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- Everybody says they're against animal abuse. Yet, humans abuse and kill nearly 100 billion land animals and 2 trillion marine animals every year. It is the responsibility of each of us to not harm others and live in a way that aligns with our values.
+ + +Veganism is the idea that all animals have fundamental rights to their own bodily autonomy and to be free from needless cruelty and violence. Veganism is a philosophy and way of living that seeks to exclude, as far as is practicable and possible, all forms of exploitation and cruelty to animals for food, clothing, entertainment, testing, or any other purpose.
+While vegan diets can certainly be healthy, veganism is not about health or the environment.
+ +In order to produce milk, dairy cows are forcefully impregnated (aka raped). Once they give birth, their babies are stolen and put into solitary confinement (or killed if male) and the cows are milked until they are exhausted, at which point they are slaughtered.
@@ -45,6 +55,7 @@Egg-laying hens are some of the most mistreated creatures on our planet. They are stuffed into tiny battery cages, where they have about the size of a letter sheet of paper to move. They undergo forced molting (starvation) to force their bodies to produce more eggs. Moreover, all male chicks are ground up alive at birth, as they serve no use.
+Learn more with our egg playlist.