Why I am a vegetarian

A BURGER OR FRIED chicken for lunch? Yuck! No way! Please pass me the salad instead. Hi, my name is Morgan Jacobs, and I decided to be a vegetarian because I love all animals. I have read and seen pictures of what happens to animals that are raised for their meat. It makes me so sad. Baby cows and chickens live their short lives in pens that are way too small for them. They have no room to move. This is so cruel. They suffer and do not get to enjoy their lives.

I also don't like that other animals that also only live to be eaten by people endure cruel treatment while they are alive and in the way they are killed. I feel sorry for them.

The best thing about being a vegetarian is all the tasty and healthy foods I eat. Vegetables and fruits are healthy for your body. Plus, I think they taste better than meat.

Oranges have vitamin C. I love the taste of watermelon, peaches, and strawberries. Green vegetables like bok choy make me feel strong. I enjoy drinking lots of soymilk to give my bones calcium.

I have a life threatening allergy to nuts, seeds, and peanuts, so I eat soy butter to get my protein!

I believe in being kind and loving to people and animals, being good to the earth, and respecting life, including animals!

Morgan Jacobs, 7 yrs

Chesterfield, VA

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