In response to your April 13 article “Downtown Cupcake Shop Serves Vegan-Friendly Fare,” I would like to thank Brittany Brave for highlighting some of the many delicious reasons to choose vegan sweets in Gainesville. Vegans have a mere fraction of the rate of heart disease, strokes, obesity and cancer that meat-eaters have, and they don’t support one of the most ecologically destructive and cruelest industries on Earth: animal agriculture.
Most people are horrified to discover that animals raised and killed for food are treated in ways that would warrant felony cruelty-to-animals charges if cats or dogs were the victims.
Chickens often have their beaks cut off without any painkillers, and cows and pigs are skinned and dismembered, often while still conscious. This kind of abuse is standard in an industry that refuses to make even the most basic changes in the way that animals are treated.
Fortunately, as many UF students have already discovered, there are so many delicious vegan options available these days — including barbecue veggie riblets and vegan pizza — that
it’s easier than ever to give meat the boot for good.
For more information, visit peta2.com and request a free vegan/vegetarian starter kit.
