My reasons to be vegan are sooo many! But I think the most important of all is my practice of yoga "Ahimsa" which in my practice means Non-harming. And after I did a lot of research I found how much pain ad suffering I was creating around the world and in other living beings by eating animal flesh and products.

I saw Food Inc. which planted a few seeds about how animals are treated in today's modern farming practices. A year later I saw an image on Facebook of baby cows, only hours old, at a veal farm. So I spent the weekend watching videos online and was vegan by Monday.

I'm concerned about the environmental effects of mass-ranching operations. I'm less concerned about animal welfare than I am about the toxins being dumped into the oceans, rivers and atmosphere from livestock operations. Also, I was inspired by a few bodybuilders that got diesel on vegan diets and thought, "hey, if they can compete without animal proteins, then I can atleast maintain an impressive physique on a vegan diet."

I feel bad for the animals, and then I realized the impact factory farming had on the environment. I watched Cowspiracy and Earthlings back to back one weekend, and that was pretty much it for me where meat was concerned. Then I told my vegan smoking friend that I would go vegan if she quit smoking. I'm fine not eating meat. I went days without eating it before, anyway, but it's really hard for me to resist cheese and dairy products (not milk itself) when I'm at a family get-together. After struggling with binging and emotional eating for most of my life, and finally being able to change that, I'm not beating myself up if I slip up and eat something that contains dairy on the rare occasion.

Watched same documentaries as OP. After the 1st one ("Cowspiracy") I decided I should try giving going meatless another shot. (I had tried around 25 years ago, and didn't know what I was doing, ended up with big boils all over me, and gave up)
With the wonder of the modern age (internet), I find educating myself on how to properly go without meat to be much easier..

I went vegan for the stupidest reason: My boyfriend went vegan. He never said anything or pressured me but basically I just felt weird eating animal products in front of him and eventually I felt weird even eating them without him. I started this thing where I always made my lunch vegan even though I was not 100% yet and I'd take pics and send him the "vegan lunch of the day". It was like a challenge for me.

A few online images and videos later and I was sold on the diet for ethical/environmental reasons. I am not perfect and have more steps to take like making sure all the non-food products I buy are vegan too but I am liking where things are going. I can't imagine sending him a "vegan lunch of the day" pic now it would just be a pic of my lunch lol.

Because I detest abuse. I think animals are sentient gentle beings that don't deserve to be killed the way they are for a small amount of pleasure in the tongue seeing as there is other foods can eat.

Second I believe we are better and healthier without consuming animal flesh. I choose to put live goods in my body.

and third because I care about the earth and Gods creation. I also see the effects it has had on the earth and it shouldn't be that way. We have to take care of the earth.

i went vegan three years ago. i had been vegetarian most of my life. I was sick and watching documentaries on netflix. I decided to do it again. I had tried and didnt stick to it in my teens. I am vegan for health and for ethical reasons. I am a huge animal lover.

Stumbled across vegan culture looking for weight loss avenues. After watching some youtube videos and some documentaries I was appalled at the way animals are treated. I love animals and although I realized they had to die to become our food I guess I always had the happy family farm picture in my head. Factory farming is hell for the animals and I just can't contribute anymore. I'm still eating some cheese, but looking for a vegan alternative currently. It can be hard for socially because people seem to get so defensive and almost angry if you say anything about animal welfare being your reason for eating vegan....it's weird, but I guess I get it...that's the reason it's been hard for me and I've gone back and forth being vegetarian because I get push back. My husband still eats meat, but is fine with me being vegan as long as dinner is still yummy;) My dad has a ranch and even has cows....and everyone has food tied to their family memories etc like turkey for Thanksgiving, trips to get burgers etc when we were little, ham at Christmas, mac n cheese, chicken soup when we were sick....so I totally get it that saying eating meat is bad makes people feel like you're saying their history/memories whatever is bad. I'm totally rambling but I just hope it gets easier:)

I saw Food Inc and realised that even the most humanely killed animals are not truly humanely killed... as the concept doesn't exist. I went vegetarian the next day.
After that, I looked into the treatment of animals in the food industry and the environmental effects of the food industry- was horrified- and started transitioning to veganism!