What Made You Go Vegan?
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During the 2022 Animal Rights March in New York City, we asked 11 participants what made them go vegan. Here’s what they said:
While millions of people, including those featured in this video, go vegan for ethical reasons, others make the switch to a plant-based diet to improve their health or to protect the planet. Animal agriculture is not only one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters, but it is also a leading cause of deforestation, species extinction, ocean dead zones, antibiotic resistance and zoonotic disease outbreaks, such as avian flu and swine flu.
Animal rights activists from New York, the surrounding states and Canada participate in the 2022 Animal Rights March, which took place on August 27, 2022
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“I used to be you. I used to turn a blind eye to the suffering of animals for my food, clothing, entertainment and household items. I used to tell myself that animals didn’t matter, that my needs far exceeded the needs of some chicken in a factory. Humans are superior, at least that is what I thought. And then I could no longer live with myself, participating in the exploitation and murder of others for my selfish needs. And then I went vegan and really became me.”
“So many people insist they are against animal abuse, cruelty, suffering and the inhumane treatment of animals, yet they don’t understand they are actively engaging in and supporting egregious suffering, abuse, cruelty and inhumane treatment when they eat animals and their ‘by-products.’ If you are against cruelty, suffering and inhumane treatment, then you go vegan. It’s just that simple.” – Sarah Kiser
“There will come a time in the future where we look back in shame at how we ate and used other animals for our pleasure. We will recoil at the violence we sowed upon them for our selfish desires. Just like all forms of oppression and exploitation that have come before us, animal exploitation will end. Which side of history will you be on when the history books have been written?”
So powerful to hear first hand accounts of real people inspired to stand up to injustice and suffering by fighting back with their choices and spending dollars. Bravo to TheirTurn for phenomenal work on this video