{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"HappyCow","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog","author_name":"John Edmundson","author_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/johnnysensible\/","title":"Donald Watson Article - Spring 1948 - The Vegan Magazine - HappyCow","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"jTalraGIGZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/donald-watson-article-spring-1948-the-vegan-magazine\/\">Donald Watson Article &#8211; Spring 1948 &#8211; The Vegan Magazine<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/donald-watson-article-spring-1948-the-vegan-magazine\/embed\/#?secret=jTalraGIGZ\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Donald Watson Article &#8211; Spring 1948 &#8211; The Vegan Magazine&#8221; &#8212; HappyCow\" data-secret=\"jTalraGIGZ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/DW_mini.jpg","thumbnail_width":579,"thumbnail_height":188,"description":"The Ernest Bell Library has a passion for sharing excellent quality vegan articles \/ items &#8211; making them easily available to 21st C folk. Most early books &amp; magazines on veganism were originally only published in the hundreds or in the low-thousands of copies. Wars, weather, insects, careless humans, etc. have combined to make many of them very hard to find. Photo &#8211;\u00a0Donald Watson\u00a0reads the\u00a01st ever copy of The Vegan News\u00a0. (Picture by\u00a0Joe Connolly &#8211; Veg News) Donald Watson&#8217;s early articles are very inspiring. Donald wrote very well &amp; with great passion. ~ No one need fear veganism leading to \u201ca barren world\u201d devoid of animals. Veganism would bring about the end of animal exploitation, not the end of animals. The breeding of ill-shaped, disease-ridden creatures by the million would of course end. The natural evolution of a species does not depend upon its existence in huge numbers, and it cannot be achieved so long as animals are the chattels of commerce. The requirement is to enable the animal to regain its true place in nature, and this veganism would permit. ~ Here is one of our favorite pieces of Donald&#8217;s writing. You must excuse the use of &#8216;he&#8217;, remembering [&hellip;]"}