$JES 302 Jain Philosophy Level 3 Book

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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APPLICATION OF NONVIOLENCE (AHINSÄ)
Slaughtering of Animals in USA
• Cattle - 130,000 slaughtered per day • Calves - 7,000 slaughtered per day • Hogs - 360,000 slaughtered per day • Chickens - 24,000,000 slaughtered per day
Cruelty to Cows by Dairy Industries
Cows are kept pregnant continually Slaughtering their 70% to 80% of baby calves within six months by Veal industry or within five years by beef industry Slaughtering the mother cows after five years of their fertile life life expectancy is 15 years) Everyday hormones or drugs are injected to increase milk yield.
Greenhouse Effect • World's 1.3 billion cows annually produce 100 million tons of methane a powerful
greenhouse gas which traps 25 times as much solar heat as CO2
Water Consumption
Slaughtering animals requires hundreds of millions of gallons of water every day. The waste in these places, estimated at about two billion tons a year, mostly ends up in waterways, polluting and killing thousands of fish, and creating a human health problem. Livestock (Cattle, Calves, Hogs, Pigs) production accounts for more than half of all the water consumed in USA.
Land Usage
• A third of the surface of North America is devoted to grazing • Half of American croplands grow livestock feed for meat and dairy products
2% of US cropland produces fruits and vegetables, while 64% of US cropland is for
producing livestock feed • One acre of prime land can make 5,000 lb. Cherries, 10,000 lb. Green beans, 30.000
lb. Carrots, 40,000 lb. Potatoes, 50,000 lb. Tomatoes, or 250 lb. Beef • 220 million acres of land in the USA have been deforested for livestock production
85% of annual US topsoil loss is directly associated with raising livestock • 25 million acres in Brazil, and half the forests in Central America
Cost Comparison
The cost of raw materials consumed to produce food from livestock is greater than the
value of all oil, gas and coal consumed in America • Growing grains, vegetables and fruits uses less than 5% as much raw materials as does
meat and dairy production 2 calories of fossil fuel used for 1 calorie of protein of soybeans, while 78 calories of
fossil fuel used for 1 calorie of beef • 6.9 kg of grain and soy to make 1 kg of boneless trimmed pork
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