Kamdhenu The Wish Cow

Author(s): Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Ahimsa Research Foundation

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KAMADHENU
animals farmed for producing meat is the same as that spent in domestic use, agriculture and industries put together. For this same purpose forests covering 22 crore acres of land (equivalent to the size of Australia) in the central part of US have been denuded to support the production of beef. The amount spent on production of meat every year is more than the aggregate amount of crude oil, natural gas and coal used during one year. Even with just 5% of the resources utilised for production of meat, much more grain, vegetables and fruits could be grown. When it is possible to manage with just 5% of resources, is it not criminal to waste 20 times more just to appease the taste buds of a few, in this age of resource crisis?
For the number of hamburgers that are served at the world famous food chain-store ‘Macdonald' in just one week, the most important right of living is wrested from 16,000 animals. For every single serving of chicken, 408 gallons of water is used. It takes 100 times more water to produce one pound of meat as compared to growing one pound of wheat.
This book is now made into a film, which has had a dramatic effect on many non-vegetarian people who have become staunch vegetarians.
The author in this book has described the harm caused by non-vegetarianism and its terrible consequences in future in a prosperous country like America. What could be the effects on a developing country like ours?
It is obvious that, on account of the non-vegetarian habits of some of our so-called prosperous (?) Indians, who blindly ape the west, India also wastes precious