We should be working towards a liberated world in which no non-human animal is used for any human purposes. This is because animals are entitled to live for their own sake.
LOUISIANNA WARING: When new pandemics occur an almost immediate reaction is to pinpoint the blame on someone, or something. Despite not knowing the exact origin of the virus, one fact is for certain – COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease that began in humans when it was directly transmitted from a non-human animal, to a human one… Finding the origin of COVID-19 may be essential to finding a cure, however it is not essential to limiting the spread of the disease, which we can do by changing our behaviour… A vegan diet, which excludes all forms products from animals, can greatly reduce the risk of zoonotic disease outbreaks…
The industrialisation of the farming sector has led to ever increasing numbers of animals who are reared for food, numbers almost impossible to imagine. Despite what we would like to think, these animals often live their whole lives in cramped conditions where disease spreads quickly, easily and lethally. Adding fuel to the fire is stress, which reduces immune system capabilities and increases disease susceptibility. As we know, stress can be both physical and mental, and these feelings are as present in farmed animals as they are in us…
But we are not alone on this planet, and outbreaks of disease affect more than just humans… Little is known about the pain they suffer during the disease, but with fatality rates so high we can make our own assumptions… We are all animals. So, when you come into close contact with any non-human animal, again there is the chance of catching an infectious disease and vice versa. The overwhelming majority of individuals say they love animals, but to love animals we must do this in ways which respect their natural ways of life…
Non-human animals are not here to entertain, feed or clothe us. They are not here for cosmetic or pharmaceutical purposes. Yet within these industries, large numbers of non-human animals are mass bred to live short and painful lives in environments where the spread of zoonotic disease is a continuous threat to both the species bred within them and the workers in each industry. In this time of uncertainty, where many countries around the world have gone into lockdown, millions of individuals are using this as a moment to reflect on their lives and the world we live in.
We should be working towards a liberated world in which no non-human animals are artificially bred for any human purposes. This is because non-human animals are entitled to live for their own sake, following their own natural behaviours in their natural habitats… Now is a good time to reflect upon the harms which our non-human animal exploitation industries cause – to all the non-human animals involved, and to us as humans as well. SOURCE…
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