Kathy Freston Gives Pet Lovers Vegan Advice In “Tails Inc.”
Written by Vegetarian Star on October 1st, 2012 in Animal Issues, Authors, Food & Drink.
Kathy Freston is featured in the October issue of Tails Inc., a magazine devoted to all things pet-friendly for pet owners.
All pet owners and anyone who loves animals should be attempting to go vegetarian or vegan, or at least reduce their intake of animal products.
Farmed animals like pigs, chickens and cows are just as smart, loving and compassionate as your own pet. And unhealthy byproducts of the meat industry often end up as pet food, a practice potentially both dangerous and unhealthy.
“I had a little Chihuahua who I was in love with,” Freston explained about one of her motivating factors to go vegan. “She was lying on her back, and I was rubbing her belly. She had a smile on her face, and I could tell how happy she was. I was thinking to myself how much I loved animals. Then a little voice inside my head said, “If you love animals so much, why are you eating them?”
“The public is so much more aware of what’s happening to animals,” Freston says. “Fifteen or 20 years ago, we had no idea what was going on behind closed doors in slaughterhouses and for egg-laying hens. We had no idea how animals suffered.”
Not only are we more aware of the suffering that takes place on large-scale farms, it’s easier than ever to help reduce or eliminate this suffering by adopting a plant-based diet.
Author of best-selling books that promote such a diet, including Quantum Wellness, Veganist and The Lean, Freston offers four tips for animal lovers to eat more consciously:
1. Start with one Meatless Meal per week, like implementing Meatless Mondays in your diet.
2. Give up smaller animals first, such as chickens, turkeys then lambs, pigs and cows. Freston says more chickens and turkeys are killed for meals.
3. Don’t be hard on yourself if you can’t give up everything.
4. Look for vegan meat substitutes for ham, chicken, burgers and the like.
Photo: Bridget Laudien/Creative Commons
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