I saw this post on a Facebook group page and thought it was worth sharing. The young woman that posted it indicated that she is not the original Author of the content. I have asked where it came from. For now, the Author is unknown. I would add that palm oil is not vegan because of the death, pain and destruction it causes to the planet. I agree that being vegan is about far more than the food we eat. ༄ Honey is not vegan. If given a chance, bees will use THEIR vomit as hive insulation, and food for themselves and for their babies. Bee vomit = animal product = theirs = not for humans = not vegan. Vegetarian. ༄ Wool is not vegan. Shearing sheep for their fur is not a benign activity. Folds of skin—along with the tail—are cut off without anesthetic in an attempt to prevent flies from laying eggs near the rectum. Ironically, the bloody mutilation often attracts more insects. The sheep are manhandled during shearing and suffer from painful cuts and enormous gashes. And when sheep stop producing quality wool, they always end up at the slaughterhouse, or being murdered by Muslims in psychotic ritual slaughters. Vegetarian. (Although vegetarianism is a joke.) ༄ Zoos and circuses are not vegan. Zoos have taken away the animals freedom and made them living skeletons. The pride is gone. The will to thrive has vanished. The feeling of happiness faded. The thrill of endless miles of roaming has been usurped. Every thing that is natural to an animal, has been made UNNATURAL by the state-sanctioned animal prison system that operates for one reason and one reason alone; the almighty dollar. ༄ Riding any kind of animal: horse, elephant, bull, efc. is not vegan. Then its time for the bit to be forced into the horses mouth so their every movement can be controlled. This cruel and vile device—which used to be shoved into the mouths of black slaves in America when they were auctioned off to white businessmen—forces the horse into full submission. The bit is intentionally placed behind the front cutting teeth and behind the back grinding teeth. When the rein is yanked, the steel implement painfully grinds against the teeth, the roof of the mouth and the cheek area so the horse will submit to the demands of the rider and turn left or right, or stop. The mouth is one of the most sensitive parts of anyones body, therefore making it not only evil to control someone in this way, but purely fallacious for those in the racing and equestrian industries to call themselves horse-lovers! Intentionally inflicting pain and discomfort on someone else is hateful, not loving. ༄ I wish I could take away the domestication of dogs and cats. It was a bad idea to take them out of their natural environments thousands of years ago. However, I am not an irrational absolutist. It is obvious that dogs and cats ENJOY living with us. They live in our homes and receive love, warmth, shelter, water and food. Besides breeding and meat-based food issues, I see no ethical dilemma with having dog and cat companions. However, there is one exception to the previous statement: spaying and neutering. Taking away an animals right to procreate is unethical, and is the ONLY discrepancy in all animal rights philosophy. However, considering the alternative—murdering millions of LIVE dogs and cats in city slaughterhouses every year—I will GLADLY take away an animals right to procreate. For the record, since spaying or neutering an animal is a surgery performed with anesthetic, it cannot be labeled cruel even if it is a violation of their right to reproduce. It is simply a violation of their rights. (Birds, fish, snakes - or other animals who have to be kept in cages – NEVER belong in our homes. Cages are prisons, and NO creature is happy living in a cage.) If anyone wants information on vegan dog and cat food, let me know. Buying non vegan food for a companion animal is not vegan nor ethical.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 11:05:22 +0000
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