Why I Became Vegetarian

Simply put, the biggest reason I became Vegetarian is the lifespan of animals bred for our use.

I used to think that animals bred for our consumption lived a full life.

But this is the truth:

The facts	average age at slaughter	average natural lifespan
cattle9	12-18 months	20-25 years
dairy cows10	3-5 years	20-25 years
bobby calves* / baby veal	1-2 weeks11	20-25 years12
veal (calf)	4-6 months13	20-25 years14
lamb	3-10 months15 (young lamb is often advertised as spring lamb)	15 years16
broiler chickens	conventional: 35-49 days17 organic: 63-80 days18	7 years19
egg laying chickens20	18 months	8-12 years
pigs	4-6 months21	10-12 years22
suckling pigs	2-6 weeks	10-12 years

- See more at: http://www.sustainabletable.org.au/Hungryforinfo/Factoryfarming/tabid/106/Default.aspx#sthash.ecLe37Ka.dpuf

From 

http://www.sustainabletable.org.au/Hungryforinfo/Factoryfarming/tabid/106/Default.aspx

The second biggest reason I became Vegetarian is that these animals may be fearful and traumatised at the time of their death, about their own impending death, and the death of the other animals that they are with. 

If you'd like to know more a website I like is http://www.makeitpossible.com/