Please Don't Eat the Animals

All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian

By Horsman, Jennifer & Flowers, Jaime

Publishers Summary:
Please Don't Eat the Animals: All the Reasons You Need to Be a Vegetarian is an exciting and provocative new book on the universal benefits of being a vegetarian. Authors Horsman and Flowers detail the many reasons for the burgeoning movement toward a plant-based diet in four short, interesting, easy-to-digest sections: Health: Nowhere is the appeal of vegetarianism reflected more than in health issues. Scientists and doctors have begun drawing the connection between meat-laden diets and consumers most serious health problems.Environment: Livestock farming accounts for over half of both fresh water and ocean pollution. It significantly affects air pollution, deforestation especially of rain forests and the decimation of wildlife. Animal Welfare: Animal welfare issues have gained prominence in recent years. Animal rights/ethics courses have emerged on university campuses, even in law schools. Please Don't Eat The Animals reveals the plight of animals on factory farms, a sad and troubling picture indeed.Religious and Spiritual Injunctions: Fresh and original, this section points to the fact that Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have strong injunctions against cruelty to animals. All Hindus are vegetarians. Mohammed said, "Whoever is kind to the creatures of God is kind to himself." And, according to the Buddha, "The eating of meat extinguishes the great seed of compassion."Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-1-88495-660-7
Publisher
Quill Driver Books


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Library Journal

Reviewed on November 20, 2006

In the tradition of Peter Singer's seminal Animal Liberation, author Horsman and her daughter Flowers have filled this slim primer with inspiring words from vegetarians throughout history, shocking statistics and grim descriptions of factory farms in its rundown of reasons to hold the meat. Ever wonder how broiler chickens survive chronic overcrowding? "Feather plucking and cannibalism are common in the sheds, so chick...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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