The story of Seb Alex：A vegan animal rights activist

Seb Alex, 29, has been invited to speak at various universities. He is an animal rights advocator who has been a vegan since eight years ago, is giving lectures at European universities on ‘’Animal exploitation & Sustainability’’, which explores the philosophical approach of specialism and the protection of animals and the environment.

He was born and raised in Lebanon. In 2011, he moved to Europe to pursue sustainable architecture. After a year working for the unhcr refugee programme, he took the opportunity to enter the corporate world and work as an international programme coordinator for a construction company in Barcelona.

One year later, he decided to leave his corporate life and devote all his time to something that truly touched his heart: animal rights advocacy.

During 2018, he spoke to more than 1,200 people across Europe and in Australia about vegan advocacy, why it’s vegan, why it’s activist, and learning from previous struggles.

In 2019, he was invited to speak about Animal Exploitation & Sustainability in more than 30 universities and schools, reaching more than 2200 students between the ages of 13 and 30.

”There are so many animals suffering in the dairy- and egg industry, but their suffering is not shown to us. A cow needs to be pregnant before she can produce milk. Farmers keep their cows pregnant by injecting the semen of a bull into the cow. When the calf is born, it won’t be able to drink milk from his mother because the milk is taken away for human consumption.”

“This milk belongs to calves, not humans.”

Seb Alex

“The calf and the mother are separated from each other from birth. If the calf is a female, she will end up in the dairy industry just like her mom. If it’s a male, he will end up being slaughtered. This is why vegetarians still contribute to animal suffering. The animals live in pure misery, just like the ones in the meat industry.“ Seb Alex said in his talk.

Seb Alex has devoted his life to advocating for animal rights and is now working on creating social media content that will make animal rights more accessible to more people.

So why do people go vegetarian?

About 60 percent of vegans and 40 percent of vegetarians (who eat eggs, fish, shrimp and dairy) said they had adopted such a lifestyle in the past five years, with 55 percent citing concern for animals, 45 percent for health reasons and 38 percent for protecting the environment.

Finally, Seb Alex called out: ”If you’re not a vegetarian yet: make your behavior consistent with your morals. If you don’t want animals to suffer, choose vegetarianism.” Listen to your heart and learn about animal changes by watching documentaries or looking up statistics. In an age when there is absolutely no need to eat animals, all the terrible things we do to them are unjustifiable. Livestock is destroying animal lives, and it’s destroying our environment.“