Although I recognize that nature isn’t necessarily kind, I think human beings have reached a point in their evolution where they/we can afford to be kind. There are plenty of alternatives to eating animal flesh (in most all climates) and we certainly don’t need to torture and kill for our favorite makeup, fabric or war. Our society isn’t necessarily compassionate (especially in the democorporate governments), but I think we as individuals can be, with a little bit of effort. It takes first awareness (of human-caused suffering), compassion (empathy with those who suffer through human actions), then action (to avoid contributing to the suffering or, if possible, to lessen the suffering by other means as long as those means don’t cause suffering to another being). By suffering, I do not of course include financial or abstract emotional angst – I mean actual observable pain or extreme physical discomfort for an animal such as a cat or human.

compassion for animals posts

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See also my page about veganism

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p.s. introductory info on veganism: vegangrub