Ever since I knew telepathic communication existed I have wondered, what do cows, chickens, pigs, fish and sheep think about humans eating them for their flesh or using their milk or eggs? I have started talking to them about this very subject, and have started writing a book. It’s a slow process, for me anyway. Listening via telepathy requires an open heart and a readiness for the truth. I have been working hard to make myself strong, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually so I can go inside intensive farms and abattoirs and ask them questions like how do they feel, what do they think, what is their life like? I will share what they have to say in the coming months.

So at this time I can just share what one non-human animal thinks about a vegan diet, and that’s from Wayne (dog). Wayne and I were living in Fairlight, Sydney with a couple of flat mates. Wayne would eat vegan pet, a great dry food that uses only plant based, organic products and specially formulated to meet doggy nutritional needs, but needed it supplemented with softer foods as he often had sore gums. He was extremely fussy with his food. I personally would have liked him to eat and enjoy vegan food, I know it can be a healthy diet for dogs, and I know many dogs that are healthy and happy eating vegan food. And I really dislike contributing any money towards the meat industry; I don’t support the killing of any animal so I don’t feel it is appropriate for me to support these industries financially.

So I was in a dilemma, I knew Wayne wanted to eat meat, he had told me this and he was under my care and relied on me for food. So I decided to support this. He was 13 years old, and had a tough life in the past. I would buy organic meat and sometimes kangaroo (as at least it was not intensively farmed) and cook it for him. One day I was in the kitchen cutting up some kangaroo sausages on the bench. All of a sudden, I felt a clear question from him in my heart? “How do you feel doing that?” I turned around and looked at Wayne and promptly burst into tears and said “I hate it”. He then replied “I will eat vegan food now”. I seriously thought I was going crazy. You have no idea how determined he had been at wanting to eat meat. He said “I understand the difference now. A tomato wants to be eaten, a sausage does not. But also see the importance of me coming to this conclusion for myself”. I was stunned and must say thrilled. From then on he would eat vegan sausages, and other mock meats that are readily available in the supermarket, health food stores and Asian supermarkets. He had his favorites, like vegan hot dogs with tomato sauce, and others that he was not really into.

I might add that at my mum’s he happily continued to any meat that she offered. Funnily enough, any day that she went to Bingo and Wayne at the same time was visiting, she always seemed to win a meat tray. Wayne got most of it as mum does not eat much meat. Now he is staying with my mum and her lovely neighbours Mark and Lindsey, whilst I live in France. I know that vegan food is not at the top of his agenda at the moment. I would rather Wayne eat plant based food, for health reasons as well as ethical. But at the end of the day I know it’s his life and his choice.

I also knew it was important what he had said about coming to this conclusion by himself. It really hit home, that each of us must make this choice ourselves, each of us determines our own ethical values, what is right, what is wrong.
I decided at this point that my personal choice is to never support the suffering of animals in the best way I know how. And that’s not to buy food that comes from animals, products tested on animals or clothing made from animals. I also won’t visit zoos, circuses or rodeos, unless its for investigative purposes.

And that means not purchasing any of these things for others as well as myself. At the same time, how others spend their money is their business. Sometimes it’s been challenging, I love buying a meal for others but feel uncomfortable to say I will only buy plant based food when I know that may not be there preference. Choosing to buy meals individually has been an amicable solution.

In a few weeks I will be back in Australia, I hope Wayne will enjoy living with me and eating vegan hotdogs again 