WHY VEGAN?

Understanding the vegan worldview

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A dairy farm sits just above the floodwaters in Abbotsford, BC.

Animal Ag’s Assault on our Planet

The following statistics are provided courtesy of the team from Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret.

If Not Now, When? If Not You, Who?

WHAT'S NEW IN WHY VEGAN?

More Important to me Than Anything

Vegan philosophy

A whole new way of viewing life, the world, and our place in it

An emaciated macaque at a monkey breeding facility.

A Life Without Violence

Have you ever dreamed of freedom, justice and, overall, a life without violence, discrimination and hatred? This has been a question I have constantly asked

The animal industry

Examination of a modern-day slave trade

Cows look out the viewer from behind bars

Legal Slavery in the 21st Century

As surely as the abolitionists of the past knew that no man or woman should be the property of any other, the abolitionists of today know that the legal property status of animals stands in the way of their ever receiving any meaningful rights or protection, let alone being granted the freedom to live according to their own needs and desires.

A young boy gazes into the eyes of a goat

A Matter of Life and Death

Taxpayer-Funded Cruelty and Devastation

Person's hands holding a restaurant menu

Animal Cruelty: Who is to Blame?

Close up of milking machine on a dairy farm with cows in the background

A Call to Feminists

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Non-human lives

Individuals behind the statistics

More Important to me Than Anything

“Parront” is slang for parrot parent. My parronthood is perhaps more important to me than anything. I have cared for many types of animals, and

A hen in a cage at a factory farm in Australia

You

A New Chapter at VeganLand

Demons or Deities?

A beautiful close-up portrait of a turkey

Thanksgiving

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Animal issues in the media

Our commentary on stories from the news

A pink pig looks out sorrowfully from inside a filthy cage

UC’s Training Practices Come Under Fire

In response to an awareness campaign by the Physicians’ Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM,) the University of Cincinnati has recently come under scrutiny for its routine use of live animals for surgical training.