ARF - Animal Rights Fund, India
"TIME FOR A CHANGE" says M. Butterflies Katz who strongly propagates and supports vegan diet. On this issue, I share Katz's views on changing the human race to a vegan diet.
It's a widely held belief that people need animal products for survival and good health, even though there are many long time vegans who are often healthier than the omnivorous majority.
Because of the milk moustache commercials and other economic propaganda, many people still believe that they need animal products for their well-being and survival. This is despite the overwhelming evidence that the very opposite is true, that a vegan diet protects us from many diseases, is appropriate for all stages of life cycle, including pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence.
The truth is diary milk for human consumption is produced in a very unnatural way, first by artificially impregnating cow (sometimes by strapping the cows on to what the industry itself calls rape racks!) then by stealing her baby within 24 hours of birth, despite her bellowing cries. (It's horrific what will become of her calves) This grim cycle is repeated over and over until the cow is no longer profitable and then she is sent off to slaughter.
According, to a report published by the United Nations body and agricultural organization. "The livestock sector generates more greenhouse gas emissions as measured in C02 equivalent - 18 percent more than transport. It is also a major source of land and water degradation."
Avoiding animal products is good for people. It's good for animals. It's good for the planet we all share. Change is in the air. Many human beings are realizing that we don't have a right to exploit, enslave, or be a part of the immense suffering inflicted on other feeling creatures. Nor do we have a right to continue a practice that is possibly the biggest contributor to global warming and the devastation of our environment. We don't have a right to overuse and pollute our diminishing water supply or use the world's grain to feed animals in order to sustain the farm animal business and to feed our own addiction of meat. Veganism has "right" on its side. VEGANISM ISA SOLUTION to our planet's ailments. The earth and its people are crying out for change. Veganism is the next step for humanity that will bring the change we long for.
Dilip Bafna
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