It’s an ethical stance for animals; a rejection of the idea that they are resources or commodities for us to use as we please.
…Animals endure hellish cruelty unnecessarily. They experience pain, fear, enslavement, torture, and killing in farms, slaughterhouses, and all industries that exploit them. Using anyone leads to suffering.
We can change the narrative. What humans do to other animals is what’s extreme; being vegan and defending them is not. To know what’s just or humane, we must see from the victim’s perspective. Is it harder for us to live vegan, or is it harder for the animals to go through what they do? …
