VEG SOC SURVEY

The Society recently carried out an on-line survey of 1000 vegetarians to find the top ten reasons why people choose to go veggie. The results were as follows:

1. Disgust at the treatment of farm animals

2. Moral or spiritual conviction that taking life is wrong

3. Wouldn’t eat cat or dog, makes no sense to discriminate against other animals

4. Believe that animals have innate right to life

5. Consider a vegetarian diet to be healthier than eating meat

6. Couldn’t kill an animal themselves

7. Dislike of the taste and texture of meat

8. Religion advocates vegetarian diet

9. Vegetarian from birth, no desire to change

10. Concern about the impact of livestock farming on the environment

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