Texas Cattle Ranchers Go Vegan, Turn Farm Into Animal Sanctuary | NowThis
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2019
- These cattle ranchers turned their farm into a sanctuary for cows.
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Tommy & Renee King-Sonnen are the owners of Rowdy Girl Sanctuary in Texas. The animal sanctuary was formerly known as the Sonnen Ranch before it became the Rowdy Girl Sanctuary, a sanctuary for cows. Once Tommy's wife Renee decided to go vegan, Tommy started looking at statistics and watching documentary films like Forks Over Knives, a film and website that advocates for changing our diets from animal-based to plant-based, and Kip Andersen's 'Cowspiracy.' Eventually, Tommy decided to become vegan as well.
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Wow. This proves how open minded we can be at any age or at any stage in our life. Thank you for not being like the majority
True. I learned the facts and switched around age 60.
Like most vegans, I now wish I had done it sooner
One thing's for sure- I'm vegan for good!
And show what a WEAK husband she has he opened his mind and his BRAIN FELL OUT
@@faithfultotheend5202 You seem to think that you would have to be brainless to think that way. Some intelligent, widely admired people who chose not to eat meat- Pythagoras, Socrates, Leonardo da Vinci, Voltaire, Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Nikolai Tesla, Albert Einstein, Gandhi, Albert Schweitzer, George Bernard Shaw, Tolstoy, Thoreau, Saint Francis of Asisi, and many more. Some on this list switched late in life, but stayed on it to the end. Ben Franklin switched at age 16.
"Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." -Einstein (Of course today, he would be vegan. So would the others on this list.)
The famous Professor of Physics Brian Greene is vegan. You may have seen him on PBS hosting science shows for the layman. Jane Goodall recently went from a long time vegetarian to vegan. Greta Thunberg is vegan. Wikipedia has a more complete list.
@@someguy2135 You can pick and choose what part of my comment you want to respond to, if you want, but my main point was a lack of compromise, instead the husband completely caved to her threats. She shoved it down his throat. He was FORCED. I have nothing against being a vegetarian, I have considered it myself. I very rarely eat red meat but God gave us free will even Adam and Eve were vegetarians at first. My big issue is the lack of compromise. God does not program us to be certain ways. We don't get struck by lightning bolts from the sky when we do something he doesn't like. The life we live is our legacy, the name we make for ourselves now is what we will have when we pass over. And that is what counts with God. And that is what I strongly feel also. God bless.
@@faithfultotheend5202 Kudos for significantly reducing your purchases of red meat. That helps our environment, and (everything else being equal) reduces the number of innocent sentient animals being bred into existence to suffer and be needlessly killed long before their natural end of life. May I ask why you rarely eat red meat? For me, it was the health concern I had. I later learned all of the other reasons to boycott all animal based foods. Beef and lamb are the most damaging to our environment, and climate change. The huge number of them produce a huge amount of methane, which is 80 times more potent than CO2 in the first 20 years.
"While the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest may constitute an “international crisis,” they are hardly an accident.
The vast majority of the fires have been set by loggers and ranchers to clear land for cattle. The practice is on the rise, encouraged by Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s populist pro-business president, who is backed by the country’s so-called “beef caucus.”
While this may be business as usual for Brazil’s beef farmers, the rest of the world is looking on in horror.
So, for those wondering how they could help save the rainforest, known as “the planet’s lungs” for producing about 20% of the world’s oxygen, the answer may be simple. Eat less meat."- CNN
Another reason they burn the Amazon is to grow soy. "More than three-quarters (77%) of global soy is fed to livestock for meat and dairy production. Most of the rest is used for biofuels, industry or vegetable oils. Just 7% of soy is used directly for human food products such as tofu, soy milk, edamame beans, and tempeh." -Our World in Data
Besides the sanctuary, thanks also for challenging Texas stereotypes and showing diversity in perspectives!
Poor dude was forced to be a vegan
@discorperted If they aren't making money from raising cattle for the beef industry, but instead are using their land as a animal sanctuary, then naturally, they shouldn't pay as much in taxes, no? You see this as a problem somehow?
discorperted Being a regular farmer is not beneficial to anyone either, except the farmer.
