Alexi Lee founded Ethical Carnivores in December of 2018.

My name is Alexi Lee and I am 17 years old. I have always loved animals and wanted to help protect them. I volunteered at Bergen County Protect and Rescue and my research on bear bile farming won the 2018 Voice for Animals essay contest for my age category (you can read the essay here!) Last year, in an attempt to support the fight against factory farming and unethical practices in the meat and dairy industries, I considered going vegetarian or even vegan. Unfortunately, with my Korean culture, I struggled a lot as meat is a huge part of my family meals.

Although I have taken steps towards reducing my meat and dairy consumption, I know that there are lots of other people out there who have real difficulties giving up meat or dairy but still want to help animals to the best of their ability. I started doing research about all the different things we can do to help animals, like adopting instead of shopping or buying pasture-raised eggs instead of cage-free ones. So, I decided to start this movement to gather people like me; people who aren’t prepared for an all-or-nothing approach but still want to act in ethical ways and do what we can to protect animals who are mistreated.