This document discusses the benefits of vegetarianism from various perspectives such as health, environment, animal welfare, and religion. It notes that a vegetarian diet can help achieve peace, respect coexistence, leave a better planet for future generations, maintain health, and preserve the environment. Statistics provided show the massive slaughter of animals for food annually and the resources used for meat production. Common myths about meat-eating are debunked, and reasons people may eat meat are examined. The document encourages choosing a vegetarian lifestyle and provides tips for identifying and avoiding animal products in various everyday items.

1. Vegetarianism…
it’s a way to Humanity
 to achieve - Peace for mankind and all other living beings
 to respect - Principle of Co-existence
 to leave - A better place to live for next generation
 to maintain- Our health
 to preserve- Our environment
It’s a question of someone’s life and our life too…
let’s use our heart and let mind rest for sometime

2. Do we know ?
 Worldwide, the yearly slaughter count is more than 50 billion
 Every second, 1,680 animals are killed for food
 More than 30% of our planet land surface is used to produce meat
 50% of our drinking water is used to process meat
 The average meat eater is responsible for the deaths of some 2,400
animals during his or her lifetime
“If slaughterhouses had glass walls,
everyone would be a vegetarian.”
— Sir Paul McCartney (English
musician, singer)

3. Why do we eat non vegetarian
food ????? Common myth
 If we don’t eat meat, there would be shortage of food for
vegetarians
 If we don’t eat animals they will take over the earth
 Don’t we eat plants, they too have life!
 Need to have enough proteins
 I want more choice in food I eat
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Animals are my friends and I don't eat my friends
― George Bernard Shaw

4. Why do we eat non vegetarian
food ????? Some likely reasons
 Culture… can be changed when mistake is realized
 Habit… can be changed if required
 Taste… there are better tastier and healthy options
 Nutrition.. It’s a myth...in fact, meat eating is not healthy
 General perception- about animals.. who cares for them.. It
is our duty to protect less privileged living beings.
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All beings are fond of life; they like pleasure and hate
pain, shun destruction and like to live, they long to
live. To all, life is dear

5. Animals/Birds/Fish…
They are someone and not something..
Are they inferior to mankind ? Is there any difference ?
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 Animals’ blood is red…tears are like water...same as ours
 their smile is fantastic...may be better than us….it’s genuine..
 they jump with joy....same warmness, love, affection..
 Eyes, ears, nose, tongue and yes.. they also do possess ‘soul’
Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no
difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is
a human conception for man's own advantage. ~Sri Aurobindo

6. Human health…let’s be ‘sick of being
sick’ – our teeth are not for digging our grave
 Human can get required nutrition from many better healthier
food options
 In fact, eating non-veg food leads to serious health problems like
heart diseases, cancer, obesity, etc….
 US Senate report on cancer says over 40% of cancers are directly
related to diet.
Look at me, I defeated non-vegetarians from
America and Kazakhstan in the Olympics. So,
you can see that vegetarians have a lot of
strength", Sushil Kumar (Indian)- Wrestler-
Silver medal-Olympics,2012

7. Nutrition …
 Meat comprises water, protein, fat and various amounts
of minerals and vitamins. There are no carbohydrates
in meat. Cholesterol is found only in animal products
 Dairy is similar in composition to meat – high protein
and fat.
 Foods from animal products such as meat, fish, eggs
and dairy contain no fibre at all. Fibre helps decrease
blood cholesterol levels
 Vegetables are low in fat, very low in calories (per
volume), and high in fibre. Veggies are also rich in
many other micro-nutrients, vitamins and minerals
 Fruit Calories are made up of mostly simple
carbohydrates, some proteins, and very little fat.

