I thought that animals are free now I’m
not so sure one day I was looking down
on my plate of food and I realized I
hadn’t given a second thought on how I
ended up there like most young children
I didn’t know the horrors of the animal
produce industry I was oblivious of the
fact that millions of animals were being
slaughtered by people like me every year
that’s not OK however I kept suffering
more and more food into my mouth because
I didn’t know any better
increasing animal death rate and
slaughter every year in the UK
approximately 2.6 million cattle 10
million pigs 18 million fish 14.5
million sheep and lambs and 950 million
birds are slaughtered due to human
consumption that adds up to a whopping
140 million and 12.1 unnecessary animal
deaths every single year and like most
of you I didn’t know any of this there
was known to ask about it Noah specially
trained teachers in my school my parents
were just trying to shield me and my
friends were as clueless as I was so I
didn’t progress and I didn’t learn and
it wasn’t until years later when I
watched an animal cruelty video that was
truly shocked and disgusted by the truth
I saw my classmates but I couldn’t
understand why these beautiful animals
were being treated so poorly compared to
humans it isn’t fair animals feel things
too and the worst part is this cause
isn’t getting the recognition it so
badly deserves in school we learn about
women’s rights religion racism the LGBT
community I could go on but the one
thing we fail to realize is that there
are just as important issues that don’t
include us humans at the center of
attention having said this I think we
can all agree that animal cruelty abuse
entertainment fashion cosmetics it’s an
ongoing issue that needs to be addressed
now and affect every single one of us in
a different way do any of you like
makeup well I do well I do but what do
you think of when you hear the words
animal and makeup you’re probably
thinking of a cute fuzzy puppy wearing
silly pink lipstick
but the sad truth is over 100 million
animals including your everyday house
pets are murdered in US laboratories
like you I thought make up was an
innocent luxury covered in sparkles but
we have to be careful because we could
be using a brand of makeup such as Mac
that tests our products and animals take
a look at the person next to you say hi
get to know them now try and imagine
them going through this process imagine
their fear as they get poked and prodded
tortured until the bitter end later on a
metal table somewhere vulnerable exposed
all of this pain and suffering just to
put some crusty mascara on somebody’s
face and if the lab isn’t protected with
the Animal Welfare Act his death doesn’t
count her suffering won’t be heard no
one will even know that these beautiful
animals have died because no one’s
supposed to know and this well has
gotten too good at keeping secrets
I thought our future was going somewhere
special but everyone is so dependent on
the idea that there will be a better
brighter future one full of flying cars
and robots one with gender equality no
racism and minimal violence but how are
we supposed to rid our tomorrow of
violence if we can’t stop torturing our
fellow animals today this world is built
on suffering and we can’t stop human
violence if we can’t stop animal
violence and one day the world will just
snap you could disagree but animals do
want to live animals do feel the only
difference is they can’t stop the hate
they can’t end the suffering I’ll seem
as do the humane thing and give those
who can’t speak for themselves a voice I
used to love me but I wanted to know I
was doing everything I could to help the
animals it took some time but I su grew
out of my old habits and into new more
helpful ones with time you could too
this seems really easy doesn’t it
but still everyone seems to have excuses
I can’t be a veggie it’s unhealthy I’m
on a special diet it’s not enough
protein now I’m not saying we should all
suddenly become vegans because meat
tastes good and it’s not a bad thing to
like it the other day I was talking to
my brother Daniel
he loves meats so like many others he
tries to find excuses for the grotesque
ways animals are treated today and
that’s not okay
see I don’t expect him to become a
veggie nor do I expect you to that isn’t
the point of the speech the point is to
fully inform you so you can make a
proper ethical decision instead of
blindly guessing however there are a few
massively helpful changes you can make
to your everyday lifestyle for example
meatless Mondays some simple changes
like this could save up to 1.4 million
animals every single year as well as
always choosing organic and free-range
food opposed to chemically packaged ones
maybe you could donate money to an
animal welfare fund perhaps all of the
above at this point you have to ask
yourself a question are you a watcher or
a doer
do you watch these animals hurting and
wish you could do something about it or
do you do something about it personally
I like to think I’m a doer but that’s
just me now you have to make your own
choice for those of you who’ve decided
you’re a doer you want to do something
about this there are hundreds of animal
welfare groups out there just waiting
for new members
some of my favorites being PTA UK and
Mayhew and if you’ve chosen the position
of a watcher the position of a person
who would stand idly by as an animal
cries out for help then you need to
consider what we’ve been talking about
you need to consider the fact that
millions and millions of animals around
the world are being mistreated right now
some unable to turn around in their
cages to communicate some dying of
stress son got able to walk due to all
the injections they’re being put into
them imagine being born with an
execution date being separated from your
family since birth living out your
miserable life in miserable conditions
with miserable people imagine being
alone being scared with nothing to do
but wait for the axe to fall if you
can’t imagine living like this your
mother
brother living like this then why should
a family of sheep have two or even a dog
just because you can’t see it doesn’t
mean it’s not happening I
eating meat was as simple as eating me I
thought wearing makeup was as simple as
wearing makeup
I thought animals are free what do you think
