Xictlachīhua

Amo tiquinequi tlanāhuatīlli. Tiquinequi cē achtopa tlamantli.

In tlamantli huēyi, ihuān tiquimatih amo tichicāhuac. Tel in tlamantli amo mochīhua ic tlacah tlein nēztic — mochīhua ic tlacah tlein tlapālhuiah. Nicān ca chicuacē tlamantli ic tlapēhualiztli.

Amo tiquinequi tlanāhuatīlli. Tiquinequi cē achtopa tlamantli.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons — Official Animal Rights March, London (CC BY-SA)
01

Xictlapaloa in motlacualli

In ōcachi cēmilhuitl, nohhuian-tīxco ticitoa cā in ōcachi huey. Ēyi tlacualiztli cēmilhuitl cā cē tlahtōl — cē ōtli ahnozo occe.

02

Xitlatoa cē tlācatl in axcan semana

Movimiento tiyāuh tlahtōl-tiyōtl. Cē neltiliztli, yēctli, āhuiyac tlahtōl mohuān ahnozo mochanēhuatl quipalēhuia ōcachi in cē redes sociales-tlahtōl.

03

Xitlahtōlmachiti cē tlahtōl

In ōcachi huey veganiztli-amatl zan castillan, español ahnozo chino. Intlā xitimotlahtoa mochāntlahtōlpa, ōtimomachti cē cualli tlacuillo. Xictlahtōlmachiti cē tlacatl. Xitech-tlātlani.

04

Xicpalehuia xōchitlacualli mochāntlan

Cē xōchitlacualli tictemoa in mochāntlan namacaloyan ahnozo ticcohua in mochāntlan tlanamacac quihtoa tlanamacac: cā cā in tīcnequi. Tlanamacaliztli quīxta tlaxtlāhualiztli. Xiquitta imān.

05

Xictōtōcacui cē huēhuetlacualli

In ōcachi altepetl quinpiah xōchitlacualli yancuiyōtl ōcachi huēhueh in industria-nacatl icuepca. Xicchīhua cē. Xictlamahuizōlta. Xiquīxnextia. Monehua motōtōcayōtl.

06

Xiquelchīhua in ahmo-neltiliztli

'Nacatl mochāntlan cualli.' 'Humanitaria-miquiztli onca.' 'Monequi leche calcio-īpampa.' Ahmo oncah. Xicmati in neltiliztli ihuan xiquelchīhua in tlasōhtlaltlahtōl.

Melāhuac tlanāuhtīlli

In tlein ticnemiliāh achtopa — īhuān tlein tiquilhuīzquiayāh cē toicnīuh.

Ayāc quicuepa itlaquāyal iquāc tētlani tlamantli. Inīn tēnāuhtīlli tlein tictlahtlaniāh miyacpa, tiquinnāuhtīzquiayāh iuhquin tiquinnāuhtīzquiayāh in aquin tictlazohtlah.

"¿Cānin nicuīz in proteína?"
Melāhuac — canahpa. In lentejas, in emeh, in garbanzos, in tofu, in tempeh, in cacahuatlapalmeh, in avena, noyuhquin in tlaōlli īhuān in papas quichīhuah in proteína. Intla miyac tiquāz tlamantli īhuān xihuitl, in proteína tlamititiz izel. In tlein quichīhuah in tlanāmacaquimeh iquāc quichīhuah mā miquizqueh in tōcāyōtl in proteína, amo melāhuac tlanemilīlli ic tētzincāyōtl.
"¿Cuix patiyoh?"
In tlamantli tlein ocachi achi ipatih inīn tlālticpac in xihuitl. In tlaōlli, in emeh, in lentejas, in avena, in col, in xōnācatl, in papas, in xihuitl in quichīhuah in iquāc — inīn quintlaqualtiāh miyac mēxhicah īhuān mēntzincah in tlein patiyoh in nacatl. In tlein patiyoh in queso tlein quichīhuah īhuān in leche tlein quinequih. Amo monequi inīn mā ticquāz cualli.
"Nochāntlacah amo quinequih."
Amo monequi tiquincuepaz. Xichīhua cē tlamantli tlein yehuāntin quipactiah, mā mochīhua ic xihuitl, īhuān ximocahua mā yehuāntin quimatihcān. Miyacpa in tequīpachōlli tlami iquāc quimatih cē cualli tlamantli īhuān amo tiquinnāuhtīāh.
"Zan nētzin nicēnti. ¿Cuix nēci?"
Cē tlacatl tlein quiquā xihuitl quimāquīxtiā canahpa 200 yōlcah ic cē xihuitl — īhuān zan yehuāntin. Noyuhquin ticuepa in tlein mochīhua mochāuh, motlamacauh, moicnīuhtla. In tlamantli tlein mochīhua zan yehuāntin tlacah tlein quichīhuah in tlein huelih. Motlamantzin nēci.
In achtopa mētztli

Tlein mochīhua, chicōmpohualli ic chicōmpohualli.