8. Environment…global warming..ecology
imbalances..land…water… burning issues
It is found that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of all
greenhouse gas emissions-emissions that are causing temperature
to rise, causing erratic rainfall, higher sea levels and stronger
storm events-UN Food and Agricultural study
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9. Environment… burning issue

10. World is hungry….children are dying due
to hunger…
You need 16 kg of feed to produce 1 kg of meat
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Bill Gates – Our food system is broken. The animals we eat consume
more food than the 1.3 billion people who go to bed hungry every
single night. And by 2050, all the animals we eat will themselves
consume as much food as 4 billion people. All that food would be more
effective in the stomachs of the 16,000 children dying every day from
hunger-related causes

11. Factory Farming…animal farms..
What about ‘human farming’ ?
 Farming-with
the help of animals or farming of animals-breed
and cut- like plants
You can cut animals but not tree
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‘Farming’ word was meant to be for agricultural activities.
How can living being be ‘farmed’ and ‘killed’ for food.
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM6V6lq_p0o
(advertisement by Animal Australia)

12. India Economics… is it still a poor country ?
17% of world cattle population on 2% of world land
 Are we a dumping ground for waste of world ? We are doing what
others don’t want to do it on their own land .
Forex hungry nation … ready to do anything … export of meat,
leather, dairy products—still we are short of our export target
because we can’t export soul of our animals
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Where do we spend forex- Import of fertilizers, oil, gold,mobile phones ,
electronics and luxury items…
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Past glory- a country of rivers with milk and ghee…...
Today-… blood also flows in the same river…

13. One God.. Many religions..
 Vegetarianism relates to Humanity... supreme religion
 All religion advocate animal compassion
 All living beings are God’s creation
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I died as a rock and arose as a plant.
I died as a plant and arose as an animal.
I died as an animal and arose as a Man.
I shall die as a Man and arise as an Angel.
- Sufi Mystic (a religious branch historically deriving
from Sunni Islam)
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Yes… there are some contradictory quotes in some religious
books… but, give benefit of doubt for someone’s life

14. Laws… for animal protection
only on paper… zero application in practice
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 Constitution of India-Article- 38 A- The State shall endeavour to
organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and
scientific lines and shall, in particular take steps for preserving and
improving the breeds and prohibiting the slaughter of cows and
calves and other milch and draught cattle.
 Article 51A (g) Fundamental duties- It shall be the duty of every
citizen of India to protect and improve the natural environment
including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have
compassion for living creatures
Animals do not vote…
who will speak for them ?? who will listen??

15. Laws… for animal protection…
What is the meaning of animal welfare and
protection ?
 Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) make stringent
rules for transportation of animals to slaughter houses
and for slaughtering in humane manner. Is slaughtering
a humane act ? If not, than how can slaughtering be in
humane manner. Is this the welfare of animals ?
 Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries-for
matters relating to livestock production,
preservation, protection and improvement of stocks.
This department gives Capital subsidy of 50% to rural
slaughter houses. Is this preservation and protection of
live stock.

16. It’s great to be Vegetarian….
World leaders, Scientists, Business leaders,
Philosophers,
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So I am living without fats, without meat, without
fish, but am feeling quite well this way. It always seems
to me that man was not born to be a carnivore." Albert
Einstein

17. It’s cool to be vegetarian..
Vegetarianism helps them in maintaining their body, health and
charisma…
---------------------Animals don't hate, and we're supposed to be
better tha better than them - Elvis Presley
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It is not a requirement to eat animals, we just
cho do it, So it becomes a moral choice and one that is
ha having a huge impact on the planet, using up
resources and destroying the biosphere- James
Cameron (Oscar Winning Movie Director)

18. No one else but we need to do..
How can we save ourselves..our
health… our environment… our
planet… future of our children….and
life of innocent animals/birds/fishes.
..…to get peace for all…….

19. Say no to “Non Veg” food
Please stop eating-
 Meat-Beef/Pork/Chicken-contains fat and cholesterol.
Low in fiber. No carbohydrates.
 Fish-contains high quantity of pollutants including DDT,
dioxin, PCB’s, mercury, plastic, and other similar toxins.
Further, it has an excessive amount of animal protein,
which may contribute to chronic disease.
 Eggs-United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
declares eggs are not nutritious and not safe because of
high levels of fat and cholesterol.
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………Plenty of plant based food options easily available..

