shadow-articuno: letsplaysocialjustice: To put this in perspective, a single container ship equals t
shadow-articuno: letsplaysocialjustice: To put this in perspective, a single container ship equals the number of fuel emissions of 50 million cars. It’s not regular people fault sure but you all are fooling yourselves if you seriously believe your choices don’t effect the chain of supply and demand Some of the most catastrophic damage being done to our planet is by animal argiculture Waste run of from farms, crops grown to feed farm animals and bycatch from fishing are all extremely damaging and these are things we can make a choice to support or not support as consumers many of our natural habitats and wildlife are destroyed as the demand for meat grows Wolves and other big predators are killed to protect cattle and land is cleared not only for cattle to graze on but to grow food for them as well (the vast majority of crops are grown for farm animals instead of humans) Veganism makes a difference because it is boycotting these things These industries only got so big and destructive because their is a demand for what they are selling Consumers make s difference what you choose to do and buy does make a difference and the more people who take a stand the bigger that difference will be -- source link