Non Leather, Vegan Shoes

This information about Cruelty-Free Living was found at www.theanimalspirit.com, a wonderful resource for information and ideas for living vegan.

A vegan (pronounced VEE-gun) is someone who, for various reasons, chooses to avoid using or consuming animal products. While vegetarians choose not to use flesh foods, vegans also avoid dairy and eggs, as well as fur, leather, wool, down, and cosmetics or chemical products tested on animals.

Veganism, the natural extension of vegetarianism, is an integral component of a cruelty-free lifestyle. Living vegan provides numerous benefits to animals' lives, to the environment, and to our own health -- through a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Reasons To Go Vegan

* Until we stop exploiting animals, billions will continue to be abused, neglected and killed.

* When switching to a vegan diet, you will find yourself easily meeting the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables per day.

* Hundreds of millions of people are going hungry all over the world because much of the arable land is being used to grow feed grain for animals rather than for people.2 Human hunger and poverty is increased by diverting grain and cropland to support livestock instead of people. "Slowly the realization is dawning that to feed plants to animals and then feed on the animals or their products is grossly inefficient.

Read the rest of this article, and many others, at
www.theanimalspirit.com

The Leaping Bunny

By 1996, 'cruelty-free' shopping had become popular, but it was also confusing, sometimes misleading, and ultimately frustrating. Companies abided by their own definition of 'cruelty-free' or 'animal friendly' without the participation of animal protection groups.

In response, eight national animal protection groups banded together to form the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC). The CCIC promotes a single comprehensive standard and an internationally recognized Leaping Bunny Logo. We are working with companies to help make shopping for animal-friendly products easier and more trustworthy.

The Leaping Bunny's Online Shopping Guide

PETA2 - Love em or hate em, PETA is a juggernaut in the world of animal rights and a great resource for information. This website, PETA2, is more entertaining and less militant.

PETA's Shopping Guide to Compassionate Clothing A collection of links to shops that have been certified "Cruelty Free" by PETA's strict standards.

Fur is Dead! - The tagline reads, "There is simply no excuse for fur". A collection of articles and videos about fur in popular culture and down on the farm. Some videos are not for the faint of heart.

Cows Are Cool! A look at the biggest victims of the dairy and leather trades. Cows are cool, but leather is cruel.

Save the Sheep! There's a lot you don't know about the Australian wool industry. If you think you want to know, click and check it out.