PETA preaches veg diet to Bush
Contributed by VeggieGirl
WASHINGTON: One way to beat the worldwide grain shortage is for
meat-eaters to turn vegetarian, and the movement should start with US
President George Bush, the Indian affiliate of the animal rights
organization PETA has said.
Jumping headlong into the controversy that began with Bush's
misconstrued remarks about India's role in the rise of food prices
worldwide, PETA India has written a letter this week to the US
President urging him to become a vegetarian and asking other
compassionate Americans to follow his example.
How will kicking wealthy countries' addiction to meat help feed
starving people? PETA India's letter points out that the world is
already growing enough crops to feed every human being, but food that
could be used to nourish starving people is instead fed to billions of
chickens, pigs, and cows who are slaughtered for their flesh.
"In addition to being extremely cruel to animals, meat production is
also staggeringly inefficient: It takes up to 16 pounds of grain to
produce just 1 pound of meat," says PETA.
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