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Dunedin Teen Committed To Animal Rights
Cheryl Bentley/SUNCOAST NEWS
Randon Martin, 18, a recent Dunedin High School graduate. While still in school he founded a student club to promote animal rights. Martin used literature from health and animal rights organizations to educate Dunedin students about both vegetarianism and instances of animal abuse sometimes associated with food production.
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Published: June 12, 2008
DUNEDIN – Randon Martin walks his talk.
The 18-year-old, who graduated from Dunedin High School this year, became a vegetarian at 14 and a vegan – someone who has sworn off all meat products – a year later. He also started the Student Coalition for Animal Rights in 2006 at the high school.
The group has evidently struck a chord with some students. When he promoted the meetings, there were enough attendees to fill a classroom, Martin noted. The group convinced the school to have a Meat Out Monday, encouraged vegetarianism and educated students about mistreatment of animals sometimes found in factory farming.
"He's a gentle person who is trying to change the world," said Randon's mother, Barbara, about her son.
Read more on Radon Martin in the June 14 Pinellas print edition of The Suncoast News.
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