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Reasons Consistently Applied

Animal Ethics

I shall endeavor to protect and take care of all living creatures. So, by purchasing dairy products one is indirectly supporting the inherently cruel veal industry. In particular, why don't more lacto-ovo vegetarians (who are already aware of the reasons in favor of plant-based diets) go vegan.

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Meat, Cancer, and the Cumulative Case for Ethical Vegetarianism

Animal Ethics

Even those actively involved in the industry typically admit that these modern animal rearing practices cause animals severe pain and stress. At the time of slaughter, these frightened animals are inhumanely loaded onto trucks and shipped long distances to the slaughterhouse without food or water or protection from the elements.