Vegetarianism

[Catherine]

Quote:The meat industry is a huge business and boycotting them won't do anything until the laws are changed. They will keep killing animals and we will just feel awful about it.

You are right it is a big industry. Individuals boycotting does nothing. However when we pull together for a cause, change can happen.
People are eating less meat. The statistics are showing that. People are asking where their meat comes from and how is it raised. The same is true of eggs and milk.

We would have no chance if we were taking on the whole industry, but people are targeting pieces of it. McDonalds was pressured about its use of cage eggs. Social media makes this possible because we all can sign a petition. They have given in and agreed to change in a lot of different counties. They are looking for a better source of eggs.
So, one big chain like McDonalds changes. Other groups will follow their lead.

It is a slow process. Laws will need to be changed in the end, but for laws to change, law makers need to see that we want laws to change.
If it was one person chanting "change the law" it would be hopeless. It is not one voice, it is the voices of all of us who reject animal cruelty in the food industry.
It won't be one victory, it will be a thousand small victories. Water can wear away a hard rock one drop at a time if there are enough drops and enough time. There are enough drops and we have however much time it takes.