We have a duty as vegans to protect indigenous hunting practices in places where it is not practicable and possible for them to sustain themselves without hunting and fishing.

Part of the reason why we need to de-commodify animals is so they can be respected for their existence on this planet. It is not our place as non-indigenous vegans to step in and call their practices "disrespectful" or "inhumane"

On that point- We need to stop humanizing harm against animals because humanizing animal harm has only led to human interests being seen as more important than animal interests on both domestic & global scale

The need to "humanize" animals and their suffering is an anthropocentric ideology that demands that living creatures must show human qualities to deserve a good life. It has long been the basis of speciesism & animal oppression.

I saw a tweet today saying that veganism polices the diets of poor/working class people. This is a gross misunderstanding of the movement. The vegan movement is a poor/working class *boycott* movement.

Boycotts are a huge, and very effective, tool of poor/working class movements. By influencing people to change how they speak with their money, we are slowly but surely changing the food industry.

To say that veganism is "policing" poor people's diets is to ignore and erase that veganism is a movement that has ALWAYS been rooted in the values of the poor & working class individuals who were against oppression.

We can continue to change this critique of veganism by improving our mutual aid networks, supporting worker's movements, and overall accepting a more inclusive & diverse vegan framework.

I, myself, plan to counsel companies to move towards plant-based options and better working conditions. However, not everyone has access to the same information I do. I'm in law school studying business and animal law.

Each of us have our own part to play, and we play the part that we're best at. Not everyone needs to be trying to change/dismantle these huge corporations because not everyone has the tools to do so. But most people have the tools to change their lifestyles & boycott harm.

But back to my original point, it is none of our places to step into indigenous affairs and ban their traditional hunting practices. They are not commodifying animals, and forcing them to abandon their traditions is colonialism at work. lets not be cultural colonialists.