While vegetarians eschew meat, some go further. Avoiding animal products becomes a way of life that requires constant vigilance. But with the commitment come dilemmas. Honey means the exploitation and sometimes death of bees.
Sugar is processed with charred cattle bones.
Dried flesh of a cow corpse, they say. Ignominious results of the abuse of living creatures. These are not vegetarians, who merely abstain from eating meat and poultry. These are vegans, whose numbers range anywhere from 50,000 to 800,000, depending on which poll you choose to believe. They renounce fish, poultry and animal products in a society dominated by the stuff.