Hello, strange looking people on earth. I come in peace. Today in the Vegan Discord Channel someone asked what we thought about feeding our carnivorous pets vegan diets. At first, this was a bit confusing but I think this is just a matter of learning more and making the right choice. So what is the right choice?
Let's get into that but first, let's have a reminder of what it means to be a vegan.
Veganism is an ethical stance against all forms of animal oppression and abuse regardless of the reason.
Now many people eat a vegan diet but they are not vegans. Because veganism transcends diet and encompasses all aspects of our lives, even our pets.
Most people I know love cats and dogs... I love dogs to death. Cats are carnivores by nature and dogs are omnivores. Even though there are many other types of pets, these are the main two in places like USA and Jamaica. These animals primarily eat meat.
Naturally, we as pet owners will want to give them the best food for their nutrition. And since we are not going out killing animals ourselves we will most likely buy pet foods. So the question then becomes
- Is it okay to purchase foods for our pets containing animal products?
I just read a whole bunch of articles about this but I have concluded that there is only one perspective needed to make a choice here, and that's the perspective of the victim.
If food products contain animal compounds it means that animals are being oppressed and abused for its production. Do they want to be oppressed and abused? Do they feel that you and your pets are more important than them? Of course not, they could not care less about any of that. As far as these victims go they just want you to hurry up and figure out your crap then leave them alone lol. And for this reason, you have absolutely zero excuses for supporting their oppression. In light of this, the only solutions are as follows:
- Don't have pets, or give up the ones you already have.
- Only own vegan pets.
- Convert the pets you already have to vegan.
I would personally cross off the first option because a world without pets is like hell. And if you had pets before you became vegan how could you ever give them up?
It may also be hard to only own vegan pets especially if you have pets that already aren't.
So, by process of elimination, we must make the efforts to convert all of our pets to vegan. No excuses.
There are countless articles online testifying how all animals can live on a vegan diet and you can check out ww.adaptt.org for some good info on this. I will also leave some links below for you to check out. I will also leave a link to the PETA website but I in no way promote nor support them because they are psychopaths who harm animals and exist just for profit. But the info might be useful for you. So please check them out.
I'm not going to make this article much long as I keep on forgetting my points that I want to make. So I am going to leave you guys to think about the rest while I go get some fuel for my jet. But we are not here to judge, we are here mainly to move the world towards a more compassionate place and to do that we must keep on learning and growing.
I love you all.. except if you are ugly stupid if you don't like dogs or melons and if voted in the last election. But otherwise, I love you.
Much respect.
King Anima.