We have all heard of veganism.

Whether from vegan celebrity, a vegan campaign or even from a

One of the main reasons people convert to veganism is to take a stance against animal exploitation in
factories. Although it is true that animals nowadays, especially in the western world, do face
exploitation and inhumane execution methods in slaughterhouses, converting to veganism isn’t
necessarily the solution in such cases.
Instead, people can create marches and rallies to support the justice of those animals.
People can also choose to boycott those factories, but not boycott meat entirely. After all, just because
one apple is rotten doesn't indicate the whole basket is too. Some factories do carry out ethical and
humane methods of treatment and execution for their animals.
An example would be the factories that adopt the halal method, which mainly acts in accordance with
the animal’s welfare, for the animal lives its life normally and "enjoys" its freedom. Meanwhile, no
type of strain or harm, either mentally or physically, is imposed on those animals.
In other words, it would live its life as if it were in the wild. Therefore, the choice to become vegan to
defy factories that perform animal exploitation is not just unnecessary, but unreasonable as well.
Other vegans, however, choose veganism in pursuit of better health, but what they don’t realize is that
becoming vegan doesn’t mean becoming healthy. Although it’s true that, in some cases, vegans tend
to have a healthier life overall than other "meat-eaters", yet this doesn’t mean that the absence of meat
in their diet improved their health; it is the absence of unhealthy meat in their diets that made them
healthier than those "meat-eaters",
for nowadays a person will find that a lot of the meat out there is genetically modified, which isn’t as
healthy as natural meat.
In addition, people’s excessive consumption of red meat leads to many health problems.
But then again, veganism too has its negative side effects on health; the absence of meat in vegans’
diets causes them to have a deficiency in essential nutrients such as protein, calcium, iron, Omega-3,
zinc, and vitamin B12, to name a few,
and according to an article on WebMD, a deficiency in those nutrients may lead to “strokes, harm to
brain health, hair loss and depression”. Although it is true that a person may receive some of those
nutrients from plants, they wouldn’t be as sufficient and efficient as if they were obtained from
animals.
That is why people shouldn’t live on either of the two extremes, but instead, they should have a
healthy balanced diet that includes both vegetables and meat. After all, everything has its advantages
and disadvantages. That’s why a person should choose a decision that has more advantages than its
disadvantages. The problem with vegans is that they neglect the advantages and importance of meat,
and meanwhile focus on its cons, and emphasize them.
It may come as a surprise to some that veganism isn’t as idealistically environmentally friendly as
they claim it is. In fact, veganism is causing much more harm to the environment than meat is.
Not only is veganism drastically devouring agricultural land, but it also is gulping tons of water
yearly, which harms countries with water shortages. For example, to make one liter of soy milk,
nearly 300 liters of water are required. Moreover, the effect of veganism on animals is even more
disturbing.
According to an article by Insight, at least 100 mice are killed per hectare per year to grow grain.
However, mice are not by far the main victims of the vegans’ habits.
before them, there are the bees. Whereas one cow can produce milk naturally without being killed,
almond milk production alone killed 50 billion bees in a single year. Then, of course, those aren’t the
only victims.
there are also spiders, snakes, lizards, insects, worms, moles, rabbits, and the list goes on. What is
trying to be indicated here is that veganism is not preventing the "murder" of animals, but rather is,
intentionally or unintentionally, causing harm to other species of wildlife creatures, which is so
ironical, considering their main purpose, that is to protect the animals from exploitation.
Vegans' most common counterargument to this issue is that there is no such thing as ethical meat and
that no matter how the animals were treated on the farm, the simple act of shedding the blood of an
animal is unethical and immoral. However, there are many refutations to this claim.
First of all, what makes a thing moral or not? According to the dictionary, the adjective "moral refers
to what societies sanction as right and acceptable," and that it stems from a person’s conscience.
There have been societies for as long as civilizations existed, and those societies throughout history
sanctioned the eating of meat as a normal moral habit, so were those people inhuman and
emotionless? Or were they simply unintelligent? What makes us have a more superior justification on
determining the morality of something?

The second point is that no matter how odd it may sound at first, rearing and executing domestic
animals for food is, frankly, the best option for them. To understand this let’s look at the other
scenario that can take place,

which is to let them all be free, and fortunately we do have an example of a country who does that,
specifically with cows, does any here know which country is that? Yes indeed. India. A country where
the slaughtering of animals is considered illegal. A country which vegans would believe is the
paradise for those cows, but little do they know is that those cows are left in conditions,

such as this.

And this.

Left to starve and die, in these inhabitable streets, that are filled with all types of pernicious
substances.

After all, Animals have evolved with humans, and just like how we depended on them, they always
depended on us. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Therefore, the best solution for those
animals would be to live on a sustainable, ethical farm. Yes, they would live a shorter life, but death
is pretty much the same for all of us. It’s usually bad when it happens, and it usually happens too
soon.

In the end, we can say that there is always a better and more practically efficient alternative to
veganism when it comes to either

fighting for justice of the animals,

helping the environment,

Although nature can be formidable or frightening, it’s never evil.

I want to conclude by saying that: Afterall, for there to be life, there should be the inevitable death,
and that folks, is the the circle of life.