population~sir david attenborough, page-49

We could start by changing our diets...now?

"One of the top contributors to green house is raising animals for food. While we're being encouraged to change our light bulbs and drive hybrid cars, the united nations found that raising animals for human consumption contributes to global warming more than all the planes, cars and trucks on the planet combined...that's 40% more."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6_hjA4cdjM

Methane belched by many grazing animals contributes more greenhouse gas to the atmosphere than all the fossil fuels being burned.


Development of superbugs in humans is another reason not to eat animal flesh. This is in addition to inflicting unimaginable suffering on animals, risking cancers and multitude of other diseases, pushing our planet to the brink of collapse (environmental disaster: deforestation, pollution, unsustainable use of water & energy) ... what a price to pay for the sake of our appetite for animal flesh.

http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/hot/dietofdisaster - environmental consequences

http://www.meat.org - ethical aspects (be aware, it is graphic)

Leo Tolstoy said: "A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food;
therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life for the
sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral."

And about the antibiotics in animals which we consume:

From: "Live Export Shame Forum"
> Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 5:44 PM
> Subject: New announcement: Expert calls for less use of antibiotics on
> Australian livestock 9.4.09

>> Thursday, 09/04/2009
>>
>> An Australian health expert is calling on the livestock industry to cut back its use of antibiotics.
>>
>> Professor Peter Collignon, from the Australian National University, says about 800,000 kilos of antibiotics are used in Australia each year, two-thirds of them in food-producing animals.
They're particularly used to promote growth in chickens, pigs and cattle.
>> Professor Collignon says the high use is contributing to the development of superbugs in humans.
>>
>> "The more we use antibiotics, be it in people or animals, superbugs
>> develop, and the more you use, the more they're there," he says.
>>
>> "And we run the risk of carrying them on our skin or in our bowel.
>>
>> "So if we then get sick, we may have a bug that is untreatable or very difficult to treat.
>>
>> http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200904/s2539564.htm
>>
>> http://www.liveexportshame.com/news2/index.php?topic=5330.0