Why Go Vegetarian?...Animal Cruelty

Here is some *hopefully* helpful information for those new to or considering a vegetarian lifestyle. Courtesy of the Vegetarian Society UK.

What don't vegetarians eat?
A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or the by-products of slaughter.

Statistics
Department of Health and Food Standards Agency (FSA) – National Diet and Nutrition Survey. In a UK-wide survey of 1,491 adults and 1,582 children between 2008 - 2011 2% of both adults and children reported that they were vegetarian.

The number of committed vegetarians has actually remained fairly stable over...

I've been a vegetarian for over twelve years now because meat and poultry make me really ill (maybe I'm allergic) I can and do eat seafood sometimes, I'm not overly keen on cows milk, so I drink soya milk and use coffee whitener for coffee.
Having said that I do like flavored milk and will have regular milk in coffee when I'm out, I still like foods such as cheese and eggs and I could never imagine being totally vegan, I would have to give up ice cream (soya ice cream is nice but very expensive) I just have to wonder how do vegans handle such a diet? no cream, ice cream, cheese, eggs, etc.
I'm...