@@knit1purl1 What a bizarre comment...
@@charlesstone591 ?????
wow. I want these people to know that I love them.
@discorperted no likes
@@pdut23 Ha Ha...very good
I love them!!! They are amazing!!! 🥺🧡 🐄 🥺💕
same here! ❤
That is a man who truly love his wife right there. Good for them!
And an amazing woman who truly knows what she wants.
"Hugging the very animals that they eat changes them" That is humanity right there.
Thats actually above humanity. The next step of evolution. Regular humanity are murderous apes.
Love these people. Protect the cow... love the cow. That's beautiful and the human thing to do.
That is the humane thing to do!
ok cow worshipper 😉
Not just a cow but all animals deserve this way
This woman is proof that sometimes it’s okay to be a “crazy” or “militant” vegan. If she didn’t go to such “extreme” lengths like raising money to buy the cows or lecturing her husband, all these precious individuals wouldn’t be alive today. She saved and continues to save so many souls by not respecting other’s personal choices. Because of her being a “militant vegan,” all these precious beings get to raise their babies and live their lives free from harm. I don’t think that’s something to be condemned.
100% agree with you.
It depends on the husband, I’d say. You’ve really got to know the person you’re dealing with. Often, it’s much more useful to be kind and patient. Renee chose a more aggressive approach, and luckily for the animals and their relationship, it worked.
Massive respect for these two people. Thank you.
That cow running is pure happiness
I love veal steak.
@@Jungleman707 SO FUNNY AND ORIGINAL!!!
@@Jungleman707 If you make your ethical decisions strictly on taste, we all better hope you don't decide you like the taste of human flesh!
@@4ngellvc874 Look, cows were born to be meat on sticks. It's better to have a life and be eaten than have no life at all. At least a cow is useful unlike most humans.
@@Jungleman707 eat dogs or cats faeces that's next on the meat eaters menu! Proud vegan from the uk 💚💚💚🌿🌿🌿
I like that wife. Haha. Honestly, being vegan, I bet she’s filled with so much joy now that he’s vegan too.
when people say "behind every great man is a great woman" she could be the mascot .
Maybe I should try that with my husband. He eats meat (Not much of it because I do most of the cooking!) but maybe I’ll give this a go. I was intending to persuade him to do Veganuary but that for months away!
@@juliewake4585 Good luck to you both! My vegan partner and I are very happy.
@@someguy2135 cheers pal. I know it’s not a good idea to push him but bit by bit I’d love to think he would get there.
This is truly amazing. I too reside in the state of Texas. And to see ranchers making a change in this state is just amazing !! Thank you guys for sharing and hopefully opened more eyes.
-Victoria (A new subscriber)
What a great couple. Living for the community and the whole instead of just living for themselves.
Just like you're actually commenting for attention but don't have any real facts?
@discorperted oh please, its the land of the free, if thats what makes them happy, and its good for environmet, you sgould be happy for them. Your educational system is rigged since decades, get less and less money and the rich get more rich. Please stop spamming this under every comment.
@discorperted Because, of course, compassion is never to be factored - not in your world. I suspect you're an animal murdering industry troll. If this couple aren't paying as much in taxes, that makes me happy, since they ARE supporting those innocent creatures which were initially bred to be mass murdered.
@discorperted That's reaching for straws, and not only a poor argument, a non-existent one.
@discorperted "They are exploiting loopholes and being selfish"
but it's legal and they're actually using a tax incentive in the exact way it was intended, no? Explain what they're doing wrong? It sounds like you're just anti-vegan.
omg, they are hilarious together! they need a reality tv show.
pabloplato so few people actually need a reality show...but.... THESE PEOPLE DO! I’d sure watch! ☮️💜🐄
Absolutely. The texas rancher and his fiesty wife forcin him to go vegan and he can't sell the cows. Its a great show.
that would be amazing..
Joe Exotic with a happy ending!
😂 we had a cow named Houdini who kept getting out and we never knew how
I'm proud to be American. I'm trying to go vegan again.
