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National Vegetarian Week: 5 Ethical Reasons to Stop Eating Meat - The Independent
The arguments for leaving animals off our plates have never been stronger – and the availability of vegetarian food has never been greater. There are so many reasons to have a meat-free diet (truth be told, it was tough to pick just five!).
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/national-vegetarian-week-5-ethical-reasons-to-stop-eating-meat-10260780.html
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The Ethics of Veganism and Vegetarianism
What are the ethical and environmental pros and cons of veganism and vegetarianism? A definitive guide from Ethical Consumer Research Association.
http://www.ethicalconsumer.org/commentanalysis/animalrights/whatisveganism.aspx
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Why Vegan: Ethics and Morality - Bite Size Vegan
learn about vegan ethics and vegan morality here.
http://bitesizevegan.com/go-vegan/why-vegan/why-vegan-vegan-ethics-vegan-morality/
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Animal Rights and Vegetarianism - HAPPYCOW
The plight of animals - be it farm animals, companion animals, marine or wild life animals - is one of the foremost reasons why many people around the world choose to eat a vegetarian diet, or vegan diet
https://www.happycow.net/vegtopics/why-vegetarian
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Animal Rights and Animal Welfare—an Introduction
A primer to the philosophies and ethical positions guiding modern animal advocacy
http://www.vegan.com/guides/animal-rights-and-animal-welfare/
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Prevent Animal Cruelty With Vegetarian Meals - ChooseVeg
How to eat vegetarian meals to prevent animal cruelty on factory farms and hatcheries.
http://www.chooseveg.com/animals
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How Many Animals Does a Vegetarian Save?
A vegetarian spares the lives of a certain number of animals each time he or she chooses to forgo meat for vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes and nuts. These animals, of course, are not necessarily ones who continue to live because a vegetarian chose not to eat them.
http://www.countinganimals.com/how-many-animals-does-a-vegetarian-save/
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Modern Animal Farming - Vegan Outreach
The competition to produce inexpensive meat, eggs, and dairy products has led animal agribusiness to treat animals as objects and commodities.
http://veganoutreach.org/modernfarms/
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Animals Used for Food - PETA
From the meat industry’s rampant abuse of animals and environmental devastation to the tremendous health benefits of a vegan diet to helping end world hunger and deplorable working conditions in slaughterhouses, there are countless reasons why more and more people are leaving meat off their plates for good and embracing a healthy and humane vegan diet.
http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Document
Opposing Viewpoints in Context
http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/ovic/ViewpointsDetailsPage/ViewpointsDetailsWindow?failOverType=%26query=%26prodId=OVIC%26windowstate=normal%26contentModules=%26display-query=%26mode=view%26displayGroupName=Viewpoints%26dviSelectedPage=%26limiter=%26currPage=%26disableHighlighting=%26displayGroups=%26sortBy=%26zid=%26search_within_results=%26p=OVIC%26action=e%26catId=%26activityType=%26scanId=%26docume
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Veganism - Animal Equality
Being vegan is about living a lifestyle that does not cause suffering, harm or death to animals, and allowing animals to be free to choose the way they want to live. Other animals are sentient beings like us, with their own needs, desires and interests.
http://www.animalequality.net/veganism
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Ethics of Eating Meat - Wikipedia
In most societies the great majority of people eat meat when they can get it, but increasing controversy and debate has arisen over the ethics of eating animals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_eating_meat
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Animal Ethics: Eating Animals - BBC ETHICS
If you accept that animals have rights, raising and killing animals for food is morally wrong.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/animals/using/eating_1.shtml