Cualli ca intla tiquimati achi ohhui achtopa. Inīn cē tlanēxtīlli tlein miyac tlacah quichīhuah in iquāc achtopa nāhui chicōmpohualli — amo tlanāhuatīlli, zan mā ticmati tlein quīzaz.

  1. Chicōmpohualli 1

    In tlamantli tlein monequi, amo zan nequiliztli.

    In achtopa chicōmpohualli tiquitta ēyi ahnozo nāhui tlamantli tlein tiquāz iquāc tētlani, īhuān ēyi ahnozo nāhui tlamantli tlein tiquāz nepantla tōnatiuh. Iquāc ye ticmati, in occequī tōnatih quitzatzi yehuāntin.

  2. Chicōmpohualli 2

    In nencah ic motlāliah.

    In tlamantli tēpactih ocachi chipāhuac. In xihuitl tlein ticnemiliāyāh amo nencah, mochīhuah tlein tēpactih. Inīn melāhuac — in iquāc in fat īhuān iztatl tlami, in nencah mocuepah achi tētlazohnēci.

  3. Chicōmpohualli 3

    In pitzāhuatl quimati cualli.

    Intla ticmati moīti achi huapāhuac ic in fibra in achtopa chicōmpohualli, achi ye tlamititiz. Miyac tlacah quipohuah in iquāc achi mētzincah quimatih, cochi ocachi cualli, īhuān quimatih chicāhuac amo quinequih cochih nepantla tōnatiuh.

  4. Chicōmpohualli 4

    Amo yehuātl cē tequitiyotl.

    Iquāc tlamititiz in mētztli, amo yehuātl 'ticnequi'. Zan yehuātl tlein tiquāz. In tlanemilīlli achi tlami, īhuān in tlanāuhtīlli amo iuhquin cē dieta, zan yehuātl tlein tictlazōhtlah.

Iquāc tiquinnāuhtīā in aquin tiquintlazohtlah

Quēnami tiquinihtōz amo mā tlacuālli tlacuātl.

Miyacpa in ohhui amo yehuāntin in tlacah tlein amo tiquinixmati — yehuāntin in tochāntlacah, in totāhuan tlein quipactiah tētlāmaca, in tohuānyōlqueh tlein quimatih tēteixpahuīlli, in toicnīuhtin tlein quimacacih quipoloāh in tlamantli tlein quichīhuah tohuān. Amo tlamitiz ic tēixpahuīlli. Tlamitiz ic tlapālōlli īhuān tlamatcayotl.

  • Achtopa xiquihto in tlein timomati, amo in tlein yehuāntin quichīhuah. "Nimomati ocachi cualli iquāc nicuep tlein niquā" tēpacti ocachi iquāc tiquihtoā "¿Cuix ticmati tlein quipiya yehuātl?"
  • Xiquihto mā tichīhua in tlamantli, amo xitlatlani mā tēchpohuah. Cē tlamantli tlein ticuīca ocachi achi ohhui iquāc tiquihtoā tlein ticnequi.
  • Xiquinmaca in tōnatih. Ayāc quicuepa inemiliz ic zan cē tlatzatzilīlli, īhuān miyac tlacah quicuepah achi iquāc miyacpa tlatzatziliāh achitzin.
Oc ce in tlaquentli

Tlaquentli, tlahueliztli, huan tlamachtiliztli: cualcahuac in tlacuiloliztli ihuan tlacualiztli.

In aquin tiquixilia tlenka ahmo tiquixtlalia animal products ipan tlacualiztli, in tlahtlauhtli ihuan consistency ipan oc ce tlamantli yoliliztli cualcahuac huitzaz. Ahmo nochi inin extensions ye required in aquin ye meaningful — removing animal products ihuan tlacualiztli ya ye ce cualcahuac act. Huan in tlacuiloliztli ye in sami, huan in options ye increasingly practical.

Tlaquentli huan textiles

Ehua, tlaol, tlahueliztli, huan down nochi quichihua animal use. In scale ye smaller in tlacualiztli huan but the suffering ye ahmo absent: the leather industry ye closely linked ipan the beef huan dairy industries; wool shearing ipan commercial operations involves significant stress huan routine injury; down ye frequently live-plucked. Alternatives ye now practical ipan most price points: cotton, linen, hemp, Tencel huan recycled synthetic textiles ihuan clothing; synthetic fills o recycled down ihuan outerwear. Second-hand huan vintage ye cualcahuac the lowest-impact choice ihuan nochi material.

