By Jamie O’Day
There are many different reasons why people become vegetarians. People have health reasons, religious reasons, guilt, for the love of animals and because meat is not very appealing.
Being a vegetarian has changed my life in so many ways. I have a healthier life, I have reduced my risk of different diseases. I don’t have guilt for killing innocent animals. Being a vegetarian was an easy choice for me. It’s not hard to be a vegetarian. It’s much more pleasant.
Animals, believe it or not, go through extended pain and torture before they are slaughtered. Animals are pumped full of hormones and other chemicals to help them get fat and grow better. At the so called animal farms they are caged up in such small living quarters it is impossible to move. They live most of their lives in complete darkness {so farmers can save money}. Most of the animals are blind and/or insane by the time they are killed.
I’ve heard many excuses for not being a vegetarian, like it’s too hard, I don’t have enough time, that’s what they’re here for aren’t they? We raise them to be killed, they’re treated like machines, able to have babies to be taken and killed. I think that the cruelty needs to stop and we need to have a peace between us. All the murder and taking the innocence is so wrong.
Vegetarianism is a choice that many people make. It’s a very healthy one. I hope that for the right reasons you make the right choice.