What isn't vegan
No Meat
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No beef/veal, pork, lamb/ mutton.
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No birds; chickens, ostriches, fowl, pheasants, etc.
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No sea creatures; fish, crustaceans, molluscs, turtles, sharks, etc.
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No wild animals; deer, rabbits, elk, etc.
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No amphibians, reptiles or insects.
No Eggs
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No eggs from any animal; birds like chickens, ostriches, fowl, etc or fish roe.
No Exploitation
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Not supporting zoos, cicuses, aquariums, some petting zoos,
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Animal racing/sport industry; the horse racing industry, the horse polo industry, dog racing.
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Hunting for sport, trophy hunting.
No Cruelty
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No cosmetics and products with animal products such as milk and milk derivatives, honey, eggs, etc.
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No cosmetics and products that have been tested on animals.
No Dairy
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No dairy from any animal; cow, goat, camel, etc.
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No milk, cheeses, butter, ice cream, ghee, cream, etc.
No Honey
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No honey, beeswax or honey comb.
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In food, candles or cosmetics.
No Parts of an Animal
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No leather, skins, furs, bones, teeth, horns, cartilage, feathers used as clothes, jewellery, decor, furniture.
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No use of animal fat or gelatin in food, cosmetics or products.
No Cruelty
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No buying dogs/cats or supporting the "pure breed" industry!
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Adopt and rescue, don't shop.
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No wild animals as pets, unless rescued as a baby.
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Helping abused animals if you can, whether by calling SPCA or smashing the car window because the dog is too hot.
Secret Egg Names:
Egg, egg white, egg power, ovo, albumin, lysozyme, binders, ovalbumin, coagulant, ovomucoid, emulsifier, ovomucin, globulin, ovovitellin, lecithin, vitellin, livetin.
Secret Dairy Names:
Artificial butter flavor, high protein flavor, butter, lactalbumin, butter fat, lactalbumin phosphate, buttermilk solids, lactose, caramel colourants, milk derivate, caramel flavoring, casein, natural flavoring, casein ate, rennet casein, cheese, sour cream (or solids), cream curd, sour milk solids, de-lactosed whey, whey or whey powder, dry milk solids, whey protein concentrate, milk solids.