So I went vegan first sometime in 2012 after watching a raw vegan youtuber talking about animal cruelty especially with dairy industry , now I was primarily already a "vegetarian" with 95 % of my non fleshy foods but I've been vegan since 24th Jan 2014 when I was able to connect the dots of human, animal and environmental health when I reconnected with the interconnectedness of all planetary system ( natural & man made). Since I was already an environmentalist for a few years before this pivotal movement, it was surprising to me that I went vegan for animal cruelty reasons when I would never claim to be an animal lover but that's not a reason to deny them their reverence and basic right to freedom. And now it's been so long since I've been on this path, that most days I don't even remember why I went vegan in the first place, the dots keep connecting and now I am vegan for oneness and that there's no reason not to go vegan starting with animal liberation.