Every day, 2.5 million animals are brutally slaughtered for human consumption. Even more are tortured and killed for the production of eggs, dairy, and other animal products. As the years pass, the world has seen an increase in the number of animals being murdered for the pleasure and use of humans. Consuming and using animals is not only cruel—it is also damaging to the environment and harmful to our health. Yet we human beings still continue to devour and use animals at alarming rates. Luckily, there is a solution that will lessen, if not stop, the damage that is being caused by the production of these animal products. A vegan lifestyle is a lifestyle that is free of cruelty, is environmentally-friendly, and healthy; veganism benefits everybody, and being a vegan is a simple change, which is why everybody should become a vegan.
Veganism and vegetarianism differ in several ways. A vegetarian is a person who does not consume meat. A vegan, on the other hand, is a person who does not use or consume any animal products, including meat, eggs, dairy, honey, gelatin, leather, and fur. Although this may seem like a drastic lifestyle change, the benefits are worth it, and you may find that following a vegan lifestyle is easier than you’d think.
Many people continue to support the consumption of animal products because they think that animals are treated humanely by farmers prior to being slaughtered. This statement is false for several reasons. Firstly, any kind of slaughter is not humane, and cannot be justified. Secondly, most animals today are not raised and killed on the friendly farms that the meat, dairy, and egg industries have convinced us to believe they are. Instead, they’re raised and killed in factory farms, slaughterhouses, and other confinements, under unbearable conditions. The competition to produce inexpensive meat, egg, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as objects and mere commodities. Factory farms dominate