Humanity is facing moral crisis. More than 80 Billion (80,000,000,000) land animals are slaughtered as part of the meat and dairy industry per year. This number would be in trillions (1 trillion = 1,000,000,000,000) when we include marine animals [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].

While we are blissfully engorging ourselves, sentient, innocent individuals are bred into existence at an alarming scale to be treated as mere products, and to be slaughtered at a fraction of their lifespan by the industries that makes up the entire systems of our lives [7]. Unfortunately, we are directly and (sub)consciously contributing to this vile and unsustainable system which is based on cruelty and exploitation of sentient lives, mostly driven by anthropocentric worldview.

Most of us would never inflict such cruelty ourselves. We would never personally hold the knife or witness the pain; but our daily habits and ingrained cultural conditioning allow us to pay others to perform these acts of mass brutality for us. We remain complicit because we are rarely prompted to look past the convenient packaging and actively think about the immense suffering and institutionalized violence required to produce the things we consume.  

We live in a time where we have abundant plant-based, eco friendlier, and kinder alternatives. While our every day choices have the power to put an end to the mass slaughter of these innocent individuals, most of us continue contributing to this system out of habit, health, culture, tradition, or ego. None of these are valid reasons for the common person like you and me who live in well-stocked cities and have instant access to information. Yet, unlike the common claim that this is merely a modern trend, it is a profound moral commitment emphasized across global cultures for millennia.

It is the concept that non-violence is the supreme duty (Ahimsa paramo dharma) that guides us. It is the commandment of stewardship over creation that a righteous person regards the life of his animal. It is the principle that saving one life is saving an entire world, and the fundamental belief that mercy is above justice. When we ignore the atrocities enabled by our consumption, we are neglecting this universal, timeless teaching. It is now, more than ever, that we must reflect and align our actions with this simple, shared wisdom to save what is left of our fading humanity.

The solution begins with going vegan, and that's just the beginning of it, not the end!
Non-human animals are here with us, not for us. The earth we call home, is theirs too. 

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1. How Many Animals Do We Kill Every Year?

2. How Many Animals Are Killed for Food Every Day?

3. More than 80 billion land animals are slaughtered for meat every year

4. More land animals than ever before are slaughtered for meat 

5. Global Animal Slaughter Statistics & Charts

6. U.S. ANIMAL KILL CLOCK

7. Age of Animals Slaughtered