$JES 921 Book of Compassion Reverence For All Life Reference Book

Author(s): Pramoda Chitrabhanu, Pravin K Shah
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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12 - Alternatives to Animal Abuse
abdomens pressing against their genitals. Horns are broken, animals are strangled while being roped, kicked and abused. Circus animals are forced to perform as freaks. The training is very unpleasant. Horses bred for racing are genetically bred by humans for swiftness, but suffer constantly from weak and sprained ankles, broken bones and drug abuse, often, they must be "destroyed".
Impact on Health:
Meat, cheese and eggs are extremely high in saturated fats and the cholesterol that accumulates on the arterial walls is the major factor of heart attacks.
Large amounts of antibiotics and chemicals are readily used to control the vast amounts of diseases those meat animals, cows, and chickens are prone to get due to their unnatural living and breeding conditions. The drugs are present in the animals' meat, milk and eggs.
Examples of How Antibiotic Resistance Spreads
Animals get antibiotics and develop resistant bacteria in their guts
Man gets antibiotics and develops resistant bacteria in the gut
Drug-resistant bacteria can remain on meat from animals. When not hangled or cooked properly, the bacteria can spread to humans
Man stays at home and in the general community. Spreads resistant bacteria
Man gets care at a hospital, nursing home or other inpatient care facility
Fertilizer of water containing animal feces and drug-resistant bacteria is used on food crops
Resistant germs spread directly to other patients or indirectly on unclean hands of healthcare providers
Healthcare facility
Drug-resistant bacteria in the animal feces can remain on crops and be eaten. These bacteria can remain in the human gut
Patients go home
Resistant bacteria spread to other patients from surfaces within the healthcare facility
Simply using antibiotics creates resistance. These drugs should only be used to treat infections
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