Into The Eyes Of God
Hatred for animals is turning into Fear of Animals. I wonder which is worse for animal civilization: to be hated or to be feared. I guess ultimately it makes no difference. They are killed whether they are loved, hated, or feared...perhaps only the horrificness of the cruelty of their deaths depends on how the killer judges the animal: victim, pest, disease, dumb or animal. Update: Religious Discrimination against Pigs
"It takes only 1/6 of an acre to supply a Vegan with food for a year: it takes 3 1/4 acres to supply a meat eater with food. That means that an acre of land can feed about 20 times more Vegans than it can meat eaters." Professor Francione: Theory of Animal Rights
Eating Meat: is it sustainable?
As environmental science has advanced, it has become apparent that the human appetite for animal flesh is a driving force behind virtually every major category of environmental damage now threatening the human future – deforestation, erosion, fresh water scarcity, air and water pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, social injustice, the destabilization of communities, and the spread of disease.
How did such a seemingly small matter of individual consumption move so rapidly from the margins of discussion about sustainability to the center?
"Our only justification for the pain, suffering and death inflicted on these billions of nonhumans is that we enjoy the taste of meat and dairy products." Theory of Animal Rights
Oprah's Top 6 ways to Save the World:
Eat less meat:
Corn-fed cattle require eight to 10 pounds of grain to produce a pound of edible beef—a staggeringly poor return on investment. Moreover, grain-fed, pen-raised animals consume half of all the
antibiotics used in America, and livestock is a bigger source of greenhouse gases than the transportation sector. Opt for grass-fed, pasture-raised beef, lamb, pork, and poultry, and make it a
biweekly dish, not a nightly one. And if you worry that your health will suffer, consider this: According to the National Institutes of Health, most Americans already get more than enough animal
protein—a single seven-ounce serving is as much as a woman needs in a day. A container of yogurt, beans and rice, some peanut butter, or a couple of eggs are good alternatives to go toward meeting
your daily requirement.
Interviewing carnists (meat eaters) and meat cutters, I learned that, in order to eat or process the bodies of other animals, individuals needed to use a degree of “psychic numbing”-the separation of thoughts from feelings and of beliefs from practices. This psychic numbing was expressed through a variety of defense mechanisms. Among the most notable are:
- denial (”animals don’t really suffer when being raised and killed for meat”)
- justification (”it’s acceptable to eat certain animals because they’re bred for that purpose”)
- avoidance (”don’t tell me that; you’ll ruin my meal”)
- dichotomization (”I think of some animals as companions and some as food”)
- dissociation (”when I look at meat, I don’t connect it with an animal-if I did, I would be disgusted and unable to eat it”).
Evidence Shows that Our Meat-Based Diet is Bad for the Environment, Aggravates Global Hunger, Brutalizes Animals and Compromises Our Health
There has never been a better time for environmentalists to become vegetarians. Evidence of the environmental impacts of a meat-based diet is piling up at the same time its health effects are becoming better known. Meanwhile, full-scale industrialized factory farming—which allows diseases to spread quickly as animals are raised in close confinement—has given rise to recent, highly publicized epidemics of meat-borne illnesses. At presstime, the first discovery of mad cow disease in a Tokyo suburb caused beef prices to plummet in Japan and many people to stop eating meat.
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