not so sure one day I was looking down
on my plate of food and I realized I
hadn’t given a second thought on how I
ended up there like most young children
I didn’t know the horrors of the animal
produce industry I was oblivious of the
fact that millions of animals were being
slaughtered by people like me every year
that’s not OK however I kept suffering
more and more food into my mouth because
I didn’t know any better
increasing animal death rate and
slaughter every year in the UK
approximately 2.6 million cattle 10
million pigs 18 million fish 14.5
million sheep and lambs and 950 million
birds are slaughtered due to human
consumption that adds up to a whopping
140 million and 12.1 unnecessary animal
deaths every single year and like most
of you I didn’t know any of this there
was known to ask about it Noah specially
trained teachers in my school my parents
were just trying to shield me and my
friends were as clueless as I was so I
didn’t progress and I didn’t learn and
it wasn’t until years later when I
watched an animal cruelty video that was
truly shocked and disgusted by the truth
I saw my classmates but I couldn’t
understand why these beautiful animals
were being treated so poorly compared to
humans it isn’t fair animals feel things
too and the worst part is this cause
isn’t getting the recognition it so
badly deserves in school we learn about
women’s rights religion racism the LGBT
community I could go on but the one
thing we fail to realize is that there
are just as important issues that don’t
include us humans at the center of
attention having said this I think we
can all agree that animal cruelty abuse
entertainment fashion cosmetics it’s an
ongoing issue that needs to be addressed
now and affect every single one of us in
a different way do any of you like
makeup well I do well I do but what do
you think of when you hear the words
animal and makeup you’re probably
thinking of a cute fuzzy puppy wearing
silly pink lipstick
but the sad truth is over 100 million
animals including your everyday house
pets are murdered in US laboratories
like you I thought make up was an
innocent luxury covered in sparkles but
we have to be careful because we could
be using a brand of makeup such as Mac
that tests our products and animals take
a look at the person next to you say hi
get to know them now try and imagine
them going through this process imagine
their fear as they get poked and prodded
tortured until the bitter end later on a
metal table somewhere vulnerable exposed
all of this pain and suffering just to
put some crusty mascara on somebody’s
face and if the lab isn’t protected with
the Animal Welfare Act his death doesn’t
count her suffering won’t be heard no
one will even know that these beautiful
animals have died because no one’s
supposed to know and this well has
gotten too good at keeping secrets
I thought our future was going somewhere
special but everyone is so dependent on
the idea that there will be a better
brighter future one full of flying cars
and robots one with gender equality no
racism and minimal violence but how are
we supposed to rid our tomorrow of
violence if we can’t stop torturing our
fellow animals today this world is built
on suffering and we can’t stop human
violence if we can’t stop animal
violence and one day the world will just
snap you could disagree but animals do
want to live animals do feel the only
difference is they can’t stop the hate
they can’t end the suffering I’ll seem
as do the humane thing and give those
who can’t speak for themselves a voice I
used to love me but I wanted to know I
was doing everything I could to help the
animals it took some time but I su grew
out of my old habits and into new more
helpful ones with time you could too
this seems really easy doesn’t it
but still everyone seems to have excuses
I can’t be a veggie it’s unhealthy I’m
on a special diet it’s not enough
protein now I’m not saying we should all
suddenly become vegans because meat
tastes good and it’s not a bad thing to
like it the other day I was talking to
my brother Daniel
he loves meats so like many others he
tries to find excuses for the grotesque
ways animals are treated today and
that’s not okay
see I don’t expect him to become a
veggie nor do I expect you to that isn’t
the point of the speech the point is to
fully inform you so you can make a
proper ethical decision instead of
blindly guessing however there are a few
massively helpful changes you can make
to your everyday lifestyle for example
meatless Mondays some simple changes
like this could save up to 1.4 million
animals every single year as well as
always choosing organic and free-range
food opposed to chemically packaged ones
maybe you could donate money to an
animal welfare fund perhaps all of the
above at this point you have to ask
yourself a question are you a watcher or
a doer
do you watch these animals hurting and
wish you could do something about it or
do you do something about it personally
I like to think I’m a doer but that’s
just me now you have to make your own
choice for those of you who’ve decided
you’re a doer you want to do something
about this there are hundreds of animal
welfare groups out there just waiting
for new members
some of my favorites being PTA UK and
Mayhew and if you’ve chosen the position
of a watcher the position of a person
who would stand idly by as an animal
cries out for help then you need to
consider what we’ve been talking about
you need to consider the fact that
millions and millions of animals around
the world are being mistreated right now
some unable to turn around in their
cages to communicate some dying of
stress son got able to walk due to all
the injections they’re being put into
them imagine being born with an
execution date being separated from your
family since birth living out your
miserable life in miserable conditions
with miserable people imagine being
alone being scared with nothing to do
but wait for the axe to fall if you
can’t imagine living like this your
mother
brother living like this then why should
a family of sheep have two or even a dog
just because you can’t see it doesn’t
mean it’s not happening I
eating meat was as simple as eating me I
thought wearing makeup was as simple as
wearing makeup
I thought animals are free what do you think
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