Right now, I want you to think about how you would feel if the moment you were born, someone else had already planned the day of your execution? That’s how it is to be a cow, chicken, or pig on this planet. They’re not born free, they’re born to be murdered even though freedom is supposed to be a birthright. A god given right. No god would be a slave master, a torturer, and a killer of his animals. He wouldn’t be a god, he would be a devil.The holocaust never ended, it just changed species. In all wars and genocides in our entire recording history, 619 million humans were killed. We kill the same number of animals every 5 days. To the animals, all humans are nazis and life is an eternal auschwitz. Pigs are thrown into gas chambers and are burned alive. Male chicks that are born serve virtually no purpose to the egg industry so they are sorted from the females and ground up on the same day they are born.They’re often given so little space that they can’t even turn around or lie down comfortably. Egg-laying hens are kept in small cages, chickens and pigs are kept in jam-packed sheds, and cows are kept on crowded, filthy feedlots.Most factory-farmed animals have been genetically manipulated to grow larger or to produce more milk or eggs than they naturally would. Some chickens grow so unnaturally large that their legs cannot support their outsized bodies, and they suffer from starvation or dehydration when they can’t walk to reach food and water. Humans have victimized animals to such a degree that they are not even considered victims. They are not even considered at all. They are nothing. They don’t count; they don’t matter; they’re commodities like TV sets and cell phones. We have actually turned animals into inanimate objects like sandwiches and shoes. The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. I don’t eat pigs for the same reason you don’t eat dogs. They are not food.Meat is the dead body of someone who wanted to live.I know you have the capacity to understand right from wrong because you hate people who hurt children.Why do we find it so horrible to harm a child? It’s because they’re voiceless and defenceless, just like these animals.Those with a voice must speak for the voiceless. 150 years ago, they would’ve thought you were absurd if you advocated for the end of slavery. 100 years ago, they would’ve laughed at you for suggesting that women should have the right to vote. 50 years ago, they would’ve objected to the idea of africans having equal rights under the law. 25 years ago, they would’ve called you a pervert if you advocated for gay rights. They laugh at us now for suggesting that animal slavery be ended. Someday they won’t be laughing.Animal agriculture isn’t just killing animals, it’s killing our planet. Animal agriculture is the leading cause of species extinction, ocean dead zones, water pollution, and habitat destruction. It’s for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, more than the combined exhaust from all transportation. It’s responsible for 80-90% of US water consumption. 1 burger alone consumes 660 gallons of water to produce.Did you know by the year 2048, the oceans will be fishless? 40% of fish that are caught are thrown away. We are sucking the animal kingdom dry without any consideration for the lasting consequences — even when we aren't eating them.We are currently facing a biodiversity crisis named the Sixth Extinction. The last mass extinction of its kind took place 65 million years ago.Each day, at least one hundred animal and plant species are killed in the Amazon rainforest because of factory farming. Animal agriculture is also responsible for up to 91% of Amazon destruction.More than 80 percent of Amazon rainforest destruction is due to the animal agriculture industry. Every minute that passes, 36 football fields of the Amazon is deforested to make room for cattle.Eating meat doesn’t just hurt animals—it hurts people, too. It takes tons of crops and water to raise farmed animals. In fact, it takes up to 13 pounds of grain to produce just 1 pound of meat! All that plant food could be used much more efficiently if it were fed directly to people.We are currently growing enough food to feed 10 billion people and we are feeding it to the farm animals instead. The more people who go vegan, the better able we’ll be to feed the hungry. 1.5 acres can produce 37,000 pounds of plant-based food. 1.5 acres can produce 375 pounds of meat.If you could end the holocaust and save our planet with a simple lifestyle change, would you do it? Each day, a person who eats a vegan diet saves 1,100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 sq ft of forested land, 20 lbs CO2 equivalent, and one animal’s life. Veganism is biologically the healthiest diet in the world. Vegan means not using or eating animal products. Studies say that eating meat and dairy is as detrimental as smoking cigarettes. A man can be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animals lives and the destruction of our planet merely for the sake of his appetite. If you think it’s wrong to hurt animals, you already believe in veganism. Chose vegan: for the people, for the planet, for the animals.