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To keep cows pregnant Slaughtering their 70% to 80% of babies within
- six months by Veal industry
- five years by beef industry Slaughtering the mother cows after five years of their fertile life while their life expectancy is 15 years.
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American Slaughterhouse Statistics
New York Times on May 12, 1996 reported that on an average day the following numbers of animals are slaughtered in American slaughterhouses.
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130,000 7,000 360,000 24,000,000
Cattle Calves Hogs Chickens
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I am trying to gather similar statistics for India. Please let me know if you any information.
Health Issue
I was 55 years old when I became vegan. I had some concern that my health may suffer if I stop using dairy products. However following is the summary of my health data before and after I became vegan:
Before becoming vegan (1995)
After becoming vegan (1997)
Cholesterol HDL Trigliceride
205
34 350
160
42 175
After becoming vegan I feel more energetic. I do not have any calcium deficiency (my bone densitometry is ok). However, one should monitor his/her own body chemistry after becoming vegan. My doctor is very pleased with my results and has not put me on any vitamins or calcium substitutes. My 1998 health result is equally good.
Calcium and Protein Issue
Most Americans consume two to three times protein from animal source (milk, cheese, and meat) than their daily requirements. Many scientific studies show that the people who consume animal base high protein diet have lots of calcium in their urine but not in the people who use vegetarian diet.
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