Life Cycle of Dairy Cows Ver2F

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

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Hats off to Gurudev Shri Chitrabhanuji and Pramodaben. Hats off to 6 million Vegan Americans Hats off to Jain Vegan Youth and Adults The treatment of the majority of cows in India is worst in many areas of their life cycle. Only less than 1.0% of cows get sheltered in animal shelter places called Panjara-poles. Hence more animal shelters will not solve the problem. The only rational solution to the problem is to eliminate the root cause of the problem. Eliminate the dairy products from our diets and religious rituals. Once the demand is reduced, the supply will be reduced and in turn less cows will be produced by the dairy farmers and hence less cruelty in the world. This will greatly help our environment also. Animal foods contribute about 55% problem to the environment while cars and other equipments contribute the remaining 45% of the problem. Please introspect seriously our religious practices under the current environment. Do not follow the scriptures blindly otherwise our supreme ideal of nonviolence will not have any meaningful value attached to it. America is a land where we can practice our religion rationally. Our children will practice our religion rationally but we will miss the opportunity if we do not wake-up. Please let me know if you find any error in the information described in this article. If I have hurt any one's feeling with this article, I sincerely request forgiveness. Pravin K. Shah, Chairperson of JAINA Education Committee Federation of Jaina Associations in North America 919-859-4994 Note The majority information in this article is an abstract from the original article of Mr. Robert Cohen (http://www.notmilk.com). However I have visited several such places in America and in India.