A lot of the suffering in our world today takes place on factory farms. Animals have to live through horrible conditions that we would never think of putting our pets through. There are very effective animal charities out there doing amazing work to improve the lives of animals in factory farms. By avoiding animal products, I don’t participate in this horrible industry, but I don’t feel like that’s enough. I can’t sit by and do nothing to help out the chickens, pigs, cows and fish who are very much capable of experiencing pain and pleasure like we do.