Indigenous people have alot more connection and sustainability in their land than we do in our so called informed society. They are not the ones responsible for environmental destruction and pollution. They have alot more knowledge of animal life and plant medicinal uses and sustainabilty.
Are you suggesting that plants and animals are cruel as well??? They also kill to survive.
Also if you eat plants you are also cruel if they are purchased unethically. Foods such as soy and palm oil are responsible for animal cruelty as well because they are destroying the environment which they need to survive. Also plants are a living thing, why should you eat and kill them?????? It is the same thing.
I am assuming tht you do not have leather shoes or bags, drive a car with unethical oil from company's such as shell and chevron who kill animals due to contamination of their environment and water, travel on a plane, get vaccinated, use cosmetics with collagen (which comes from animal fat) and many other animal ingredients Are you even aware that many pharmaceuticals test on animals? You need to check all avenues if you are really true to your argument otherwise it is a contradiction on your part.
If you really care about animal rights and are cruelty free, it goes way beyond the meat you eat.
Eating meat is natural, necessary and is part of survival. Indegenous people do not eat meat often as they are aware of how many should be consumed in order to keep the species of different animals around. It is due to the modern world, their animals have become extinct and are suffering form environmental damage.
We are very ignorant in our society's and with all the knowledge we are still the world number one polluters which kills animals of all kinds and we are getting sicker ourselves.
Ok. Let's start from the beginning.
It is NOT possible to live a cruelty free life. Its just not. As a vegan, I avoid as much cruelty as is reasonably possible. Of all the people to be ranting at that are participating in cruelty/consumerism/environmentally damaging activities, why on an animal rights board???
As for being cruel to plants? Grow up. When was the last time you saw a mushroom attempt to escape from its consumer? Or a carrot scream in pain? The difference between eating plants and eating animals is that we KNOW we are causing pain with animals. We KNOW it's not what they would choose if given a choice. We are animals too, and with life and living comes the need to survive and sustain and nourish ourselves. Without food, like all animals and plants, we die. So to some extent, we are going to impact on some form of life as other animals and plants do also. However we have the option to make as little impact as possible by making informed choices of what we consume/wear/how we entertain ourselves. This purist vegan bullshit is exactly that - bullshit. Not possible. To be 100% cruelty free, we could start discussing behaviour, and how the way we act affects other humans also. But, lets not.
The animal world is only cruel from our perspective, as cruelty is for most parts a human emotion. Animals need to survive as we do, and for some of them, that means killing other animals. Throughout human evolution, we have also killed animals as there may not have been the information or alternatives available, and for that i bear no grudge.
It's a bit of a joke that you are asking me if i'm aware of animal testing. Perhaps doing a little bit of background reading into what this website represents would be a good idea before making attacks like that. I don't use or purchase leather, silk or wool products. I purchase cruelty free cosmetics/beauty products. I don't get vaccines, and I avoid medicine's where I can, but within reason. I don't go to the zoo, the circus, or the aquarium. I don't have any pets. I avoid animal cruelty. Hence the title, VEGAN. Are you?
What you are suggesting, as a cruelty free life, is essentially mass-suicide. It's the only way we can stop affecting other life in a humane fashion.
