When I say a vegan diet can be "the healthiest dietary option we can live by," I mean an informed vegan diet.
In a perfect world, we would not keep animals for our benefit, including pets.
Make vegan friends! It's a tough row to hoe doing it alone.
If it were a retarded baby and a bright dog, I'd save the dog.
Being kind to animals is not enough. Avoiding cruelty is not enough. Housing animals in more comfortable, larger cages is not enough. Whether we exploit animals to eat, to wear, to entertain us, or to learn, the truth of animal rights requires empty cages, not larger cages.
It is not an act of kindness to treat animals respectfully. It is an act of justice.