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70 billion land animals and 1 trillion sea animals are abused and killed for unnecessary consumption worldwide. At least 18% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions are produced by “livestock” and their “products”. 82% of starving children live in countries where crops are fed to animals that in turn get consumed mostly by "first world" countries. Eating processed animal products increases the chance of death from heart disease by 72%. Why is animal use and exploitation so normalized? Answer: speciesism. Like racism, sexism, ableism, etc., speciesism too is a form of discrimination, based on the presumption that the human species dominates over another species. As all types of discrimination, speciesism too is unethical and unjust. The good news is that discrimination is not inherent (nothing in our DNA tells us that one species, or one race, or one gender is superior to the rest) and therefore can be unlearned. Take a stand against exploitation and violence. Take a stand for justice and freedom for all.