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The Pledge Wall below shows the personal messages from vegans who have taken the Vegan Pledge.

Vegan Pledge

Vegan diet

I ensure that my diet consists wholly of plant foods, with no products derived from animals.

Vegan way of living

I do not use or consume, as far as is possible and practicable, any products of animal exploitation, for clothing, cosmetics, entertainment or any other purpose.

Vegan principles

I adhere to the principle that our fellow animals have the right to be treated with respect and justice and should not be commodified or treated as property.

Pledge Wall

Angie
VIC

It's the very least we can do. Everyone deserves peace and to be free from abuse and exploitation.

Pledge #1082
Cassandra
VIC

Because animals deserve better. If we were in their position we would want anyone who has any sway or influence to help us.

Pledge #825
Keith
SA

Hardly a day goes by without me giving thanks for the changes becoming vegan has brought into my life.

Pledge #139
Danielle
VIC

Vegan forever for the animals!!

Pledge #1010
Darren
SA

Vegan for the animals.

Pledge #724
Beck
QLD

I have been an ethical vegan since Jan 2012. I apply the principles of veganism to all aspects of my life such as: food/diet, clothing, furniture, car/car tyres, household products, cleaning, healthcare, skincare, beauty + much more. For the animals.

Pledge #496
Sammy
NSW

Animal agriculture is an unsustainable practice that drains and contaminates our natural resources. Animals deserve to be treated with respect and not be mass farmed and exploited for our convenience and taste buds.

Pledge #1038
Mary
NSW

I want to do the most good I can do.

Pledge #1165
Lily
NSW

Choosing kindness.

Pledge #655
Harry

After being vegan for 45 years, it's insane the changes to our climate due to animal agriculture. It is now more important than ever to realise that there's no right way to do a wrong thing. Live vegan and save lives.

Pledge #846
Sharon
QLD

I am a vegan, ethically and dietary. I will remain that way and pledge to inform others in a way that is non judgemental and non confronting.

Pledge #334
Rhett
VIC

For the animals, for life.

Pledge #244
Danielle
WA

I love animals and don't want to harm them or contribute to their exploitation. Also the environmental benefits are important to me. Being vegan aligns with my values.

Pledge #1065
Suzanne
VIC

Being vegan is important to me for all animals to be safe and to not contribute to pain and suffering of any sentient being.

Pledge #1199
Katie
QLD

Being vegan is important to me because it protects the animals of course!

Pledge #1239
Tina
VIC

I am vegan thru and thru, I pledge to continue this beautiful loving way of life and will continue to do so in my lifetime here on earth.

Pledge #578
Fane
VIC

Every single day our species kills hundreds of millions of land animals and fish. I hope that in the not too distant future, our descendants will look back at animal exploitation with the same disgust we feel when we think about slavery and the holocaust.

Pledge #1307
Charley
QLD

I will continue to be vegan for the rest of my life.

Pledge #597
Alison
NSW

Animals experience love, joy and suffering just as my pets and I do. I do not want to contribute to the suffering of others when I can simply choose something else to eat or wear.

Pledge #685
Calliope
VIC

I'm vegan because I love all living things. When I got into philosophy, I found that I can't love animals and call myself morally consistent if I still ate them. It just makes sense, and I'm happier now too. There's no world where I stop, I don't want to.

Pledge #1004
Arthur
SA

I originally went vegan because meat & dairy products made me feel sick. Since then I follow the vegan pledge completely.

Pledge #277
Louise
QLD

I pledge that my actions and the way I live my life will never knowingly harm any animal and to always stand up for animal rights.

Pledge #225
Francine
ACT

Vegan for the animals. We need to be a voice for animals as they are powerless to the system

Pledge #212
Manny
NSW

As doctors, we are taught the principle of "First, do no harm". In January 2024 I realised I could no longer ignore the daily moral injury of continuing to support an industry that causes great harm to living, feeling creatures. Life has never been better.

Pledge #1122
Stefan
WA

I have no right to anyone else's body, except for my own. My body, my choice. Their body, their choice.

Pledge #286
Janine
TAS

I have been vegan for nearly 9 years and I pledge to remain vegan, to respect the sentience of other species on our planet, to live my life with kindness.

Pledge #641
Susan
QLD

Animal abuse is wrong, so wrong, animals' lives matter, exploiting animals for taste, clothing or profit is immoral. l am a proud vegan and will continue to stand up for innocent animals always!

