Becoming a vegan
Becoming a vegan is probably one of the most beneficial steps an individual can take to help the planet.
If you do not consume meat or dairy then the animals will not be born to supply that demand. Animals give off so much methane world wide, that is probably why there is a hole in the ozone above New Zealand, because of the concentration of sheep there.
All the grain that is grown to feed the animals could be used to feed us, cutting out the middle man the animal, we are feeding something with the sole purpose of using it to feed ourselves, that in my view seems so wasteful and not at all environmentally friendly, to use twice as many resources to achieve the same goal is madness.
I am an animal lover and the reason I came to think that a vegan diet is the best stemmed from that, but it also makes sense on so many other levels too.
Being a vegetarian is a good start, but when you look into the dairy industry it is full of cruelty, probably far more than the meat industry, because once an animal is dead his pain is over, I think , but I could be wrong I am open minded enough to be enlightened more on that one. Large quantities of milk are only achieved from cows if the calf is taken away from its mother, unless you farm on such a small scale and share the cows milk with her calf leaving him to suckle naturally, but then what do you do with the calf after weaning! Eat him I suspect!. The Hare Krishna centre in North London does achieve this though, they use the males to pull ploughs and work their farm. The females go back into the herd presume. The dairy calves that are taken off of their mothers are then bottle fed until they can eat grass. They are then fattened up allowed to grow and go into the food chain. Dairy cows are crossed with beef bulls to breed calves with more meat.
If I had to pick between being born a beef calf or a dairy calf I would choose to be a beef calf at least he gets to spend time with his mother and be in a herd for a time. There is another type of really sad victim in all this too, the calf that is born male and is pure dairy, no body wants him, they are usually killed by the farmers at birth. Most farmers are caring and compassionate people who love their animals so this must be a very hard thing for them to do. Farmers know that most of what they breed will go into the food chain, they seldom send them to the slaughter houses themselves, they get sent to market where others with no emotional input buy them to fatten up for their eventual trip to the slaughter house. This also goes on in horses widely in Europe too.
Eggs and chickens... well that is a whole subject on its own.
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Comment by MiraCulous on March 31, 2009 at 10:08am
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thank you for sharing your thoughts. I am a vegan. I started out a vegetarian, inspired by others and b/c of my strong love of animals. Then realized that is only a small reason as to why it was a good idea to make this shift. I first began eliminating land animals, all four legged creatures, as well as chickens. I would still eat dairy and eggs. Then my body was not liking/ enjoying them anymore. As well as fish and sea creatures. Also knowing what goes on makes me not want to support that market. Animals are suffering, b/c we are taking their food sources. The worst part is, we do not NEED to. We have other ways of become "full", more nutritious and humane ways. Why must we induce unneccesary suffering on other beings?!
You can tell that the dairy and egg industry is down by advertisements. There never used to be ads promoting "milk and eggs", they were a household staple. I recently saw a commercial for eggs that have "Disney" characters on them! I guess they think that will make people/ children want to eat eggs more. Not to mention a disney advertisement right on your breakfast food. That is ridiculous.
I think eggs are disgusting and the more I think about why, the more it grosses me out and makes me wonder why anyone would want to eat a baby that is still developing?!
Can you imagine if a creature more powerful than us, let's say an "Alien", would enjoy eating our "eggs". They would take the still developing baby out of the mommy "incubator" and enjoy eating it. How's that for nasty? next time you want to eat an egg, just ponder that for a moment.
Taking milk from cows is also terrible. Lets say the same situation with the egg, except make it milk. How awful is that? When a breast is filled with milk, it is very sensitive. how would a human mom like to be hooked up to a metal machine and have her breasts pumped for a child that is not her own, not even her own species. Doesn't seem like an intriguing idea does it?
What mankind is doing to animals is downright SICK.
"Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find Peace." ~Albert Schweitzer
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Comment by ♥ on March 31, 2009 at 4:31pm
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Thanks for your comments and for taking the time to read my thoughts.
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Comment by tena shannondoah on May 16, 2009 at 12:04am
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es i agree motherearth/her animals aswel tusk hide skin in makeup all that no good i not eat anima long time ago i did as i s do eat some types of fish. yes mankind is destruction water lot thing porn sick pediphiles all is sick motherearth is crying and dying ok its sad see you later tena i am an
anti everything i am as well anti american tooo c`~
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tena, I am glad you do not eat animals but fish have feelings too.
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"Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you. --Wayne Dyer
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soarin with ya sister ;-)
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Thanks Miss Mina :) great song and video xxx
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