"By the age of 15, I was already torn between my love of animals and the deliciousness of a 99p McDonald's Mayo Chicken. As a child I was a fussy eater, with meat and carbs being the mainstays, but as I got older I found it harder to justify eating meat. A lifelong animal lover and one of those annoying people who jokes about their connection to animals,"
"So, going into my teenage years, I knew that eating meat was not really compatible with my way of thinking. But like most I found it easy enough to put those concerns to one side when I was scoffing a Greggs steak bake. Until at 15 I got the nudge I needed to take the leap into vegetarianism. It came in the unlikely form of an"
"I have always had a special attachment to the Aardman animation, centred on a group of chickens' desperate attempt to escape the farm where the evil owner Mrs Tweedy is planning to turn them all into pies. The film was released the year I was born and is regularly quoted in my family home thanks to its wholesome humour and charming characters: Ginger, the savvy political strategist; Bunty, the strong-willed mother hen; and my personal favourite, Babs, the salt-of-the-earth hen who is always knitting."
The narrator felt conflicted between affection for animals and enjoyment of cheap fast food from childhood into adolescence. Childhood eating habits focused on meat and carbohydrates, but growing empathy for animals made meat increasingly hard to justify. At 15, a rewatch of Chicken Run triggered a decision to become vegetarian. The animated film portrays chickens attempting to escape a farm where the owner plans to turn them into pies, featuring memorable characters and wholesome humour. The film reframed the chickens as workers exploited for profit, exposing a moral conflict between dietary choices and animal welfare.
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