| Before becoming a vegetarian, you may be | | | | unethical to eat eggs. The battery farms in which |
| wondering exactly why vegans make vegetarian | | | | most of the eggs available on market shelves are |
| diet plans they make. And you may also be | | | | produced causes harm and suffering to millions of |
| uncertain if you can adopt to these choices until | | | | hens. They are kept in confined conditions with no |
| you yourself value and accept them. | | | | space to move and engage in natural behavior. |
| Eggs are advised to be included in vegetarian | | | | Thus they peck one another and have to be |
| dishes for children in their vegetarian diet plans. | | | | de-beaked. |
| They often do the same thing thing for pregnant | | | | Vegans, by contrast, do not consume eggs |
| women who are vegetarians. Because eggs are | | | | usually and in general they oppose the institution |
| highly nutritious, they contain the same since they | | | | altogether. In modern farming system animals are |
| are the food supply for the embryonic chick. Eggs | | | | being forced to continually lay eggs until they are |
| are an excellent source of protein, iron and | | | | calcium -depleted and on the verge of death--at |
| phosphorous, yolk-rich source of Vitamin A, D and | | | | which point, they are killed. |
| B (little or no C) that those children, pregnant | | | | Furthermore, vegans also disapprove to the idea |
| women and all of us needed. | | | | of "free range" eggs, which do not require a hen |
| There are two major vegetarian points on eating | | | | to be caged. They argue that nearly all free range |
| eggs to help you make your decision. | | | | hens are actually packed into houses, where they |
| Ovo-vegetarians, agree to the normal | | | | have smallest access to the outside. |
| consumption of eggs because they do not believe | | | | They also note that even producing "free range" |
| that doing so conflicts with an ethical vegetarian | | | | eggs involves having fertile eggs--half of which will |
| diet. They do not categorize eggs as living things | | | | hatch into male chicks, which will then be |
| and so they do not see the connection between | | | | slaughtered after birth or fed to a definite weight |
| consuming eggs and causing animal suffering or | | | | only to be culled. |
| death. | | | | In addition to these two positions, there are also |
| In addition to this, many ovo-vegetarians see | | | | vegetarians who don't eat eggs for other reasons. |
| complete veganism as limiting their options | | | | Some of these vegetarians don't consume eggs |
| unreasonably, especially when eggs are an | | | | because they are health conscious; and others do |
| excellent source of protein and vitamins and a | | | | not consume them because they think that the |
| viable nutritional substitute to meat. | | | | animal farming institution adds to environmental |
| Many vegetarians who do consume eggs go for | | | | degradation. |
| "free range" eggs over normal--or "battery"--eggs. | | | | You have all the rights to decide where you stand |
| This is more often than not out of ethical concern | | | | ethically and nutritionally, take some time to think |
| for the handling of egg-laying hens. Modern | | | | and realize broadly what decision to make. |
| farming system is convincing people that it is | | | | |