From all the vegetarians and vegans I’ve met over the years, I’ve found something interesting. Many start out exploring this way of life looking to improve their health. I’ve even met a few (very few) whose primary reason for going veg was for our environment. That was actually a big point for me at one time. Some do it to impress a girl, because it’s “cool”, or they don’t even know why originally.
The main reasons of these individuals change over time but based on the people I know, the majority who go long term are doing it for another reason.
For the Animals
As humans - at this time, on this planet - we have great power. Our technologies allow us to touch every spot of the earth. We leave our mark in some way almost everywhere we’ve been and places we may never be.
Factories in Canada create acid rain for Germany. Discarded computers poison the waters in Taiwan. Our packaging kills the sea life worldwide.
This is the power I speak of - the power to affect everything - and it comes with responsibility.
We have the power - the ability - to control land, to obtain money, to raise animals. We have the responsibility to do these things humanely. Not with nuclear weapons, not with robbery and theft, and not with concentrated feedlots.
Perhaps the reason most long term vegetarians site animal welfare and animal rights as their number one reason for their choices is that they learn more and more as they go.
Much has been written on this subject. It will be very easy for you to find.
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