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#35: Why Meat Eaters Belong in the Animal Welfare Movement | Dan Shannon, Humane League CEO
Michael speaks with Dan Shannon, who runs The Humane League and has been vegan for almost 30 years, about why meat eaters belong in the animal welfare movement and what actually improves animals’ lives. They discuss:
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0:51 Why meat eaters belong in animal welfare
4:26 What life inside a battery cage is like
13:03 Why personal guilt is the wrong strategy
15:49 How animal welfare campaigns change corporations
18:33 How to eat fewer animal products
25:38 Which food labels actually mean something
29:36 Why cage-free eggs cost more
36:19 What 30 years of veganism taught Dan Shannon…
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