Among other reasons, I became a vegan because I cannot justify needlessly killing an animal. If I needed to kill and eat animals to survive, I would. However, we do no longer need to kill animals to survive. A person can just as easily survive without eating meat, while remaining just as healthy.

Adopt a Pet and Save a Life. Three million healthy and treatable dogs and cats are put down every year in shelters across America. These animals are loving, happy and loyal dogs and cats who ended up in shelters through no fault of their own.

This video from Farm Sanctuary documents animal suffering caused by confinement and industrialized farms.

Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization, today issued a statement regarding the fire that killed more than 600 sows at a hog confinement facility in Marshall County, Iowa this week.

View this PETA movie to witness how animals are maltreated so that we can eat meat.