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Core Briefings5

Veganism1Getting Started1Injustices1Environment1Health1

Objections16

Almonds Tho!1B12 Tho!1Canine Teeth1Carnivores1Circle of Life1Culture1Economic Ruin1Food Chain1Frontal Eyes1Give Meaning1God Condones1No Souls1Omnivores1Powerless1Personal Choice1Plant Sentience1Protein Inferior1Too Expensive1Sickly Me1Tradition1Vegans Kill1Way of Living1

Animals and Exploitation9

Injustices Overview1Chickens2Cows2Fish2For Food5Pigs2Sentience4

Ethics and Philosophy1

Rights-Based Approach1

Environment2

Environment Overview1Almonds1

Human Health6

Health Overview1Diabetes1Got Sick1Hunger1Nutrients of Concern2Vegan Diet1

Advocacy1

Rapport1

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  • Veganism 101: An Introduction

    This briefing provides an overview of veganism, the history of vegan thinking, and reasons to consider veganism.

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    A painterly illustration of a smiling woman with curly hair gently hugging a white chicken, conveying warmth and care.

  • Getting Started with Going Vegan

    This briefing provides a few practical suggestions for getting started with going vegan, as well as links to resources that can help.

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    A painterly illustration of a smiling woman holding a tray of vegan foods, standing in a sunlit field with a pig, a cow, and a chicken peacefully nearby, conveying a welcoming beginning to a compassionate vegan lifestyle.

  • Animal Agriculture: Cruel and Unjust

    This briefing highlights the widespread injustices and severe suffering caused by using animals for food.

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    A colorful, painterly illustration shows a cow, a pig, and a chicken standing together in a confined farm-like setting, suggesting the shared suffering of animals in agriculture.

  • A Vegan Diet Supports Good Health and Reduces Chronic Disease Risk

    There is agreement among the credentialed dietetic and medical communities that we do not need animal products to be healthy, and that vegan diets can be health-promoting and protective against chronic diseases.

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    A painterly illustration of a person in profile eating a red apple, rendered in soft, colorful brushstrokes against a green, natural background.

  • The Environmental Impact of Animal Agriculture

    An overview of the devastating impacts of animal agriculture on the environment.

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    A painterly illustration of a cow standing on cracked, drought-stricken land next to a large globe of Earth, with a small polluted stream flowing through the dry landscape, symbolizing environmental harm from animal agriculture

  • Can Veganism Mitigate World Hunger and Starvation?

    A plant-based food economy will promote a more efficient food production system better capable of feeding the world.

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    “Vegans Kill More Because of Crop Deaths”

    This briefing explains why using crop deaths as an argument against veganism doesn’t hold up.

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    An illustration of a combine harvester cutting a cornfield while mice flee the rows, emphasizing crop deaths during harvesting.

  • Plant Protein: Abundant, Complete, and Healthier

    This briefing shows that plant protein is sufficient, complete, and avoids the risks associated with animal protein.

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    A painterly illustration of a bowl filled with diverse plant protein foods—beans, chickpeas, grains, nuts, seeds, and tofu—set against a warm, pastoral landscape, conveying abundance and nourishment

  • “Plants Are Sentient and Have Feelings Too”

    This briefing provides several reasons why objections to veganism based on plant sentience or plant pain are unfounded.

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    A surreal illustration of a plant above ground and a human brain below the soil.

  • Nature-Based Objections to Veganism

    We examine several nature-based objections to veganism, including “circle of life,” “apex predation,” “animals eat animals,” etc.

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    A painterly illustration of a circular natural scene filled with animals, birds, insects, and plants arranged in a harmonious, swirling composition.

  • The Rights-Based Approach to Animal Ethics

    This briefing summarizes the key concepts of animal rights philosophy as espoused by philosopher Tom Regan.

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    A painterly portrait of Professor Tom Regan, depicted with glasses, a mustache, and beard against a muted background.

  • “Humans Are Omnivores with Canine Teeth and Front-Facing Eyes”

    This briefing shows why veganism’s validity isn’t tied to humans being omnivorous, having canine teeth, or front-facing eyes.

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    A painterly close-up illustration showing an open human mouth with prominent teeth rendered in bold, expressive brushstrokes.

  • “It’s My Personal Choice” 

    In answering this objection to veganism, we show how personal choice cannot be used to justify actions that are unethical.

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  • Building Rapport in Advocacy and Outreach

    This briefing shows how rapport building is especially important for animal rights and vegan advocacy and why it helps. It provides specific techniques to build rapport and discusses how it applies in various settings.

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    A painterly illustration of three people smiling and engaged in warm conversation, suggesting connection and trust.

  • Using Almonds’ Environmental Impact as a Detraction from Veganism

    This briefing examines why using almond production’s environmental impact to distract from veganism is both logically flawed and environmentally unsound.

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    A painterly illustration of a balance scale weighing a bowl of almonds against a glass of water

  • “Veganism Would Devastate the Economy and Cause Massive Unemployment”

    This briefing shows that a transition to plant-based food systems can be managed effectively and may yield significant economic and societal benefits.

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    An abstract illustration of charts, graphs, and economic indicators in bold colors suggesting jobs, markets, and economic change.

  • “Eating Vegan Is Too Expensive”

    We examine the claim that eating vegan is too expensive and a luxury.

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  • “God Condones Eating Animals”

    We address the objection to veganism that the Christian God condones the harmful exploitation of animals and even put them here for our use.

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  • “Humans Have Souls; Animals Don’t”

    Several points to consider when evaluating the objection to veganism and animal rights based on the presence or absence of a soul.

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  • “A Vegan Diet Is Not for Everyone; It Made Me Sick”

    We provide possible reasons for why you may not be feeling well on your vegan diet.

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  • “It’s Our Tradition, Culture, and Way of Living”

    Several points to consider regarding the “tradition and culture” objection to veganism and animal rights.

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  • Vitamin B12 Information for Vegans

    We address several aspects of Vitamin B12 for those on a vegan diet, including cost, supplementation, and the claim that B12 proves a vegan diet is not natural.

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  • “One Person is Powerless to Make a Difference”

    This briefing explains, with six key points, why one person can make a difference.

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  • “We Give Animals Life, Meaning, and Protection; They Should Be Grateful”

    This briefing addresses common rationalizations for exploiting animals involving life, meaning, protection, and gratitude.

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  • Chicken Injustices and Suffering

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices chickens are forced to endure at the hands of humans and also include slaughter counts and ages at slaughter.

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  • Chicken Sentience and Cognition

    Chickens are sentient, are capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • Cow Injustices and Suffering

    We catalog the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices farmed cows are forced to endure at the hands of humans and provide slaughter counts and slaughter age information.

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  • Cow Sentience and Cognition

    Cows are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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  • Diabetes and the Vegan Diet

    For some individuals, a vegan diet can mitigate and possibly eliminate diabetes.

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  • Fish Injustices and Suffering

    This briefing catalogs the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices fish undergo at the hands of humans and also provide slaughter counts.

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  • Fish Sentience and Cognition

    This briefing provides scientific evidence that fish feel pain, are sentient, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives. It also includes slaughter counts.

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  • Pig Injustices and Suffering

    We address the breadth and severity of the suffering and injustices pigs are forced to endure at the hands of humans and also include slaughter counts and slaughter age.

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  • Pig Sentience and Cognition

    Pigs are sentient, capable of complex mental processes, and lead rich cognitive, emotional, and psychological lives.

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