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Karen Dawn is an American animal rights and welfare advocate and writer.

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It is important to meet people where they are. It reminds me of yoga, to which people may flock for the physical benefits, often to find that the spiritual benefits match or even outweigh them.

Meet, People, Physical, Spiritual, Yoga

Seriously, many people have told me they can't eat turkeys anymore after getting to know them. I think in the wider world, when the stories air on the media, they help banish the idea that birds, other than parrots, are somehow lesser.

Air, Lesser, Media, Somehow, Thinking, World

Once people learn, it is hard to forget and go back.

Back, Forget, Hard, People

I met my first turkey at an animal sanctuary in 2000. The sanctuary owner brought out a turkey named Olivia who had been rescued from a factory farm. As I sat on the grass and reached out to pet her, she climbed into my lap and fell asleep. I was flabbergasted and charmed.

Animal, Brought, Factory, Pet, Sat, Turkeys

Indeed, a report from the United Nations has revealed that the livestock industry is the number-one contributor to global warming gasses - higher than even the transport industry. Plus, the effect of the livestock industry on our waterways and oceans is disastrous.

Global Warming, Industry, Nations, Numbers, Ocean, Warming

I wholeheartedly encourage any steps in the right direction, in whatever time frame works for the person on the path.

Path, Person, Persons, Steps, Wholeheartedly

Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can, and I have some great help: there are almost two hundred cartoons included in the book, including dozens from the brilliant Bizarro strip.

Animal, Book, Dozens, Humor, Rights

Animal rights is a serious subject, but I do my best to find humor where I can.

Animal, Humor, Rights, Serious, Serious Subjects

Mostly, I make sure to stay keenly aware of my own shortcomings so that I am more patient with others. It can be hard to see a friend order a cow-milk latte when almond or soy milk is available, knowing that the friend knows what dairy cows go through, how they mourn their babies, who have been carted off to veal crates so that we can steal their milk.

Baby, Knowing, Make, Order

I don't understand "animal people" who say they are not environmentalists. Do they not realize that the vast majority of animals live in the environment?

Animal, Live, Majority, People

Remember that veganism is a compassionate lifestyle not a punitive religion. Enjoy it! And if the going gets rough, it's better to relax the rules occasionally than to give up the game entirely.

Entirely, Game, Games, Giving Up, Relax, Remember

Giving into anger destroys the soul.

Destroys, Giving, Giving In, Soul

Come for the body, stay for the soul.

Body, Come, Soul, Stay

Because I am all too human, I don't always do the right thing, so how can I expect others to perform perfectly on the issues that are my top priority? I don't mean that we shouldn't try to do our best, but judgment and recrimination are such heavy weights. I find that accepting that we are all fallible lightens my load.

Expect, Issues, Load, Mean, Priorities, Weights

Some of us seem to be born with a drive to try to make the world kinder. In my twenties, living in New York City, I worked in a soup kitchen every Sunday for many years, just trying to do my part. Then I read Animal Liberation and learned about factory farming and the killing of animals for oven cleaner and realized nobody needed my help as badly as the animals did.

Animal, Farming, Help, Killing, New York, Sunday