20. Avoid leather…it’s animal skin
Unlike past practices of using leather of animals dying natural
death, animals are specifically killed to meat demand for leather.
Use non-leather shoes, purse, wallet, belt, etc.
Where do we get it? Anywhere……. Any store

21. How does this look like...??!!
testing on animals

22. Cosmetics/ Soap/ Detergents/
Tooth paste
which brand do you use ???
 Many brand contains animal ingredients in
lipstick, soap, detergents, body spray, shaving
cream, tooth paste, etc.
 Cosmetics are tested on animals/birds in very
bad environment and many animals/birds
dies painfully
There are lot many options available for
pure vegetarian products

23. What are we eating ?????? Kindly
check before consuming it
Pav, Chocolates, Ice-creams, Biscuit, Chinese food, Jam, Cheese, ready
snacks…does it contains animal ingredients ?
IS IT
VEGETARIAN ??

24. What do we wear ? Is it necessary ?
Silk Woolen

25. What about all these….
 Honey
 Varakh- Please don’t use it in ‘aangi’ or sweet
 Bone china- cup/dinner set
 Ivory, lac, shellac, cultured pearl, lot many
items….

26. Products…. Dairy industry.
dairy industry milks the life out of cows
Dairy industry’s motto- Use for Milk & Kill for Meat
 Cows/buffalos are tortured in dairy to get maximum milk
 Continuous artificial breeding of animals to get maximum milk
 Use of chemicals/drugs to derive maximum milk
 Use of machine to extract milk …height of cruelty & human greed-
All these leads to dairy cow going to slaughter houses at the age of six.
Use as little milk as possible…

27. and lastly… Our dear love for
Plastic bags…

28. Think before you Invest in
stock market
Don’t invest in companies which kills
or hurts animals or carrying unethical
activities
Please don’t worry….there are other thousands of
very good companies to invest…and make money..
No need to make money at the cost of lives of
animals/birds.

29. Create awareness for
vegetarianism
We can save 2400 animals if we convince even one person
to switch to vegetarian food.
Serve Veg food to your employees and encourage them to
switch over to veg food without hurting their religious
sentiment. Let them follow their religion.

30. We get what we do to others
 Terrorism ,War, Weapons, Nuclear bomb … powerful v/s.
Non-powerful- you kill someone.. Someone kills you
 Natural disaster.. Pay for nature’s fury…
 Health issues…
 We may get wealth… but, we never get peace
 As long as man massacre animals, they will kill each other.
Indeed, he who sows the seeds of murder and pain cannot
reap joy and love…”- Pythagoras (Greek Philosopher)
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As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be
battlefields- Leo Tolstoy ( Russian writer &
philosopher)

31. World is realizing...need to change…
 China has declared one day in a week as vegetarian day
 Mexico keep meatless Monday
 Per capita meat and dairy consumption is going down in
America
 Norway-(the Scandinavian country) announced its
soldiers would be put on a vegetarian diet once a week
to reduce the military’s carbon footprint
 There has been a four per cent increase in the number
of Swedes adopting a meat-free lifestyle over the past
five years, according the study commissioned by Animal
Rights Sweden (Djurens Rätt).
Sweden’s water scientists says by 2050, world will
have to go Vegetarian... to survive… do we need
to wait till then………???

32. Principle of minimal harm
Whenever we find ourselves in a situation where all
the options at hand will produce some harm to those
who are innocent, we must choose that option that
will result in the least total sum of harm
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God has created all living beings. Let him be
the sole authority to end/extend any life.

33. Principle of Co-existence
 No need to stop our joy/masti- just change
the way……
 Let’s say- We care for all living beings
 It is already late.. let’s act before it is too
late..
 Be it for your health.. Environment or
animal compassion…
 Thank you ..for starting a journey..
towards better future for all living
beings..