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Introduction for non-vegans In industries of animal exploitation, non-human animals are subjected to rape, psychological distress, physical torture and are killed (murdered) in order to produce various animal products for human-animals to consume. Humans have no biological necessity for any of these products. They simply exist for pleasure, convenience and most of all, profit. These are trivial reasons to commit such horrific acts against sentient-persons. (For anyone who has not witnessed the reality of animal use, please watch the documentary Earthlings available free online at www.earthlings.com as an introduction). Such industries cannot be successfully regulated. A property owner has the legal right to do almost anything to their animal property, no matter how much pain or distress this may cause the non-human animal, as long as there is a perceived purpose (i.e some kind of gain for the owner such as increased profits). A property owner can breed more animals and lethally dispo...

I have a deep respect for non-human animals. They are sentient persons and members of our moral community. I reject violence against animals by not buying any animal product 1 , or that which has been tested on animals 2 . I oppose the enslavement, use and killing of non-human persons, so I withdraw my financial support of industries of exploitation. Similarly I do not patronize establishments who confine animals and use them for entertainment purposes 3 . These trivial and unnecessary practices inflict immense suffering and violate the basic rights of fellow sentient individuals not to be used as things or property. I take the rights of non-human animals seriously and consider humans using them as resources, or for purposes of pleasure, convenience or profit, an immoral violation of these rights. Intelligence or cognitive ability is irrelevant. Sentience is the only necessity for the basic right not to be used in this way. To regard an individual to be of lesser or no moral value base...