William Wright I’m with you bro!
I'm trying not to eat meat and it's hard for me cause I grew up with a family that eats alot of meat
Hang in there all 😊
I grew up in the country eating meat, hunting, owning cows for their meat. I've been vegan over 6 years now and I literally never consider going back. Animals are beautiful and smart individuals, their lives are so rich with experience and emotion. We are all animals sharing a delicate global eco system, we need to all work together to live our best lives.
oh, come on, I can't hate human kind because of people like you
Don't worry I will eat twice more meat for you.
That's what I call a mother
Beautiful amazing good job you are absolutely correct those cows are just like human beings they’re kind friendly and love to socialize
The cows can teach the people on how to behave around other
people you need to take the knives out of all the babies hands
Yeah, I was having a discussion on Sartrian existentialism with a cow friend of mine and we debated in three languages after we were finished with the writing of a song. They're just like us... BTW, a human baby and a calf are drowning, you can only save one, who will it be ?
You want too learn from cows.................. good luck
@@saxyrep1 Oh, gotta love that stupid, "If this or that one were drowning.." routine. My mother, who was abusive, knew how much I loved my dog, so she used to pull that one on me. She wouldn't want to know the answer. And my father, who was not abusive, never asked such questions. Good thing my mom didn't ask "If your father and I were drowning....etc."
This is just a beautiful story.
Watching these people come around makes me still have some faith in humanity.
This makes my heart happy!!✨😍👏🙌🐮⛅⭐
This is so beautiful. True proof that anyone can change.
🙂❤
That's a good man. He's added years to his life by looking after these animals and the planet. Bless this couple!
👍🤗💖🤗 I am a vegan for a reason!! Great stuff!!!
What amazing people, definitely gives us hope we can turn this mess around.
Eating plants save lives, not joking!
@Carl Jung You talking like you never eat a fruit or a vegetable in your life. Be vegan, save the animals, the environment, the planet and your soul
No kill lives
@River -_- and salt
Jesse Leland when you factor in the plants we feed to livestock, the amount of plant deaths eating meat is way more than eating the plants directly🤟
True
I love you two people and your cattle! Thank you for helping the environment for all people.
I'm from Chicago and I'm used to Wisconsin cows, those cows are very happy , they see the sunlight, they graze on real grass out in fields. On the other hand now I live in Texas and the cows I rarely see look very unhappy, you hardly ever see them because they're locked in Barns without sunlight or pasture to graze...
I'm glad these cows were let out of the barn to eat real grass and to feel sunlight on their skin!
Love your wife! She is awesome! I have been vegan for 10 years, I recently moved to Austin, hopefully, someday I can visit your sanctuary! Keep up the good work!
They must have watched "Dominion". Anyone that eats meat should watch it.
Eddie C vegans have a higher risk of strokes
@@lew2875 100% incorrect. Please cite any source for this, so much objective, verifiable research shows the opposite is true.
Cris Tofu search up The Daily Record and search on the site vegans and see what comes up. I read it the other day in the newspaper
@@lew2875 so I did find a study that was conducted recently (probably what the article you read was based on), it did find that vegans and vegetarians had slightly more cases of stroke.
There's two important points you left out though:
1. This study looked at vegans AND vegetarians as one group (which isn't really ideal).
2. The vegetarian/vegan group had a much lower rate of heart disease, which the study's lead author herself concluded that the benefits of the decreased case of heart disease outweighed the much lesser increased risk of stroke.
Also worth mentioning, she explicitly stated that much more research needs to be done and that while the study demonstrates correlation, it is not sufficient to prove causality.
Cris Tofu well what was in the news paper said just vegans
These folks are amazing. Thanks for what you are doing
I am beyond impressed at this couple. Every step was a miracle..the fact that she accepted a date with a rancher , they got married, he became vegan, and best of all they became a sanctuary... this is on my bucket list of places I want to see. God bless both of you and all your pets. 🤩
Werd. This is the kind of story humanity needs to see.
Takes a real man to save innocent beings and change his life for good
Beautiful! Thanks so much for the work you do and for the legacy that you are creating! You are truly inspirational! ❤️
Tommy's got a very cool wife in Ms Renee, there!
