From: "gavin" 
Newsgroups: uk.d-i-y uk.education.misc uk.education.schools-it uk.finance uk.food+drink.misc uk.food+drink.real-ale
Subject: Re: 10 Reasons to go veggie
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:49:57 GMT


"Colin"  wrote in message
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> Food for thought!
>
> http://www.animalaid.org.uk/
>
>
> 10 Reasons to go veggie
>
> Vegetarians have been shown to live longer, as they have lower risk
> heart disease, obesity and cancer.
>
> The average meat-eater will consume 2000 animals in his or her
> lifetime, plus half a tonne of fish.
>
> Animals farmed for their meat, eggs, milk and skins are effectively
> slaves, with no rights as sensitive individuals. Animals naturally
> form close bonds with each other and experience a range of emotions,
> but on modern farms they are treated as meat products and slaughtered
> at a very young age.
>
> The slaughter of farmed animals is horrific cruelty - regardless of
> how they are reared. They are surrounded by the stench of death and
> many will bellow and thrash around in terror. Hoisted by a leg, they
> move along a line towards the slaughterer. Many will have their
> throats cut and will bleed to death while still fully conscious.
>
> Eating meat exposes you to all the nasty substances in the bloodstream
> of intensively farmed animals, such as antibiotics, hormones and
> diseases.
>
> 95% of food poisoning cases are caused by eating meat, eggs or dairy
> products. It's not surprising when animal diseases run rife in dirty,
> overcrowded factory farms.
>
> Farming animals consumes vast quantities of water, energy, land and
> grain, whilst large numbers of people starve.
>
> Farmed animals produce enormous amounts of methane gas, the second
> biggest cause of global warming.
>
> One quarter of the earth's surface is wasted as pasture for livestock,
> while wildlife habitats dwindle.
>
> An acre of cereal produces five times more protein than an acre used
> for meat production.


Yawn! If you want to be a veggie go for it!