Veganism? His ‘creed.’ Access to vegan food? This firefighter claims it’s his human right.

Many vegans speak forcefully of animal rights. But it’s when they discuss their own entitlements that they court conflict.

A particularly bitter conflict was kindled in the inferno that ravaged the Pacific Northwest in July 2017, the beginning of the region’s record-breaking wildfire season, which sent the residents of Williams Lake, B.C., fleeing from their homes.