Mark Lanigan of Ontario, Canada, decided to sell his farm in 2016 after a calf was born three months prematurely and he spent the entire day attempting to keep it alive. "I had an epiphany," the 65-year-old explains.

While Mr Lanigan's Farmhouse Garden Animal Home now includes 28 cows, one horse, a donkey, chickens, and ducks, he also sells veggies including radishes, cabbages, and beets. Instead of sending those animals to slaughter, he is, in fact, setting up an animal sanctuary for them.

"It wasn't something that was planned, or talked about, it just happened really quickly." He says, "My sons were going to take over the farm. They thought I was nuts."

His neighbours have stopped talking to him ever since he changed his mind about slaughtering animals. However he claims he can talk to both animals activists and beef farmers with an open mind.

It's amazing how people are able to form a connect with their fellow beings so easily, yet they're so disconnected to the nature at the same time. It took Mr Lanigan helping one calf to see that even these animals are worthy of life. And how intolerant people get when you challenge their beliefs, even without actually challenging them. He only had to change his own ways and suddenly nobody was talking to him. It's kind of a hyperbole when people say vegans are intolerant for not wanting animals to get murdered while they are so intolerant about a man changing his personal habits.


Source: BBC