Evidence Of The Paradigm Shift
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More and more people care about animals everyday. Here are some pieces of evidence of this shift in social consciousness:
“Nearly one-quarter of Americans say that they sometimes go meatless at restaurants” … “10% of consumers say they largely follow vegetarian-inclined diets and 5% more are ‘definitely interested’ in shifting to vegetarian-based diets in the future.”
source: CatererSearch
“2008 per capita [meat] consumption stands to be at the lowest point in seven years”
source: Meat Poultry News
“The [poultry] industry has never cut production to this degree before, but demand for chicken has never contracted to this degree either,”
source: Meating Place
“Fishermen are hurting and quitting the business”
source: Yahoo News
“demand for dairy products is stalling”
source: NY Times
“[Americans] have become less accepting of medical testing on animals, and the use of animal fur for clothing”
source: Gallup Poll
“A quarter of Americans say animals deserve the same rights as humans, while almost all of the rest agree that animals should be given some protection from harm and exploitation.”
“38% of Americans express support for the idea of banning horse and dog racing altogether”
source: Gallup Poll
“with respect to using animal fur in clothing and medical testing on animals are older Americans more tolerant than younger Americans.”
source: Gallup Poll
We, vegans, vegetarians, and animal advocates, are making a difference.
We are changing the world.
this gives me much hope! thanks for posting this!
Agreed, vegangrrrl. We need to see some hope that our efforts are working, and this post helps a lot!