On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:32:39 GMT, and/or www.mantra.com/jai
(Dr. Jai Maharaj) wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:27:38 -0800, dh@. wrote:
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>>On Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:31:36 -0800, Sister Gratuitous Violets
> wrote:
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>>>On 22/11/2011 2:00 PM, Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:
>>>
>>>Why Jai Maharaj?
>>
>> · The meat industry includes habitats in which a small
>>variety of animals are raised. The animals in those
>>habitats, as those in any other, are completely dependant
>>on them to not only sustain their lives, but they also
>>depend on them to provide the pairing of sperm and egg
>>that begins their particular existence. Those animals will
>>only live if people continue to raise them for food.
>>
>> Animals that are born to other groups--such as wild
>>animals, pets, performing animals, etc.--are completely
>>different groups of animals. Regardless of how many or few
>>animals are born to these other groups, the billions of animals
>>which are raised for food will always be dependant on consumers
>>for their existence. ·
>
>Denton Vegan Cooperative

· Vegans contribute to the deaths of animals by their use of
wood and paper products, electricity, roads and all types of
buildings, their own diet, etc... just as everyone else does.
What they try to avoid are products which provide life
(and death) for farm animals, but even then they would have
to avoid the following items containing animal by-products
in order to be successful:

tires, paper, upholstery, floor waxes, glass, water
filters, rubber, fertilizer, antifreeze, ceramics, insecticides,
insulation, linoleum, plastic, textiles, blood factors, collagen,
heparin, insulin, solvents, biodegradable detergents, herbicides,
gelatin capsules, adhesive tape, laminated wood products,
plywood, paneling, wallpaper and wallpaper paste, cellophane
wrap and tape, abrasives, steel ball bearings

The meat industry provides life for the animals that it
slaughters, and the animals live and die as a result of it
as animals do in other habitats. They also depend on it for
their lives as animals do in other habitats. If people consume
animal products from animals they think are raised in decent
ways, they will be promoting life for more such animals in the
future. People who want to contribute to decent lives for
livestock with their lifestyle must do it by being conscientious
consumers of animal products, because they can not do it by
being vegan.
From the life and death of a thousand pound grass raised
steer and whatever he happens to kill during his life, people
get over 500 pounds of human consumable meat...that's well
over 500 servings of meat. From a grass raised dairy cow people
get thousands of dairy servings. Due to the influence of farm
machinery, and *icides, and in the case of rice the flooding and
draining of fields, one serving of soy or rice based product is
likely to involve more animal deaths than hundreds of servings
derived from grass raised animals. Grass raised animal products
contribute to fewer wildlife deaths, better wildlife habitat, and
better lives for livestock than soy or rice products. ·