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After quite a lot of careful thought recently, I have decided to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle.
What finally clinched it today was my best friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party, where they had hired baby farm animals and a pony for the children to interact with. It was beautiful - there was a little pig, a couple of lambs and goats, chickens, rabbits, baby chicks - I thought to myself, `If I honestly claim to be about animal welfare and animal rights, I cannot in all good conscience continue to eat meat and therefore support the manner in which our meat is brought to us'. And the decision was made. I know it is going to be really hard for me, but I feel it is the right thing to do.
Is anyone else here a vegetarian, and if so, what do you do to subsitute meat in your diet, and how has it changed your lifestyle?
What finally clinched it today was my best friend's daughter's 3rd birthday party, where they had hired baby farm animals and a pony for the children to interact with. It was beautiful - there was a little pig, a couple of lambs and goats, chickens, rabbits, baby chicks - I thought to myself, `If I honestly claim to be about animal welfare and animal rights, I cannot in all good conscience continue to eat meat and therefore support the manner in which our meat is brought to us'. And the decision was made. I know it is going to be really hard for me, but I feel it is the right thing to do.
Is anyone else here a vegetarian, and if so, what do you do to subsitute meat in your diet, and how has it changed your lifestyle?