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Jain leaders inspired by Acharya Vidyasagarji in conjunction with All India Krishi Goseva Sangh and such other organizations of the Hindu Community have done a lot of research to point out serious economic loss to India's agro-economy through export of meat which has risen from 60000 Metric tonnes in 1973-74 to almost 2,00,000 metric tones now. It has been estimated that a total of 6,70,000 buffalos are slaughtered for meat export earning worth Rs.20000 million. If buffalos had lived for say another 5 years more, the dung produced would be 190 million tones which when used as manure would produce additional food grains to the tune of 70 million tonnes worth almost Rs.2, 75000 million.
Another important element is that production of 1 Kg. of meat requires 30 liters of water. In a detailed research paper Mr. RK Joshi, Trustee of Viniyog Pariwar Trust has estimated that to produce meat from about 7 million buffalos and 4 million sheep, the water required would be 16000 million litres which could be sufficient for meeting annual drinking water needs of 9 million persons. All this is in addition to the cruelty of killing innocent animals.
Recently former French actress and the well-known animal rights crusader Brigitte Bardot urged British gourmets to boycott foil grass “because it is made from techniques that caused the suffering and death of million of geese and duck force-fed a poor diet until suffocation”. She called for a ban on all French farm products because “the animals are fed the carcasses of other animals and filthy water-all in the name of French Production”.
Ms. Shilpa Shah, a scholar of Jainism and a specialist on the philosophy and definition of JIVA-DAYA"(Kindness to living beings) has this to say about how millions of animals are undergoing experiments, which are cruel and risk their life or longevity only for testing household products for human beings:
“Every year, approximately 14 million animals suffer and die in painful tests in an attempt to determine
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