Pledge #1187
Kathryn
NSW

The best decision I have ever made. I only wish I made it sooner.

Pledge #278
Lisa
qld

We do it for the animals. All of us. The exploitation of animals for food, adornment, entertainment and research is OVER. Together we will do this. It is so hard living everyday knowing their pain.

Pledge #52
Melissa
NSW

Always choose kindness

Pledge #243
Shamali Maria
VIC

I don't want to hurt animals

Pledge #226
Many
WA

My husband and I have been vegan for 8+ years. We do it as we are animal lovers and for our health.

Pledge #806
Alfred
vic

We operate a vegan food truck called Classica The Great Foodini and we make 100% sure that no products derived from animals are used to make our products.

Pledge #24
Julie
QLD

Animals are here with us not for us!

Pledge #835
Naomi
VIC

I can live a happy, healthy life without harming others, so why wouldn't I?

Pledge #469
Wendy
VIC

For the animals first, environment second, and of course, my own health, which, at 75 years of age - I'm thriving!

Pledge #258
Brij

Every living organism feels pain. I can't support suffering of any kind. I aim to reduce net suffering on Earth. I am a proudly vegan antinatalist.

Pledge #1236
Michelle
VIC

All for the beautiful animals on this planet.

Pledge #199
Anne
TAS

I will always be vegan ,so the animals wont be hurt.

Pledge #1299
Judy
QLD

I care about all animals and will be vegan for the rest of my life (7 years so far, vegetarian for 33 years before that).

Pledge #872
Vicki
SA

Because I believe we need to care about all animals and our planet.

Pledge #812
Pete
VIC

Humanity is defined by a world without cruelty!

Pledge #646
Mackenzie
NSW

I have been vegan for 10 years, and I will be vegan for life!! Vegan Australia is doing amazing work to promote veganism nation wide.

Pledge #4
Alison
NSW

If we could live our lives happily and healthily without harming others... Why wouldn't we?

Pledge #357
Austin
QLD

Being vegan is important for the world.

Pledge #1292
Sean
VIC

All life is equal.

Pledge #1328
Jeremy
NSW

Veganism means to me freedom and respect for all sentient beings. Except politicians. They would need to pass a test.

Pledge #1287
Corey
vic

All animals have the right to live free from human exploitation.

Pledge #22
Ella
TAS

Your future is in your hands.

Pledge #172
Lucinda
WA

Animals exist for their own reasons, just as we do. There's no justification for killing them for food or clothing.

Pledge #1014
Joyce
QLD

I pledge to do no harm where I can choose not to. To see animals as someone, not something. To live with empathy, to educate with kindness and to lead by example. My plate, my voice and my path will reflect love.

Pledge #570
Lyndal
NSW

Humans are no more important than any other animal. All animals (from the extremely minute to the extremely large, and all in between) are beautiful sentient beings who deserve our love and respect. Vegetarian most of my life. Now vegan for 12 years.

Pledge #406
Janet
SA

Being vegan is important to me because animals experience pain and trauma much as we do.

Pledge #960
Deanna
TAS

Vegan for life!

Pledge #640
Benton
NSW

Live and let live. Simple.

Pledge #465
Caroline
QLD

I am, and always will be, vegan for the animals. This world is their world just as much as it is for humans. Equal rights for animals. The right to be respected not exploited.

Pledge #239
Debbie
TAS

I do my best not to harm another sentient being and try my best to protect and care for them.

Pledge #845
Veronica
QLD

I pledge to follow the Sanskrit "Ahimsa" for the rest of my life. Vegan forever.

Pledge #649
Ledingham
TAS

I love all animals.

Pledge #1174
Sofahnya
QLD

Enslaving animals, upsetting the eco balance, deforestation, poluting water with leftover materials in slaughter houses, reducing the nutrient and taste in plant based diets, destroying the atmosphere with opening new coal mines that pollute our air...

Pledge #717
Alice
VIC

For the animals.

Pledge #914
Maree
QLD

Because I love all animals equally, always have, always will. Vegan for life.

Pledge #829
Elisabeth
NSW

I'm against cruelty, harm and slaughter. I care about our planet and know how massively the meat and dairy industries are hurting it. I want to be a voice for the voiceless. It's evil to eat or exploit animals. Also tofu slaps.

