Meet Dian Sopranuk of Humane Project in Whittier

The Humane Project is the vision of Dian L. Sopranuk, a Los Angeles based animal activist of 30 years.

Before starting the Humane Project, Dian primarily focused her efforts on helping domestic animals. Overtime, she came to realize the horrors that animals suffer on factory farms. Inspired to learn more, Dian began investigating the pain and suffering animals go through to produce milk, cheese, and clothing. Shortly thereafter, Dian chose to adopt a Vegan lifestyle, a conscious decision to stop contributing to the pain and suffering of all animals.

Interested in doing more, Dian decided to combine her two passions, animal protection and fashion, birthing the Humane Project. The Humane Project’s goal is to educate the masses about animal suffering through fashion and the Humane Project website. Our fashionable shirts share messages to start a dialog and further animal protection. The Humane Project hopes to empower others to spread the word and help change animal protection laws.

Has it been a smooth road?
No, not smooth but worth it. Trying to educate a public who is used to eating dairy and meat can be a challenge since it is how most of us grew up. Also trying to gain traffic to our website has been a challenge since our goal is to sell as many shirts as possible so we can donate to animal charities.

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the HumaneProject story. Tell us more about the business.
We sell Vegan and animal rights fashion. We hope that is we make fashionable garments with Vegan messages on them as opposed to just tee-shirts that the person can wear to work, a club out to dinner to expand awareness. Also, the hope is to start a conversation about Veganism and the suffering that animals go through during the process. Most people just have no idea

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
We hope that as more people change, become aware about the horrors of factory farming that our brand will grow and that we can start manufacturing our garments completely in Los Angeles

Pricing:

• Vegan Apparel staring at $10.00.
• Sales for $5.00 frequently.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://humaneproject.com/
• Phone: 702 742 2039
• Email: [email protected]
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humaneproject/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/humaneproject
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/HumaneProject1

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