International Vegetarian Day (or International Vegetarian Festival) is a festival originating from India since 1986. Originally known as "World Meat-Free Day", it is scheduled for 1 1 25th every year! It has gradually developed into a worldwide festival. On this day, many slaughterhouses around the world stop slaughtering, canteens, hospitals and prisons will provide vegetarian food, and more than 9.5 million people responded to the campaign that year.
Environmentalists, eating vegetarian food can save a lot of energy, reduce environmental pollution, and help protect the environment, because raising carnivores requires a lot of energy (almost 10 times that of meat itself). In addition, animal protectionists believe that slaughtering raised or wild animals is a cruel atrocity, which runs counter to human civilization. Studies have found that the struggle of animals before their death will promote the production of toxic secretions in their bodies, which are harmful to consumers.
Festival significance
Be beneficial to the environment
You can help reduce waste and air pollution. On farms in Utah, USA, 2.5 million pigs are raised every year, which produces more waste than the whole city of Los Angeles. This is just one of the farms. Every year, farms all over the country produce 2 billion tons of manure, which the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be one of the top 10 pollutants.
This does not include methane gas released by cattle, pigs and poultry (which contributes to the greenhouse effect); Ammonia gas in urine; The natural gas emitted by manure; Toxic chemicals in pesticides; Waste gas emitted by machinery and equipment for processing feed for animals on farms.
The significance of vegetarianism
Einstein said: "Our task is to liberate ourselves, which requires expanding our circle of sympathy, embracing all creatures and embracing the wonderful nature. Nothing can be more beneficial to human health and increase the chances of survival on earth than vegetarianism. "