To minimize suffering.

To promote compassion in human affairs.

To improve the health of humanity.

To reduce human starvation and malnutrition.

To prevent the radical disruption of our planet’s ecosystem.

To preserve animal species.

To preserve wilderness.

Statistics show that over 2,700 animals will be eaten by an average American during their lifetime. By giving up meat, many animal lives would be saved and many human lives would be saved as well with the reduction in cancer and coronary disease.  For more information, read why vegetarianism is good for you and the planet.

Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all
evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still
savages.
-Thomas Edison

The time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of
animals as they now look on the murder of men.
-Leonardo Da Vinci

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
-Mahatma Gandhi
It is man’s sympathy with all creatures that first makes him truly a man.
-Albert Schweitzer

For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love.
-Pythagoras

Adapted from Animal Rights FAQ.