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Every year, billions of animals across the world are exploited and killed for pleasure and profit.

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To me personally, it feels a little bit like what you would see in a horror movie.

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You know, life in a laboratory is a pretty miserable thing. Often they're living alone

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in an enclosure. They're subjected to all sorts of different procedures based on what research

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protocol they're in. The mothers are extremely upset. You will see them following the vehicle.

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Like if you put the calf into a car or into the back of a truck, you'll see the mothers chase after

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it. They will cry out for their child. They are extremely upset. My name is Ryan and I have been

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vegan since I turned 18 years old. As the host of The Vegan Report, I'm interested in meeting the

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good people behind the global fight for animal welfare and shed light on their important work.

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If you say you're a vegan, they're like, ah, okay, they're already kind of hands up. They don't

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want to talk to you. And then if you're like animals, animals, animals, they tune you out.

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And, and it should be like if you're from any political party, the other political party,

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they say someone to hear you. Right? You say you're the other party. They don't want to hear you.

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So I found that by using food or that kind of health benefits, it allows me to start a conversation.

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That was the worry with biomedical research ended for chimps in the US. You know, the worry was,

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well, what are they're going to come after monkeys next? It's like, yeah,

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yeah, we are. It's going to be another long haul, but that's going to happen.

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I never shy away from bold topics. And I'm always in the pursuit of offering grounded, passionate,

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and inspiring conversations from my listeners, but always with a fair and compassionate attitude.

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And I remember shooting it in the back of the head and it just, it really, really,

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it really got to me because I was sitting there, you know, for many years saying, you know, I wanted

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to help animals. I wanted to be, I really cared about animal husbandry. I really love these animals.

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I always consider myself an animal lover. And yet here I am doing this. I don't want to contribute

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this to this anymore. I don't want to give any more of my money to this, even, even if it's,

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you know, dairy cows, chickens, backyard eggs, any of it. The vegan report is available on every

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podcast platform and YouTube. Episodes are posted every Tuesday. Become a friend of this show now

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by subscribing to the podcast. You do the best you can. And the best that you can right now is

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adopting a vegan diet and avoiding animal products in your clothes and in your clothes.

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And, and in your, you know, housewares and wherever else that's the best you can do as a human right

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now. So do that.