Published Letters and Op-Eds from
COK’s Writers Group

Going Vegan

Published in The Mount Vernon Gazette on October 3, 2002.

To the Editor:

Thank you for presenting your readers with healthy breakfast ideas in “Breakfast Can Taste Good and Still Be Good For You,” [Gazette Dining Dining, September 19].

In fact, a well-rounded vegan diet is a great way to lower one’s saturated fat intake and cholesterol while simultaneously extending much- needed compassion to the billions of animals currently suffering in factory farms. These animals, including cows used for milk, chickens used for both eggs and meat, and pigs, suffer severe physical and psychological torment. Depending on their species and gender, they are castrated, debeaked, tail-docked and ear-cropped all without painkiller. They live in squalor, without fresh air or enough space to move about or even socialize normally.

Becoming vegan is a simple and powerful way to benefit both humans and animals.

Suzanne McMillan
Correspondent,
Compassion Over Killing