Minor point, especially since this is an old post, but that 1990 survey of activists shows 18% were vegan (not vegetarian) 45% said they were vegetarian (compared to 0% and 6% of the non-activists respectively) and 24% thought animals used for food should be the focus of the movement (54% thought animals used in research). So perhaps the…
Minor point, especially since this is an old post, but that 1990 survey of activists shows 18% were vegan (not vegetarian) 45% said they were vegetarian (compared to 0% and 6% of the non-activists respectively) and 24% thought animals used for food should be the focus of the movement (54% thought animals used in research). So perhaps the shift in attitudes to farmed animals was already underway before the first open rescue.
Minor point, especially since this is an old post, but that 1990 survey of activists shows 18% were vegan (not vegetarian) 45% said they were vegetarian (compared to 0% and 6% of the non-activists respectively) and 24% thought animals used for food should be the focus of the movement (54% thought animals used in research). So perhaps the shift in attitudes to farmed animals was already underway before the first open rescue.
https://dxe-squarespace-blog-images.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s/1991-a8b8.pdf