Veganism: Voice To The Voiceless

Every animal knows more than you do.

The predicament of animals in the world is one of the reasons why people are switching to a vegan diet. Animals are also living beings and they have the rights to live their life to the fullest regardless if they of best interest to humans or not. Choosing a vegan lifestyle is about not harming animals for our own personal and selfish benefits. A plant-based diet is a much better option for all of us because animals have emotions as well and we need not discriminate against them just because they are voiceless. Eating them, carrying them in the form of leather bags, wearing them is not humane at all. Where is humanity? Humanity is just not about brotherhood among other fellow humans but it is also about caring about the voiceless. Caring for them, giving them the love they need. If loving them is not possible, eating them is also not a very good deed. Discriminating based on species is so not right. They also feel the pain, killing them for wool, leather, meat is not at all justified. They are not inferior to us and their fate is not in our hands. It is in their hands, they have the right to live the way they want to be not being tied to a tree for their whole life.

Leather is one of the global killers. And what we do about that? We silently showoff our Gucci bag which is the result of an exotic animal being killed. Animals are slaughtered for fur, leather, pelt, wool, leathers and silk. There goes humanity, in the bags, belts, shoes which we use with so much pride. And the worst part about all this is that these animals are skinned in their conscious state. Animals experience castration, tail-docking and branding that too without any medications. We can’t even imagine the level of pain they go through. Their screams are unheard. Are we deaf or insensitive or both?

Animals are better off in their natural environment they don’t need any artificial environments for their so-called ‘protection’. Humans keep them in cages for their own selfish needs, for their entertainment. What is the dire need for human’s entertainment that they are caging the voiceless? Aren’t they happy with the television? Vegans support sanctuaries and disdain zoos because zoos force animals to do involuntary work.

Cosmetics are tested on animals before they are used by humans. Is makeup more important than someone’s life? Cosmetics that are marked with the ‘leaping bunny’ logo are tested on animals before they are used by humans. The Vegan society has abandoned using these products and vegan products are marked with a sunflower which is not animal-based and is not tested on animals.

Poaching is done illegally and animals are killed in a brutal way to get elephant tusks for ivory, whales for their cosmetic products, scales of pangolins, the meat of apes, snake, exotic animals for pets, food, jewellery, medicine, decoration etc. Poachers kill animals for their global trade. Poaching is increased when consumers demand animal products. If we want to save these animals then we need to stop demanding for animal products.

The Constitution of India also states various fundamental duties to protect animals. Animals are not ours. They have the right to live. People need to stop abusing them for their purposes.

Peta is working to protect these animals and save them from cruelty and brutality. Donate now to save these innocent beings from being tortured for human’s selfish needs.