My lightbulb moment was when my mum agreed to let my brother and I adopt two chickens. After realising that chickens are actually quite smart and really good company I couldn't stand the idea of having them on my plate.
When I had seen the video of Animals Australia about live export. To tell the truth, I was eating a meat pie when I came across it on my computer. I was only 2 bites through when when suddenly I stopped what I was doing to watch the video. I almost Vomited and I through my meat pie (that had treasured for so many years) out into the bin. FOR GOOD! Thank you Animals Australia
I'm not sure i really had a light bulb moment as such when becoming vegetarian. I was 12 years old and knew even then that consuming animals was wrong and I did not want to partake in it anymore, so I didn't.
I can't really pin an exact point that compelled me to go vegan either but i guess over the years i became more educated on animal rights issues and could see that the dairy and egg industries were just as cruel, if not more so than the meat industry. I just couldn't possibly continue on contributing to that suffering and decided to give dairy the flick ( I never ate eggs as they always grossed me out even when a meat eating child).
My dad helped me to understand the concept of vegetarianism (he is a lacto ovo vegetarian as well as me) I have been a vegetarian for almost 4 years and hopefully i will be vegan soon
My 'Light Bulb' moment was gradual, I had wanted to become veg and help stop animal cruelty for about three years before I did, but I was too scared of my parents reactions. It wasn't until last year that I realised that my parents aren't in control of me and that I can do what ever I please without them being okay with it. I became a vegetarian on my own and I was proud of it, I didn't mind having to cook my own meals or having to deal with my family always questioning me. I know that animals don't have a voice in this world, and that I need to be one for them. Animal cruelty is unjustifiable and anyone who does it should be ashamed and disgusted with themselves. I hope everyone has a 'Light Bulb' moment soon!
Watching the video of the Pigs getting gassed. I didn't watch the whole thing it was already stuck in my head ''Vegetarian"..That video made me a vegetarian i actually cried. I will never eat an animals flesh ever again! Not only am i not eating meat i'm going to get action packs to get the word out!
I didn't have a light bulb moment I just always loved aniamls and wanted to help them .so I did somthing about it .I thought I would become I vegetarian .
Hi Everyone new here so hope I haven't spammed the forum too much haha..
My light bulb moment was on facebook. Someone had shared a link about male chicks in factory farms and how they are treated and I thought "yeah right" so I looked into it and was horrified.
The next day I went from eating meat/dairy to cutting out meat completely and looked more into the facts. I did eat the remainder of some foods in my fridge as I disagree with waste and took me a year to fully transition.
What really pushed me to transition was a friend caught me a crab to eat (I was pescetarian during transition period) as I was still unsure about sea creatures as I didn't have an emotional connection with them- dumb I know, and this crab didn't like being in the bucket and was really angry but even so I couldn't eat him. I told my friend I couldn't eat it. I thought then no sitting on the fence.. I either convert completely or be vegetarian. I"ve been full vegan for about 3 months now.
My light bulb moment was when I saw a baby calf sucking on its mothers milk. It reminded me of humans and there baby's. I was at a fair where the animals where there to show off to the kids. I then asked what was going to happen to the baby cow to my mum she told me that when it grew it would be steak. And that's when it clicked. Something that would have always been right in front of me, but in that moment I felt the connection with the animal and started to feel the suffering and the pain. I've been vegetarian since I was 9 and I'm 17 now and have been vegan for a year. Most of my family and even cousins have become vegetarians and some vegans. In a way it makes me feel proud that even me just making that choice had a ripple effect on the way they thought as well.
