I don't usually write like this but I think that what this entry is going to be about is a very important topic I feel passionate about and is worth the exception.
I am an animal lover; I've always been one. I cannot stand an animal suffering. If you asked me when I was younger what I wanted to do when I grew up I always answered that I wanted to study to be a veterinarian so that I could created an animal shelter, drive around the world rescuing homeless animals and helping them in all the possible ways.
As time went on, I decided that I wanted to be a vegetarian. My parents didn't approved the idea at all because I need a balanced diet that includes proteins; and as some of you may or may not know, it is nearly impossible to find proteins substitutes in the city I live (Medellin).
I respected their reasoning, so I decided that I was going to eat the reduce my meat consumption until I finished growing up and moved to a different place where I could be a vegetarian.
I've been living like that for a long time. Last month, I was watching one of my favourite youtubers (Joe Sugg), and in one of his vlogs Caspar Lee (another great youtuber) mentioned that he became a vegetarian because of a documentary he watched. "It will change your life" he said. I can't agree more.
I made a note to myself to watch that documentary, and I decided to watch it today.
It is a 90 minute long documentary regarding our relations with animals (company, food, clothes, entertainment and science). I have to admit that I couldn't watch the whole documentary. I listened to everything, but many times throughout it I had to look away because it was too much for me to handle. It is an excellent documentary and made me feel even more sentimentally connected with the subject. I really really really recommend everyone to watch it. It is a life lesson that everyone should experience. It is very hard to watch, and I certainly don't recommend everyone to watch the explicit parts because some people (like me) cannot handle that. I also want to warn anyone that may watch it, that I cried a lot.
I will leave a link to the website where there is more information about this and where you can watch the documentary.
http://earthlings.com
It's really hard to communicate adequately the way Earthlings made me feel. I think that this documentary shows us what we know deeply inside of us, but try to avoid thinking of. The documentary shows live footage of slaughtering houses, but not in a way to make you feel disgust towards meat; but in order to make you understand what we are causing the animals to go through only for personal pleasure. It emphasises in the fact that animals are living creatures that do suffer and feel pain. I consider that anyone with a bit of compassion in their hearts will not want to keep doing things the same way after noticing the repercussions caused. It is simply cruel and (ironically) inhumane to be accept, be part and support the suffering and slaughtering of animals for the sake of human selfishness.
I loved the way Ellen described it: "A very disturbing reality."
It is simply the truth. The documentary limits to open its viewers eyes and show them the truth around humans' relations with animals; and it is shocking and cruel.
There are different ways to react to this video. Some people (like me) would change their life styles because of their respect for animals and the disgust of nowadays consumerism and animal suffering; while other people might become aware of the hugely amount of sanity depravations that take place at slaughter houses, the antibiotics injected to the animals, the chemicals added to leather and fur clothes and millions of other stuff that happens and must of us don't really think about.
I could write for hours about this problems, but for the sake of the paper I have to write for tomorrow and for anyone that might read this, I am going to end it here.
Just as some kind of conclusion,
I am vegan now... :)
Byeeee
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