Don’t Despair Animal Activists, Your Vegan Advocacy is Never in Vain

Clare Mann March 1, 2018

Do you ever feel that it’s too difficult living in a non vegan world? Despite all your advocacy, the world just isn’t changing and people are indifferent, resistant and more interested in their own needs to worry about animals?

It is challenging to be faced with the industrial cruelty towards animals and to see so many people supporting these practices with their consumer choices. You can speak out about it and wonder if the world will ever change.

This article in The Scavenger highlights that sometimes you get to hear about the results of your endeavours and the outcomes can be far-reaching.

http://thescavenger.net/social-justice-to-all/social-justice-for-animals/965-don-t-despair-animal-activists-your-vegan-advocacy-is-never-in-vain.html

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