No, I am vegan, and honestly I see no need in being vegetarian or vegan just to prove your love for animals. I have been vegetarian my whole life and have just started up being vegan for dietary reasons. God gave us animals for a reason, to use them to survive. Think about the people in poor countries, how are they supposed to live whithout meat? I do however draw the line with stores called "Leather Town" where they kill and use animals skin for unecessary things. I think that we should live knowing that we are above animals but treat them with as much respect as we would with humans.