There are multiple good reasons for becoming a vegetarian first animals raised for food are kept in cruel conditions where they suffer and are ultimately kiied it is simply wrong to cause the death and substantial suffering of another living creature with their religious beliefs such people as hindus and buddhists share this point of view as well it is wrong to use land to raise animals for their meat the amount of land and energy required to produce a kilogram of meat protein is about 10 time that needed to produce the equivalent amount of plant protein as a consequence of switching to a non-maet diet more people could be fed on the same amount of land and in a world where one-third of the population struggles in poverty a non-meat diet is more appropriate