Like many people, you might wonder, “Why don’t vegans eat cheese? Don’t cows need to be milked? You don’t have to kill cows for milk, anyway. And isn’t it a good source of calcium?” Yet common myths like these are simply marketing facades that the industry promotes to fuel our insatiable consumption of cheese. Vegans …
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Many people can understand why vegans don’t eat meat. But what about animal products that seem on the surface not to require harming the animal to use, like wool? Is wool vegan? Wool is not vegan because it is a product of animal exploitation. Most wool is taken from sheep, as well as goats, alpacas …
If you haven’t thought much about the egg industry, it’s natural to wonder, “Why don’t vegans eat eggs?” On the surface, it doesn’t seem like there’s a problem. Chickens naturally lay eggs, which most people think are healthy to eat – what’s the issue? The answer is that vegans don’t eat eggs because they avoid …
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Like many non-vegans, you might wonder, “Why don’t vegans drink milk? Don’t cows need to be milked? You don’t have to kill cows for milk, anyway. And isn’t it a good source of calcium?” Yet common myths like these are simply marketing facades that the industry promotes to fuel our insatiable consumption of dairy. Vegans …
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It’s often harder for people to feel compassion for aquatic animals like fish because they seem so foreign and distant to us. So, why don’t vegans eat fish? Vegans don’t eat fish in part because they do not consume any sentient animals or animal products. Instead, they eat plant-based foods. Many vegans also don’t eat …
Say you’re at a restaurant and saw the following on the menu: “Golden retriever burger. Certified humane killing.” How would you feel? Would you consider it humane for someone to kill a happy, healthy dog for food? The reason we would not is because we have been socialized into an invisible belief system called carnism …
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As some people question whether shrimp even feel pain (they do), you might wonder – is shrimp vegan? No, shrimp not vegan because they are sentient creatures. But the problems with shrimp extend far beyond that. Many vegans don’t eat shrimp for five other significant reasons that you may never have heard. Farmed or wild-caught: …
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The life of a dairy cow includes farmers forcibly impregnating them, taking away their babies repeatedly and exploiting them for 4 to 5 years until sending them to slaughter.
