Guest guest Posted March 10, 2003 Report Share Posted March 10, 2003 This is more true than you know because many more animals die and are tortured to provide products that, if we avoid buying them, won't be made. Bravo for those who go veggie. On Monday, March 10, 2003, at 06:22 AM, wrote: > a pleasant thought... > > Believe in the actual numbers, or don't, but it is a fact that by > adopting a plant-based diet or even a diet that avoids meat on > occasion you are saving animal lives. Statistics have revealed > that a person who is a vegetarian for their whole life will save > about 760 chickens, 5 cows, 20 pigs, 29 sheep, 46 turkeys, > 7 rabbits, and over a half ton of fish and aquatic life. Just > imagine yourself surrounded by all the precious life in those > gentle creatures. Every day you eat a vegetarian meal, you > do make a difference. > > ~ PT ~ > " You're still out in the middle of nowhere doing something nobody asked you to do, and you suspect, all polite evidence to the contrary, that they didn't ask because they don't want, and if they did want, they'd get it elsewhere. " --Frederick Barthelme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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