1. Because every sentient creature has the right to not be exploited and killed
2. Because of the shitty conditions farm animals go through
3. Because of the terror they feel when they have their throats slit
4. Because it’s a dead fucking body
5. Because the majority of humans do not require any animal products in their life or diet to thrive
6. Because animal agriculture is responsible for deforestation, including up to 85% of the Amazon
7. Because the UN agrees a global plant-based diet is the best thing we could do to help our planet
8. Because animal agriculture is an enormous waste of land, water, and food
9. In the US, 47% of soy and 60% of corn is used as feed for livestock
10. Because every sentient being has the right to not be exploited and killed
11. Because it’s illegal to hit or kill a dog or cat, but the social norm to eat the corpse of a cow and pig
12. Because meat is disgusting and unhealthy (but to reiterate, I couldn’t give less of a shit about health)
13. Because animal agriculture forces indigenous people off their land
14. Because meat packers and slaughterhouse workers have one of the most dangerous jobs in the US, with an injury rate of 27/100. They are given almost no breaks, and forced to do the same backbreaking, repetitive motions for hours every day. For next to no pay. Factory farm workers are no better off
15. Because many countries facing famine have enough food, but it’s used as livestock feed for western cattle
16. Because animal agriculture poisons waterways and is the leading cause of man-made climate change
17. Because factory farms are almost always set up in poor areas where the people can’t move away when their water becomes contaminated and the fucking toxins in the air give them lung cancer
18. because the oceans are so polluted and overfished, we could be facing near-lifeless oceans in less than 40 years.
19. Because there are plant-based foods that look, feel, and taste like meat but nobody had to die for it
20. Because “it tasted good” is a shitty reason for murder
21. Because every sentient being has the right to not be exploited and killed
22. Because you’re an asshole, get off my post you ignorant twat.
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