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Hey, I’m Christian Serratos for PETA. El Dia de las Muertos is a holiday that pays
tribute to the dead and also celebrates life. So I thought, ‘ what better of an idea than
to bring it in with PETA and let people know how we can respect the living and the dead’?
You know, going vegetarian could be an incredible option for people if they would just educate
themselves. You know, I just want to encourage people to do that. I had a plethora of reasons
for going vegetarian, but one of them, cause I was just as naïve as some people can be,
I was eating meat and didn’t know how it affected my health. So as soon as I started
weaning out meat and going vegetarian I just felt better and brighter and lighter and I
had more energy, which was a big issue for me, I was constantly tired. It was a big deal,
to me being an animal lover, that I realized what I was eating and that I didn’t separate
myself from saving my animals, my pets that I love from a cow that’s slaughtered and
killed just to sit on your plate. We’ve, you know, been programmed to think meat is
protein and you need meat to- No. We’re not cavemen. There are plenty other ways.
I’ve been working with PETA ever since I was baby, since I was 14 years old and there’s
always more that I want to do and always more to dive into and help out with. I want to
contribute as much time as I can and do as much as I can to help these causes and bring
awareness to issues that a lot of people don’t know about or don’t care to know about.
I know so many people that say, ‘Yeah we know that dogs and cats and other animals
are shoved into crates the size of their heads, but we just don’t want to see it.’ Another
issue that’s really important to me to bring awareness to is the circus. These animals
are ripped away at very young ages and trained to do really ridiculous stunts and tricks
that most people don’t even actually enjoy and they’re beaten and essentially tortured
for something that 2 year olds won’t even really understand. And I understand that it’s
sad and you don’t really want to look at these things, but if you don’t, nothing’s
gonna change. I have to be that girl that forces my friends to sit down and watch these
videos and gets them kind of like wanting to get on that mission with me.