Why I am a Vegan

[Jade]

If I am outside somewhere and mosquitoes are biting me, swatting and killing one or two or 5 is hardly going to make a dent in their population. I usually gently and persistently brush them away. I use the time to work with my consciousness and go between trying to ward them away and allowing them a meal on me. It's not like mosquitoes cause pain or anything, just the most minor irritation... and honestly since changing to a cleaner diet, my physical reaction to mosquito bites is almost null. They're gone within hours.

For a tick, yeah, I would try to take them outside and release them and wish them well- why the need for double vengeance? You've already removed the being from their food source, no need to add insult to injury. Chances of them finding their way back to me to strike again are also basically null. The thing is, every tick on your groin is catalyst upon which you can make a choice - to serve the other or to serve the self.

Anything that is a "pest" who gets into my home gets removed as gently as possible. We had mice pretty bad last winter and we caught and released all of them. Only one of them died in the catching process, and one unfortunately met their demise immediately upon release when a crow saw them frantically running across the street. My husband caught several by hand; others were caught with nonlethal traps. He also catches many bugs in his hands and takes them outside.

I wouldn't justify consuming anything from the ocean, regardless of where it lies on the food chain, because our oceans are extremely sick and dying and that's a big deciding factor in my continuing veganism.

The only way I would seek to injure or hurt another second density entity is if one was attacking another one who was in my care. Like, when the bear attacked our chicken coop, I have no regrets that my husband pelted the bear in the face with a piece of jasper as hard as he could. If I was walking my small shih tzu and another larger dog came up aggressively, I would defend him. But as far as seeking out to destroy second density entities... that is never on my list of things to do and always on my list of things to avoid at all costs.