We Vegeterian People

Author(s): Atul Doshi
Publisher: Atul Doshi

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Animal products chain- milk to meat and leather Who are the users of these animal products-all people-be it vegetarian or non-vegetarian people ?
Animal Product Items
Users
1. Milk and Milk Products-Butter, Cheese,
Ghee, Paneer, Ice Cream, etc. 2. Meat 3. Leather
Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Non-Vegetarian Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian Vegetarian and Non-Vegetarian
4. Items which contains animal ingredients like fat, bones, casings, blood, horns and hooves (Soap, detergents, bread, cosmetics, medicines, fur, ivory products, shampoo, toothpaste, paint brush, bone china items, etc.
There is a huge wall of meat built over a period of 50 years with the support of milk and leather at the base. We need to remove the milk and leather base to demolish the wall of meat.
Calculation of Profit for slaughter houses turns right only when animals have usage in their life time as well as after death.
If we start reducing our milk consumption, then this brutal chain of consumption of animal products will start collapsing. It will be extremely difficult for the meat industry to survive on its own.
Milk to Meat--- how do we break this animal products chain?
It's a simple economics law of price-demand-supply... What happens if- we reduce our demand for milk and other dairy products
Reduction in excessive commercialisation of milk business. Lower demand will reduce milk prices. Lower milk demand and reduced prices would resultin lower incentive to big companies to be in dairy business...
• This will lead to lower number of animal breeding. Lower number of animals available for slaughter. Lower meat production. Higher meat price. Lower meat demand. Lower meat consumption..
and... ultimately.... this will lead to breaking of animal product chain...
Milk and meat are like two sides of the same coin. We should remove the economic value from one side and need to be out of this partnership of milk and meat business.
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