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Wrestler Sushil Kumar promotes a vegetarian lifestyle
New
Delhi: Olympics bronze winner wrestler, Sushil
Kumar teamed up with the activists of 'People for
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)' to promote
vegetarian lifestyle and propagate the cause of animal
protection. Roped by PETA, the vegetarian wrestler
said that the misconception that vegetarians cannot
be brawny should be removed. Vegetarians lead a more
healthy life. "I am a vegetarian myself and I want
to send out this message to everyone that vegetarians
are powerful, they have the stamina. 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," he added. The debate between
a vegetarian and a non-vegetarian lifestyle is an
age old one. A report by the United Nation's Food
and Agriculture Organization has projected that world
meat production will more than double to 465 million
tonnes in 2050, from 229 million tonnes in 1990-91.
PETA activists quoting United Nations (UN) food and
Agriculture organization say the meat industry generates
more greenhouse gasses particularly methane that is
responsible for almost half of the global warming
impacting the planet today. Animal agriculture produces
over 100 million tones of methane a year. The activists
said that eating less beef, pork or chicken is often
advocated as a way to cut emissions.
-Nov
13, 2008
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