An interesting court case in France is underway where parents, Sergine and Joel Le Moaligou, are being charged with the death of their 11 month old baby due to neglect and food deprivation.
The baby was fed a vegan diet and the doctor involved said the death was due to pneumonia and vitamin deficiency. He refused to issue the couple a burial permit and reported them to the French authorities in 2008.The parents became vegan in the year 2000 after watching an anti-meat documentary and only fed their baby her mother’s breast milk and vegetables since birth. They also had never bathed their baby with water, but instead cleansed her with earth and clay. The baby only weighed 13 pounds at death and the parents were reported to earlier trying to treat their daughter’s bronchitis with natural remedies instead of taking her to a doctor.
This is such a bizarre and sad case and I doubt it was really a vegan diet that killed the baby so much as really stupid parenting. What do you think? Participate in the poll and comments below.
No matter what you believe is right or wrong or what you eat – no one should be persecuting ANYONE for their choice. Vegans calling meat eaters murderers is like a Christian calling a non-Christian a Satan worshipper.
That is enough. There are far worse things that people could be doing in this world than eating meat. To each their own.
I am an avid animal lover and do what I can to help any animal in need, be it a wolf or a cute kitty cat. I have also been Vegan (for several years) so I have made the “ultimate sacrifice” and realised that it just was not for me. I did not feel healthy when I was a Vegan but that was just me. Some people do very well with it while others do not. Whether it is because of a certain health issue or a vitamin deficiency – it doesn’t matter – if it doesn’t work for them instead of condemning them…just co-exist and be happy that – other than eating meat – they are good people.