You just made my day. What a great couple and great inspiration. I went vegan almost 17 years ago. We need to save our planet. You two are just amazing people. Thank you.
She would use my credit card to buy the cows back. I love her and he does too.
As someone that moved from NY to Dallas, this is my dream! Go vegan!
This restores my hope in humanity, thank you!
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😭 yas!!! 💖💖💖🌱🌱🌱✌✌✌ we need more of this.
I love this! An entire mind set change can be hard but it is great to see it happen. Hope many other animal farmers will have a change of heart too . Rescue not send off to be killed.
From England I salute you both, things are turning here, people are slowly starting to wake up to how we treat animals but just recently the law has been changed to recognise that these creatures are sentient beings so now we can take the argument further and hopefully stop using them as a food source and get everyone on a plant based diet. Keep up the good work you are an example to many ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you ,I'm vegetarian since 2011,now I'm vegan 3 months in.
you will soon turn to dust
S M
Why is that Mr “no content” useless account with nothing meaningful to say?
@@kerryn6714 right
@discorperted I grow my own food
@discorperted let me mute your comments ,pulchritudinous world with crazy people living inside of it.
This is the best thing I've seen all day...these two are awesome!
I love your channel and this is a great story - Texas, who would've thought? Hats off to those people.
I love this gal and her loving husband. Who cared enough to listen and work it out. And he looked genuinely happy and sounded actually relieved. This is an example of a partnership. One that I want desperately. Good on them! I am not vegan. And think there is a need for protein by animal meat. But I also do not believe in corporate animal farming. Even ranches like theirs. Or I should clarify once ranches like theirs. Animals should be gotten by the out dated practices of Hunter gather systems.
What a wonderful couple!! Shame there isnt more people like them in this vile cruel world!!! God bless them!!!!
Beautiful! I also live in Texas and my father owns a ranch and if he passes away, he wants us to keep raising and selling cattle but I told him that I’m turning the ranch into a sanctuary. He said that’s fine with him lol
What an amazing couple. All living things deserve love & compassion including animals always used for food.
It’s inspiring and truly wholesome. I would love to meet them some day and tell them just how much I love them for taking this huge decision. This gives me hope.
I was feeling so horrible today about these issues and this video really cheered me up. For anyone reading this comment, I highly recommend a channel called farmsanctuary. I love their Thanksgivings for the turkeys footage. It's so heartwarming!
thanks for sharing!
You two are awesome!
huh. well thats hopeful what they did.
If you want proteins, theres stuff like chickpeas, mung beans, all kinds of other beans, various kinds of peas, many kinds of legumes and lentils, many kinds of nuts like peanuts, almonds and cashews, mushrooms, potatoes, (I think grains and leafy food also give proteins), soya beans the stuff tofu is made out of (but there might be some hormonal health concerns that was raised about this one you might want to check). These are some of the natural stuff.
The trick is to make use of spices, salts, oils and herbs to make them taste good in preparation.
That a Texan cowboy can have such a change of heart, and MIND, restores my faith in Humanity! ... A Texan! A Rancher! Then, nothing is impossible! (and of course, a bow to his wife, a true inspiration! )
What a lovey story. I've looked through most of the comments and noticed how positive they all were. I think the majority of people care about animals and what happens to them. I think it can be daunting to begin with to make the initial change but once you've made that commitment you realise there's no going back.
I love you guys and your wife your so lucky man
Great couple.........
My heartiest salute for your generous work for these kind animals.
Awesome! these two need their own reality show.
They are such a cute, wholesome couple!
My dream is to own a ranch with all my rescued farm animals.
It’s been extremely hard because of my lack of willpower, but I’m trying my hardest to go vegan.
I’m not a huge meat eater but I love cheese. 😩
This makes me so so happy. Especially because of it being in Texas. This is amazing! Thank you!
Great couple. Kind and compassionate. Caring for the environment. My salute to you Ma’am and Sir. May God bless you, your animals and your sanctuary 🙏
So happy to see this!!!
