Our entrenched exploitation of animals has been going on for so long that getting to change the status of non-human species is challenging, to say the least. If abolition is the goal, a moral consciousness and an awakening by each individual is the beginning. We can fight for legislation to remove the property status of animals, we can enjoy a vegan diet, we can choose what we wear, we can educate, we can boycott, we can get political, and so on.

The horrendous suffering parallel to the owning and use of all sentient beings, for the selfish interest of humans is monumental and at the root of what is evil. Once we recognize that, we can direct our energies into advances and reforms that will help lead to a successful movement of liberation.