In reply to Jasmine.

Jasmine, I know this is an old thread but maybe you will see this anyways. Vegans seek to reduce harm to others as far as possible and that is exactly what they do. More of the animals you talk about are poisoned and killed on land which grows feed for the farm animals that omnivorous and vegetarian diets consume in the form of meat or animal products. Any harm which growing plants causes to the environment or wildlife is made even worse by the amount of crops we grow to sustain the billions of farm animals bred onto the planet. The majority of crops in the world are being fed to cows and pigs. It's a massive environmental disaster and it's eradicating all wildlife habitat. We need plants to live but we do not need animal products. No one can be perfect but avoiding all animal products in food and fashion is the best way to minimize the suffering we cause. It's unfortunate that no one responded properly to your argument because it is something we are concerned about as vegans.