His wife is the most amazing person ever
Relationship Goals he loved his wife enough to change and together they’ve learned to be kind and compassionate.
Just look how happy those cows are such a beautiful thing to see 🥰🥰🥰
Bless your hearts 😔. Thank you from the bottom of my heart 🙏🏽😪.
Adorable cows
Thank you, beautiful souls, keep up the good work, god bless you kind people
This was awesome
Houdini and you wife joined forces that you could not resist in the end. Good for you. Those cows look beautiful and happy! wow!
I went from 203 to 185 in 3 months after transitioning into Veganism, just doing running and trekking.
Joined a gym, got back into strength training, and I’m now 160 with a new bill of health.
Losing fat and the weight was easy, getting bulked is my next goal, however, it’s a challenge to increase your protein intake without hurting your pocket book.
@April
I am looking into Keto.
I have to do the calculations on reducing my caloric intake, increasing my fat intake, and avoiding carbs.
Thinking about it just now, I heard whilst on Keto, one meal a day is a viable enough.
Wow that is so Awesome that you are actually saving these beautiful creatures from death , thank you for having a compassionate heart and loving animals as a part of your family
God bless you and your family Always
Thank you for having an open mind and an open heart. You didn't continue doing what you knew in your hearts was wrong just because it was easier than changing your business. You did what you needed to do to align your actions with your values. You both are inspiring.
You two are amazing, kind and intelligent! Thank you for all you do to spread the word that the world will be a better place if we stopped farming and eating animals!!
This is amazing, huge fan of this! We need more ranchers just like them two ❤
Praise the lord. My heart is so happy. There is hope for these precious sentient beings. Proud of you both for turning your farm into a sanctuary. Keep on keeping on vegans around the world and those who are contemplaiting veganism. We can do it together for the animals for the environment and for our health.
As I make my deliveries, I pass by several pastures with cows and I always am wishing that I could win the lottery and buy up the land and animals and have many sanctuaries
BeauTiful HearT
@@naneeleo823 Well hello Nanee!..good to hear from you
It's no point saving a few hundred cows at the most, when millions are killed every month. We need to curb the demand by stopping advertising like it's done for tobacco.
Good for Renee! AND her husband for listening eventually!
They are so loving and hilarious! Beautiful humans
Bless them
ya I could watch a tv series following this couple and their sanctuary, this would be epic
I hope someone is making this!! I would 100% watch that.
I’m so proud of these fellow Texans😍👍💕
Amazing people ❤
I love what your doing and hope your the inspiration for others💕
I am beyond impressed with this couple’s commitment and dedication to inspire and change the world, for the animals and the planet!
This is amazing. Thank you.
amazing....soooooo love this!!!!! this couple is friggin awesome!!
I live this story
Oh my God! I love them.I eally want this to be my life in the future.
Eternal thanks and gratitude , if only there were more like you
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Bravo! It's always nice when an individual or persons see the light and move forward in their thinking about animals and the planet.
God bless you both .
You guys are an inspiration and a beautiful couple.
All the best to you'll 🙏
That's a real cowboy. A man who takes care of his cows and respects them.
I LOVE these people. God bless them forever.
This put a big smile on my face! If a couple of Texas cattle ranchers can go vegan and turn their ranch into a sanctuary, there may be hope for humanity. 😊🙌🌱
Fantastic!!!! I'm so very impressed and happy for the cows❣️
Lovely couple - behind that rancher was a very Strong and determined woman -
Well done to you both❤️
Wow, usually it's the Hindus and Buddhists who are this enlightened...Great to know that others are also seeing the light of day and attain a higher level of conscienceless....Awesome sanctuary. Thanks for saving these cows.
I am from Asia but I don't agree Hindus and Buddhists are enlightened. Most of these people who turn vegetarian do so for religious reasons, are not vegan and not for the animals. Most of them even eat meat by claiming they are in a "different" sect. Even monks, especially Thai monks.
I love this!!!!! I'm vegan as well. thank you so much for doing this. You guys are special please know I'm so thankful yall are doing thing thank you!!!
Thank you, I love you so much, you give me hope.
This made me happy