Welcome!
My name is Zahava Katz-Perlish and I feel deep empathy, admiration and respect towards nonhuman animals. However, we live in a world in which most humans feel superior and entitled over other species. Exploitation and needless suffering inflicted on animals for human benefit, is the norm. That unjust and appalling practice is something I strive to change. In my blog I contemplate thoughts and ideas about our relationship and treatment of sentient beings.
I’ve become a vegan after learning about the immense suffering of animals in various industries, such as food, clothing, cosmetics and entertainment. Vegan lifestyle is based on ethical choices with the goal of not causing pain and suffering to defenseless beings. Vegans refrain from any products and activities that are based on cruelty and exploitation. That includes abstaining from eating animals and animal products, from purchasing and wearing their skins, wool and hair, from using cosmetics tested on animals, and more.
Perhaps my thoughts and observations will challenge your current thinking, or may provoke and even disturb some of you. Regardless, I hope you will reflect on my ideas and tell me what you think and why.
Please consider your daily activities, from drinking cow’s milk to buying leather shoes, and view them through the animals’ eyes and prism of your moral values. You may be surprised by what you find.