Everything you say here makes sense, and it's definitely true that my non-vegan friends and family members haven't (yet) been persuaded by horror stories about animal agriculture. That said, my personal experience is different: it was watching films like Cowspiracy and Blackfish (and then, dozens of extremely brutal and graphic and traumatizing videos on social media) that finally woke me up to the true cost of my consumption of animal products and moved me to become vegan. And most of my vegan friends have similar experience. The people I've met who became vegan for environmental or health reasons (which I applaud) often end up not sticking with it, I'm guessing because they view it as a lifestyle choice rather than as a moral issue.
I hope you might have a moment to read my piece “The Happiest Story You’ll Ever Read About the Dog Meat Trade” when it’s published.
Through your writing, you’ve genuinely become one of my personal heroes, so it would mean a great deal to me.
The article focuses on the joyful, compassionate, and remarkably effective work done in South Korea over the past twenty years — where progress came through love, kindness, and practical, solution-focused thinking, rather than shame or confrontation. Not because activism doesn’t have its place, but because in this case, empathy and cooperation proved extraordinarily powerful.
Thank you again for writing what you did. It mattered more than you probably realise.
Everything you say here makes sense, and it's definitely true that my non-vegan friends and family members haven't (yet) been persuaded by horror stories about animal agriculture. That said, my personal experience is different: it was watching films like Cowspiracy and Blackfish (and then, dozens of extremely brutal and graphic and traumatizing videos on social media) that finally woke me up to the true cost of my consumption of animal products and moved me to become vegan. And most of my vegan friends have similar experience. The people I've met who became vegan for environmental or health reasons (which I applaud) often end up not sticking with it, I'm guessing because they view it as a lifestyle choice rather than as a moral issue.
I hope you might have a moment to read my piece “The Happiest Story You’ll Ever Read About the Dog Meat Trade” when it’s published.
Through your writing, you’ve genuinely become one of my personal heroes, so it would mean a great deal to me.
The article focuses on the joyful, compassionate, and remarkably effective work done in South Korea over the past twenty years — where progress came through love, kindness, and practical, solution-focused thinking, rather than shame or confrontation. Not because activism doesn’t have its place, but because in this case, empathy and cooperation proved extraordinarily powerful.
Thank you again for writing what you did. It mattered more than you probably realise.
Love this! Any links you could share that describe this?