Day 58

THOUGHTS- Leather, Fur and Wool.
...“But your not eating anything.” Leather and fur are pretty obvious. The animal is slaughtered and its skin is removed. Sometimes this isn’t always the case. In an effort to save time the animal may just be purely skinned alive and thrown into a pile to suffer an agonizing death. Sometimes the cows are still alive when thrown into the scalding hot hair removal tank, so that you can enjoy your leather products. Often cat and dog skins from Asia are mislabeled and sold around the world. You will often not even know whose skin you are wearing. But what about wool... The sheep don’t die for it. Once again there is no happy farm that sheep retire to once their wool producing days are over. They are slaughtered and labeled as mutton. The sheep bred in Australia are not suited to our climate and when their wool is long they suffer heat exhaustion and when they are shawn they suffer in the cold at night. Millions of sheep die every year due to their breeding not being suited to our climate. Which also brings about the need for mulesing. This is where the skin around the backside is cut off without anesthetic to stop flies laying their eggs in the sheep. Sheerers are also paid per sheep so often as they try to increase speed to increase profit the wellbeing of the sheep is sacrificed and cut and bruised they are sent back out to the farm. Also every year many sheep are crammed onto ships as part of live export and every year about 20, 000 sheep die during this time. There are many animal friendly alternatives to the clothing that you buy.

CHALLENGES- Getting rid of anything in my room that was leather or wool. Though I have been vegan a while the products I had brought before my veganism I could not afford to replace. But I haven't worn them in years so figured it was time for them to go

TRIUMPHS- Being completely animal free.

WHAT I ATE-



BREAKFAST- Buckwheat, cacao, soy milk pancakes. Topped with agave syrup and raw ice cream.

Beetroot, carrot, ginger and celery juice.
Glass of rice milk.
Blueberry and rice milk smoothie.

SNACK- Lentil bites
Cashews

LUNCH- Lentil bites, half avocado, 3 cherry tomatoes.

SNACK- Glass of soy milk.
Cashews and macadamias
Organic Popcorn
Raw Ginger bar


DINNER- chickpeas, eggplant, garlic, red onion, green capsicum, leek, garlic, ginger, sage, olive oil, cauliflour.
Served on Quinoa.

DESSERT- Raw choc ice cream.

EXERCISE- Netball game.