FAQs
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about veganism, ethics and animal rights.
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Advocacy and Activism
- How can I be an effective vegan advocate?
- How can I get involved in vegan activism?
- How do I keep calm while advocating?
- Should PETA be supported?
- Why are holocaust comparisons offensive?
Clothes and Cosmetics
- Should vegans buy second hand animal fabrics?
- What can clothes and cosmetics I wear as a vegan?
- What should I do with old non-vegan clothes/food/cosmetics?
Ethical Dilemmas
- Can you be vegan and pro-choice?
- Can you love animals and still eat them?
- Do I have to love animals to be vegan?
- Is dissection ethical? What if I have to?
- Is lab grown meat vegan?
- Is it okay to raise my child vegan?
- Is taxidermy/vulture culture ethical?
- Is palm oil vegan?
- Is quinoa unethical?
- Is soy just as bad as animal products?
- Is agave worse than honey?
- Is it unethical to do “x” because it may harm animals?
Food and Health Issues
- How do I deal with craving animal products?
- How do I eat out as a vegan?
- How do I get all of my nutrients?
- How do I go vegan with an eating disorder?
- What can I eat as a vegan?
Issues Going/Staying Vegan
- Are there people who can’t go vegan?
- How do I go vegan?
- How do I stay vegan?
- What do I do if I’ve made a mistake?
- What if I can’t go vegan?
Pets, Pests and Service Animals
- Can my pet be vegan?
- Is keeping pets ethical?
- Is it okay to buy from responsible breeders?
- Is it okay to kill pests?
- Should vegans support killing invasive species?
- Is it wrong to use service animals?
Politics and Social Issues
- Why are animal products subsidised?
- Would veganism solve world hunger?
- Is veganism compatible with anti-natalism?
Questions About Veganism
- Does being vegan make a difference?
- Is veganism more expensive?
- Why go vegan instead of vegetarian?
- What about eggs from backyard hens?
- What about manure?
- What are welfarism and abolitionism?
Vegan Problems