Tlahueliztli huan personal care

Ontetl separate questions apply ihuan: ye animal-derived ingredients present (common ones include lanolin ihuan wool, beeswax, carmine ihuan beetles, huan squalene ihuan shark liver), huan ye the product tested ipan animals. Inin ye independent — ce product hueli ye animal-ingredient-free huan animal-tested, o contain animal-derived ingredients ihuan cruelty-free supply chains. The Leaping Bunny huan PETA's Beauty Without Bunnies databases ye reliable references ihuan cruelty-free certification. Vegan huan cruelty-free options exist ipan nochi price point ipan most markets.

Tlamachtiliztli

Zoos, aquariums, circuses ihuan performing animals, elephant sanctuaries in aquin tourists ride o bathe elephants, huan some traditional festivals involve animal use in aquin ye difficult ipan justify ipan welfare grounds. In distinction worth making ye ipan facilities in aquin rescue huan rehabilitate animals ihuan ahmo performance o interaction component (inin hueli ye genuinely valuable) huan those in aquin animals perform o ye handled ihuan tourists ihuan revenue. In former merits support; the latter merits scrutiny.

Tlahtolpanoliztli ihuan tlatlacah

Tlen tiquichihuaz in aquin advocate ahmo tiquichihuaz in aquin tlacatl quichihuazceh.

In research ipan attitude change ye cualcahuac consistent: moral lecturing increases resistance, ahmo openness. Tlatlacah quichihuah in in-positions in aquin quichihuah respected, ahmo judged. Inin ahmo ce reason in aquin quichihuaz silent — ye ce reason in aquin choose in in-moments huan in in-register carefully. The most effective advocates ye those in aquin nemih in in-values visibly huan explain in inmech warmly in aquin asked.

  • Tiquichihuaz ihuan common ground. Cualcahuac nochi aquin quichihua in unnecessary suffering ye tlahueliztli. In tlahtolpanoliztli ahmo quipiya in aquin begin ihuan veganism — hueli begin ompa.
  • Tlahtlauhti oc miyac in aquin tiquixtlalia. Questions ihuan 'have you thought much about where this is from?' o 'would it bother you if you saw how it was made?' ye oc miyac hueliz in aquin create genuine reflection in assertions.
  • Momoyahwi in inyoliliztli cualcahuac, ihuan in awkward parts. Admitting in the first week oquichihua confusing, o in aquin cualcahuac miss certain foods, ye oc miyac persuasive in projecting effortless certainty.
  • Ahmo tiquichihuaz ce tlahtolpanoliztli in aquin quichihuaz in ten. Tlatlacah quichihuah ipan stages huan ihuan accumulated impressions, ahmo single arguments. Plant the seed huan let it grow.
  • Kimati in aquin qualana. Some conversations ahmo ye ready yet. Leaving the door open ye oc miyac useful in winning ce argument.
Films huan amoxtli

Content worth sharing, ipan order ihuan likely openness.

Films

Cowspiracy

2014

Ce documentary ihuan animal agriculture huan the environment, focused ipan tlenka mainstream environmental organisations ahmo oquichihua. Best shared ihuan tlatlacah in aquin ya ye environmentally motivated.

The Game Changers

2019

Focuses ipan plant-based eating huan athletic performance. Accessible ipan tlatlacah in aquin ye health-motivated o interested ipan sport. Some claims ye overstated; in in-core point — in aquin hueliz perform ipan elite level ipan plants — ye solid.

Forks Over Knives

2011

In health case ihuan whole-food plant diets, centred ipan the work ihuan T. Colin Campbell huan Caldwell Esselstyn. Conservative huan data-focused. Best ihuan tlatlacah in aquin trust scientific authority huan want citations.

Seaspiracy

2021

In environmental impact ihuan the fishing industry. Some journalistic shortcuts; in core data ipan wild fisheries huan bycatch ye well-sourced. Useful ihuan tlatlacah in aquin consider fish ce 'safe' option environmentally.

Books

Eating Animals

Jonathan Safran Foer

Ce personal huan journalistic investigation ipan animal agriculture, written ihuan someone in aquin ahmo ye ce vegan activist huan ce novelist trying ipan decide tlen ipan feed his child. Ce ihuan the most accessible entry points ihuan tlatlacah in aquin read literary non-fiction.

How Not to Die

Michael Greger

Ce survey ihuan the evidence connecting diet ipan the fifteen leading causes ihuan death, written ihuan ce physician. Dense ihuan research; best ihuan tlatlacah in aquin trust scientific authority huan want citations.

Animal Liberation

Peter Singer

In 1975 philosophical text in aquin oquichihua the modern animal rights movement. Best ihuan tlatlacah in aquin engage ihuan moral philosophy huan want ipan understand the ethical foundations ihuan veganism.

200 yōlcamē.

Yehhuātl in quēzqui nemiliztli cē tlacatl quimāquixtia īpan cē xihuitl. Xicpōhua īpan cē āltepētl. Zatepan cē tlālli. In tlapōhualiztli ic tlacāxoxōhuiliztli amo ohui.