About 75 Penn State students and State College residents marched through campus Friday afternoon to rally against injustices committed by the beef industry and celebrate the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle. However, he added that if people became more educated about the beef industry, they may have a different stance on consuming meat.
Animals do feel pain and they do suffer to be killed for meat.
When people adopt an ethical vegetarian lifestyle, they choose to become vegetarians or vegans because they are concerned with the level of suffering an animal has to endure when it is being prepared for slaughter, he said. Kurpiel, who said the rally was successful last year, said the march continued for a second year because the group felt they were able to raise awareness about ethical vegetarian and beef practices. He added he hopes the rally will continue to be an annual event. Last year we celebrated being a vegetarian, but this year, we are also trying to raise awareness for animal rights. Leyh said she was impressed with the number of people who attended the rally, and she said she thinks the turnout will help to promote animal rights and ethical vegetarianism.