UVegan

Section 02

Ethics

The case starts with two factual questions: what do animals experience, and what do we actually do to them? These articles answer both without melodrama and without euphemism. The descriptions of standard practice come from industry and government documents, and the sentience claims link to the research.

Nothing here is written to make you feel guilty. It is written so that whatever you decide, you decide it informed.

A brown cow standing in a green pasture on a sunny day, looking toward the camera.
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Ethics 9 min

The Animals Nobody Counts: Fishing and Aquaculture

Wild fishing is measured in tonnes, not lives. The numbers, the sentience evidence, and what aquaculture changes.

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The Arguments for Eating Animals, Examined

"Plants feel pain too." "Lions do it." "It's natural." The common arguments, named and examined one at a time.

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What "Humane" Labels Actually Guarantee

What "free-range," "cage-free," and "humanely raised" are legally allowed to mean, and what they actually deliver.

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Check the evidence yourself. The sentience research these articles lean on, including the review that led the UK to legally recognize octopuses and crabs as sentient, is in the Science library with links to every study.