CAN ONE BE ECOLOGIST WITHOUT BEING VEGETARIAN?
[a letter sent to The Ecologist by Eric Gallego (Barcelona)] Oct/Nov/Dec 2005 “Sometimes I ask myself if people that consider themselves ecologist have had anytime the moral dilemma which arises from feeding oneself with meat of other beings who can feel. In most cases it is an affirmative answer, but in few of these cases we see that one chooses a way that goes in accordance with these convictions. Maybe it is possible to untie ecology from the feeling towards other beings, like most ecologists do. But I believe that doing so would be in disagreement, if not hypocritical, since being concerned with the natural environment and not caring for the sensitive beings (who feel) that live in it, is not wanting to see a part of this reality. If we than add up that the systematic exploitation of non human animals is one of the most unknown (and harmful) disease of the Planet and human health which exists today, I consider that being ecologist cannot be understood without a way of life which is
