“As humans, we do get to choose what we eat, and when we choose to eat a plant, we are eating (i.e., harming) just that plant, plus indirectly whatever nutrients that plant consumed over its lifetime (and we are also harming whatever beings may have been living on that plant or who were injured or killed in the harvesting process). But when we eat an animal, we are eating not just that animal, but also indirectly all of the plants and other beings that that animal ate over its lifetime - those plants became the flesh that we eat.” HumansMayHas BeensProcessAnimalEatingPlantLifetimeFleshOver ItPlusConsumedInjuredLiving OnNutrients Author:Sharon Gannon
“Some well-to-do parents may say, "I have a right to have as many children as I want because I can take care of them." That may be so, but can the Earth take care of them?” WantWellsMayChildrenI CanCareEarthParentTake CareBecause I Can Author:Sharon Gannon
“Some people may argue that if the animals are treated humanely prior to being slaughtered, this justifies their confinement and slaughter. Is it ethical to rob beings of their freedom but give them a comfortable prison and provide them with food until they become fat enough to be slaughtered? Any way you look at it, farms are places where animals are kept in preparation to be slaughtered and ultimately eaten as food.” PeopleIfsWayGivingLooksMayEnoughAnimalComfortablePrisonArguingTreatedFatsPreparationJustifyEthicalFarmsSlaughterConfinement Author:Sharon Gannon
“It is true that every being is enjoying life or suffering as a direct result of his or her own past actions. The animals in the factory farms may have been meat-eating human beings in a previous birth; we don't know, and it is not our place to judge.” KnowsHumansMayHas BeensActionPastSufferingEnjoyHuman BeingsAnimalResultsJudgingBirthEatingDirectMeatFarmsFactoriesEnjoy LifeMeat Eating Author:Sharon Gannon
“It is a testament to the effectiveness of advertising campaigns funded by the animal-user industries that a diet that is bad for us and harmful to the planet is thought of as "normal" and a diet that promotes health, happiness, and well-being is thought of as alternative, abnormal, or faddish. In fact, these days it is relatively easy to find vegetarian options in many restaurants and supermarkets, though you may have to ask.” WellsMayFactsAsksEasyAnimalPlanetsIndustryNormalCampaignsAdvertisingAlternativesWell BeingThese DaysDietsRestaurantsVegetarianUsersTestamentEffectivenessAbnormalSupermarkets Author:Sharon Gannon
“Today's fishing industry supplies land farms with fish as well. Over fifty percent of the fish caught is fed to livestock on factory farms and "regular" farms. It is an ingredient in the enriched "feed meal" fed to livestock. Farm animals, like cows, who by nature are vegans, are routinely force-fed fish as well as the flesh, blood, and manure of other animals. It may take sixteen pounds of grain to make one pound of beef, but it also takes one hundred pounds of fish to make that one pound of beef.” WellsMayTodayForceAnimalBloodLandIndustryPercentHundredCaughtFishesFleshMealsFiftyFishingPoundsFedsIngredientsFarmsVeganFactoriesCowsGrainSuppliesSixteenBeefManureLivestock Author:Sharon Gannon
“The ridicule you may endure from others when you speak up for animals can help you to hone your skills, enabling you to become better at articulating your message in an informed, compassionate, and communicative way.” WayMayHelpingSpeakAnimalSkillsMessagesEndureCompassionateRidiculeEnablingArticulating Author:Sharon Gannon
“Yoga may have originated in India, where the cow has been revered as sacred for thousands of years, but times have changed since Lord Krishna played his flute for the cows of Vrindavan. There are factory farms in India now.” YearsMayHas BeensLordChangedYogaIndiaSacredFarmsFactoriesCowsKrishnaFlutesTimes Have ChangedLord Krishna Author:Sharon Gannon
“It may take sixteen pounds of grain to make one pound of beef, but it also takes one hundred pounds of fish to make that one-pound of beef!” MayHundredFishesPoundsGrainSixteenBeef Author:Sharon Gannon
“You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.” MayStatesSuccessCan DoNaturalExerciseYogaWhere You AreResistingAsanaYoga InspirationYoga PracticeInspirational YogaInspiring YogaHatha YogaYoga And LifeYoga PeaceHot YogaYoga Mats Author:Sharon Gannon
“Don't wait for a better world. Start now to create a world of harmony and peace. It is up to you, and it always has been. You may even find the solution at the end of your fork.” WorldMayHas BeensEndsWaitingSolutionsHarmonyVegetarianVeganUp To YouForks Author:Sharon Gannon
“Yoga teaches us that we can have whatever we may want in life if we are willing to provide it for others first.” IfsWantFirstsMayTeachWillingYoga Author:Sharon Gannon
