From the article: What are some environmental reasons to go vegetarian?
Why are you vegetarian? I want to know your reasons for being vegetarian, whatever they may be! There are so many reasons to go vegetarian and advantages of being vegetarian, and your own reasons may be very personal and unique. So please share you own "why vegetarian" and reason you decided to become vegetarian! Many people go vegetarian for health reasons, animal rights, religious and even human rights. What about you? Why did you become veg?
they scream........because there scared.
- I urge vegans (and even non vegans) to watch peta2 videos,they show the harsh brutal truth on how meat gets to your plate, not with quick painless deaths but with torture due to selfish immoral cruel people. I for one am ashamed that Ive ever eaten at a fast food restaurant.They also show the truths about animal testing, fur industries,and more.
- —Guest honi unsuported vegan
why I turned vegetarian
- I am 75 years old now, have eaten no meat for 12 years. Our kids were in FFA (future farmers of America) and raised cows pigs rabbits etc. After judging the animals we would butcher them. I could feel the animals fear and finally realized that animals have F E E L I N G S . This made me reject meat and the butchering schene. It is awful to see animals murdered just so humans can eat the flesh and blood of these animals.------We live near a lake and I used to go fishing too. If you ever caught a fish you would see it flop around in pain. Then die when someone cut its head off before cleaning.-------We used to raise chickens for the meat. We butchered them too. This is how we did it. Uou catch the chicken, you take it over to a wood stump, cut its head off with an ax and then you watch it flip flop around on the ground until it is dead, Sickening isnt it? That is very cruel to our animals. I will never eat animal flesh again. Phyllis
- —Guest hyllis brewer
I love all creatures on earth.
- My main reason for wanting to go vegan among the obvious health issues is that I simply love and respect all animals large and small I think its ashamed that every human doesnt feel the same humans tend to be a selfish species and we think we are the only important ones in the world.
- —Guest tony
Why I am choosing to Go Vegan
- I want to have nicer skin, lose weight and live a longer, healthier lifestyle.
- —Guest Jenny
Oops
- I actually became vegetarian on accident. I set out intentionally to just eat only organic foods thinking that becoming vegetarian would be too much of a change. Then I quickly realized i wasn't buying meat. I suggest tofu stir-fry from bayan foods. It tastes good and smells great(w/or w/out soy sauce). I still slip from time to time when i have cravings, but i don't punish nyself.
- —Guest lacey
I forgot this point.
- Why don't carnivores eat people? It would eliminate the population problem, world hunger and the cemetary problems. They have to bury people upright is some countries because of space. How much food could we grow on a 6 foot plot?
- —Guest MarLo
Why I'm a veg
- I've been a veg for over 25 years. It started in college(yes I'm "older" and from Oklahoma...meat country) First it was financial...meat costs a lot and vienna sausages and Underwood's Deviled Ham were getting old! Second...when I'm hungry...I'm really hungry...and planning to eat a roast in four hours was not an option. Second, I feel healthier and I'm extremely opposed ethically to the entire meat industry (chicken, beef, pork, lamb, rabbit...please..it's absolutely immoral!!) I am having a bit of a problem excluding cheese (solidified cow mucus) in part becasue I love pizza. I am in NYC. But I am working on it. Best of luck to all!!!!!
- —Guest MarLo
WHY I am for VEG!
- I have STRONGLY decided to go vegetarian, and now I am exploring the Vegan lifestyle for the right of the animals! NEVER could WE as humans take their right of life away. It truly breaks my heart to know how they are treated. and for what? I will make sure I do everything I can, to put energy towards a better life for them. Its only right. Happy Veggie! :)
- —Guest virgo824
Why I became a vegetarian
- I have been a vegetarian for over 30 years now - I stopped eating anything "that moves" when I read an article by Nobel Prize Winner Nadine Gordimer. I suddenly realized that I could not carry on eating animals, it just was not fair! I dont wear leather, nor silk, nor prpducts exprimented on animals. Here in Portugal, where animals are really not-existing entities, and cruelty is the order of the day, I am regarded as a oddity and it's very difficult to eat out. But I am delighted of my small contribution!
- —Simbita
Veg or Vegan?
- I've just recently decided to try out vegetarianism, simply because I got sick of eating the same old dishes with meat. I haven't missed the meat so much, but I was surprised to see how many foods contained eggs, gelatin, etc. I have been researching veganism and I am toying with giving it a go. I have become alot more aware and spiritual since trying vegetarianism. It has prompted me to really think about what I am putting into my body and what exploiting animals does to the environment, economy and our spiritual being....
- —Guest Beginner
To improve my health
- I was overweight and had stomach problems so I started watching what I ate and exercised. At first I eliminated beef and pork. Then it was poultry. I began noticing that I felt better than I ever did before. I finally cut out fish and became a total vegetarian about four years ago. By then, I had lost over 100 pounds and had been at my lowest weight since middle school. It just felt good and like it was the right thing to do. I haven't eaten meat since. It's just a part of my lifestyle now.
- —Guest Beth
tootie
- COMPASSION - there needs to be more of it in this world.
- —Guest miss jane
I watched the documentary "Food, Inc."
- I also practice Yoga regularly, and one thing I believe is that every living thing on earth has a soul. How good could you feel consuming the soul of an animal that lived such a tortured life? I am a veg and quite happy!
- —suzstaples
morality
- I am 58 yrs old and have been eating meat on and off for most of my life. I recently read an article about the treatment of animals before they are slaughtered. This moved me enough to finally change. It has been a lifetime struggle, but I have been a vegetarian for almost a year and I am finally at peace.
- —Guest joanb0130
why I do not eat anything with eyes
- Over thirty two years ago I was in Boston, in a rowboat and saw two beautiful ducks. They stay together for life. How could I eat anything that has such feelings? I gave up all animals, eventually even fish. Octopus raise their young! Mankind cannot seem to stay together until death does them part. The creatures that are here for us to enjoy should not be used as commodities. They are created to live by nature's law, not die by the hand of humans.
- —Guest aliceJena
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