. When you put it like this it’s easy to see why going vegan is the least people should do and why animal activism is a moral obligation.
Animal activism comes in many forms. You can do online activism, outreach events, protests, giving out flyers, stickering, chalking, and simply speaking up for animals when they come up in conversation. Whatever lifestyle you lead, there is almost always a way to incorporate some form of animal activism. Just think if you were the victim, how much would you want someone to do for you?
The Animal Save Movement and Anonymous for the Voiceless are two animal rights organisations with chapters all over the world. These are both great groups to join when you’re getting started with activism. Anonymous for the Voiceless does Cubes of Truth which is a form of street activism involving showing the public footage of animal agriculture and engaging in productive conversations leading to a vegan conclusion. Animal Save does a variety of actions including holding Vigils outside slaughterhouses for the animals going in, and doing Save Squares (similar to cubes of truth). You can find out more on their Facebook pages: Animal Save Movement, Anonymous for the Voiceless, or by contacting me. In the images below my fellow activists and I are seen doing multiple different forms of activism, including Save Squares and Cubes of Truth.
See for yourself the reality of animal agriculture in this shocking documentary. Using undercover footage, “Dominion” exposes the true horrors you are paying for when you buy animal products.
Want to go vegan but not sure how? Join the 22 Day Vegan Challenge and receive free support to help you make the switch to a plant based diet. Sign up now and stop being the reason animals suffer. What are you waiting for?
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