Pledge #793
Linda
NSW

Kindness shouldn't kill, and it's great for human health and longevity. Plant based lifestyle enhances all your senses and sense of self.

Pledge #904
Bruce
vic

Vegan FTA for life. Vegan Australia is a great goal and a great organisation

Pledge #6
Ramona
WA

I am vegan for the animals. We are all earthlings travelling on a speck of dust in the middle of incomprehensible emptiness, united in our capacity to suffer. May we all be united in the nonhuman capacity for humility, forgiveness and love.

Pledge #321
Francine
QLD

Because not being vegan isn't an option.

Pledge #942
Rhonda
NSW

Vegan for life!

Pledge #92
Sammy
QLD

Been for 4 years - no good reason to stop 🙂

Pledge #619
Suzie
VIC

For the animals ALWAYS!

Pledge #950
Kavi
VIC

Kavi the human is Toby the dog, is Toby the calf, is Rougue the chicken.

Pledge #194
Jo
VIC

Have been plant based for so many years and now want to take my pledge to not take another being's life.

Pledge #265
Ruth
QLD

To me, veganism means living in alignment.

Pledge #1324
Olivia
VIC

Being vegan is important to me because non-human animals are here to live a life for themselves, they aren't here for us. A life free from oppression, harm, violence and exploitation. Because when we allow the oppression of one, we welcome the oppression of all.

Pledge #1170
Glenn
NSW

It's the way towards a compassionate future.

Pledge #415
Grant
SA

Animals were not put on this planet to be exploited or consumed. They each have an important role in the fabric of our ecosystem and the right to live a full, safe and uninterrupted life.

Pledge #1173
Audrey
QLD

Animals are friends not food!

Pledge #1024
Roxanne
VIC

I pledge to continue my vegan lifestyle for as long as I live.

Pledge #498
Pat
QLD

Because I don't want to hurt any animals.

Pledge #1033
Katie
vic

Vegan for the animals (both human and non-human), with whom we share this planet and for the magnificent, miracle called Earth, that we all get to call home.

Pledge #78
Penny
VIC

"When we can live happy, healthy lives without harming others, why wouldn't we?"

Pledge #839
Deb
VIC

I love animals and would like to live in a world that doesn't harm or exploit them.

Pledge #694
Nicola
WA

I care deeply about the welfare of animals as sentient beings and view their harm and exploitation in the same way I would towards humans. Animals have a right to a peaceful existence in the same way we expect for people.

Pledge #235
Pieter
NSW

Empowering evolution from civilised marauders to hi-tech gardeners in a thriving multicultural meritocracy. We are co-dependent on healthy ecology and can obtain nutrition from plant-based sources.

Pledge #85
Joan

I am 15 years of being vegan. Going vegan has dramatically improved my body. I will keep on introducing vegan diet to all my loved ones. They shall all be on this goodies of life.

Pledge #631
David
NSW

I will not knowingly use or consume animal products & will always treat animals with respect & justice.

Pledge #616
Stephanie
VIC

Being vegan is important to me because animals matter.

Pledge #909
Heather
WA

The thought of eating or wearing any part of an animal is just abhorrent. All animals' lives are precious. The way animals in the food chain are treated so cruelly makes me determined to be vegan.

Pledge #182
Claudia
ACT

I am fully committed to this initiative. I have been vegan for the past 5 years and will be for the rest of my life. Animals must have the right to live on our planet freely and peacefully.

Pledge #329
Zaley
nsw

I practice and live by the vow of ahimsa, treating all sentient beings with love and kindness. Vegan for life.

Pledge #42
Amali
QLD

Animals are beautiful and sentient beings. They do not deserve to be exploited. I want a more fair world where animals are able to live and raise their babies just like us.

Pledge #1293
Lisa
vic

I promise to love all animals equally, and do my best to never exploit any animal.

Pledge #44
Lynne
VIC

I'm Vegan 100% for the animals. I choose compassion and respect for all living beings.

Pledge #1060
Les
VIC

Because all sentient beings want to live, and they are sacred.

Pledge #1062
Sass
QLD

Every time I consider choosing hedonism or greater ease at the expense of another living being's freedom and agency to live their own beautiful life, when I am a human with so much privilege to choose another way, the trade-off feels impossibly unjust.

Pledge #1030
Lilly
VIC

Heart and soul for animals!

Pledge #181
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