A record number of Malaysians – 10,755 – have pledged to go meatless tomorrow (25 November) to mark International Meatless Day – Animal Rights Day. There is still time for more pledges to reach the organisers; so let’s give it a last-minute push.
This is the highest figure achieved by Malaysians so far, surpassing last year’s 8,563 pledges, since the campaign began in the country in 1996. Last year 84.2 million people all over the world pledged to go meatless.
With the deteriorating environment, this campaign is all the more important as livestock farming is a major contributor (18 per cent) of global emissions.
The campaign thus far has created new awareness about the need for us to change their dietary habits and to do our bit to protect the global ecology.
The International Meatless – Animal Rights Day campaign was conceived in India in 1986 by the Sadhu Vaswani Mission – a social service organisation dedicated to serving humanity, especially the poor and downtrodden.
The mission has declared 25 November as an international meatless day in memory of its founder, Sadhu T L Vaswani – philosopher, spiritual leader and educationist who practised and preached the message of non-violence for all beings.
There’s still time if you wish to pledge to go meatless:
- email your pledge to meatlessday@hotmail.com
- fax it to 04-2610126
- or sms it to 016-452613
For further details contact:
Pishu Murli Hassaram
Tel/Fax: 04-2610126, 016-4526132
Email: meatlessday@hotmail.com, penangmeatless@yahoo.com
Thanks for this.
There’s a plea in The Sun for a meatless society: ‘FOOD ANIMALS: THE NEGLECTED HOLOCAUST’.
http://www.thesundaily.com/article.cfm?id=40405
Also in The Star: MEATY ISSUES
http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2009/11/10/lifefocus/4986453&sec=lifefocus
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I have been going meatless or minimum meat for months already! Meat is so expensive these days!
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Im meatless today as well, even in Adelaide. Good job, everyone who participates!
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I hope everyone will go meatless so that meat prices can come down and we can have more meat on the table for our growing children.
Genesis 9:3
(God told Noah after the flood)
“Everything that lives and moves will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.”
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Good reason to go meatless. I’ve been trying to do the same, apart from the fact that meat is not one of my favourite foods. I prefer beans and green leafy veg. There are many alternatives to meat and even more Westerners are going vegetarian or vegan. I still eat eggs, fish and drink milk for protien. Only thing vegetarians should keep in mind is to eat iron rich vegetables and fruits like red beans, kidney beans, spinach, beetroot and black beans. Would be glad to share some western vegetarian recipes with anyone who is interested. Food is a great adventure and vegetarian food has incredible variety, if we care to think and find out about it. Very healthy, I seldom get sick because my immunity level is very high and even better when I was cooking my own meals. Cheers!!
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A good move, indeed. Hope more would join in.
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Hi Wira
How are you? Er… what do you mean? What does God mean in Genesis 9:3? Not understand la.
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Dear Penang Bolih,
Simply put it.
It means for the Christians and the Jews (and those who believe in the old testament Bible), God gave Noah and his descendants the right to have all animals food. So God fearing Christians should be free of guilt if they consume meat. I believe that should include Brother Anil. No?
It is only during the time of Moses that God specifically made a covenant with the descendants of the house of Jacob (ie. the early day Israelites or broadly, the present day Jews) which later included the prohibition to consume unclean food. (Exodus 19:3 onwards)
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Ah yes, Bro Wira, but God also wants us to be stewards of his kingdom/Creation and if cutting back on meat consumption could reduce emissions and thus help save the planet, which do you think should take precedence?
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Liow T L is the most shameful from the meatless eating flock. He is a self proclaimed vegetarian. His obnoxious behavior is a disgrace to you.
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Hi, Wira
Meat eating is not as simple as swallowing a piece of meat. It’s proven that livestock farming has become one of the main causes of global warming which resulting in the melting of ice caps, sea level rises, weather changes which then lead to eco-disasters such as land slides, mud slides, storms, floods, tsunami, typhoon, hurricane, earthquake etc. These are happening more frequently than ever. Though the movie 2012 is a bit dramatic and the information is a bit outdated, but it’s not all fiction. There are some truths in it.
The consequence of livestock farming:-
1) Clearing of huge size forest land (FAO 2006 report – 70% of Amazon rainforest deforestation is due to livestock production)
Many other harmful effect on environment, health and financial cost.
2) Water pollution
3) Produces more greenhouse gases than worldwide transportation combined. The greenhouse gases that trap the heat thus worsening the global warming crisis
• Animals releases methane gas which has an ability to trap heat almost 21 times more effectively than carbon dioxide
• generates 65% of human-caused nitrous oxide (296 times as warming as co2)
• and not forgetting animals in the livestock farm also breath out co2 like human beings ~what a burden in addition to increasing human population!);
4) Excessive fuel consumption & resources for transportation and storage of meat products.
5) Grains used to feed animals in turn to feed human beings are enough to reverse world hunger
6) Heavy use of chemical in livestock feed is detrimental to human health, thus increase nation medical cost.
7) Over fishing ~ affecting marine eco-system.
9) All of the above are affecting the eco-system of this planet.
This is a cyber age, the above information with reliable reports can be easily found by surfing through the internet. Today the choice of a plant-based diet has nothing to do with religious belief; it is to save ourselves from global warming crisis. Well, may be it still has got something to do with our religious belief, is it not that all religions are telling us not to do anything that will harm others?
Is it worth to continue supporting a diet habit that is not sustainable and eventually harming ourselves and others, including our loved ones? It definitely takes a lot of wisdom, compassion and courage to make changes, and lastly not forgetting this planet is our only home. Without a healthy planet, tons of meat will become meaningless to everyone.
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