The Vegan Thread

Good read for the analog photographers on the ADOX website - May I use film if I am a Vegan?

I read that a while ago and disagreed with it. So some people did research for 20 years in the fifties and sixties and failed--that doesn't mean it's going to remain that way forever. Science and technology move on. The author's claim that 'no animals are killed especially for making gelatin(e)' is also rather irrelevant. A large point of being vegan is precisely not to accept any of the further profit-enhancing by-products of the animal corpse industry.

A much stronger argument would be that since the physical film industry has shrunk to be so small, nobody is going to invest in further research but is instead going to continue using existing technology.

And 'human kettle raising'? What the hell is that? :)