Vegetarian Dog Foods and Healthy Vegetarian Holiday Celebrations

In this issue:

1.  Vegetarian Dog Foods and Diets

2.  Resources for Healthy, Cruelty-Free Holiday Celebrations for Humans and Animals Alike

3.  A Little-Discussed but Proven Way to Reduce Global Warming

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1.  Vegetarian Dog Foods

For this new Dog Tipsheet, click the link directly below.  Then return to this email for bonus parts 2 and 3.

http://www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_VegetarianDiets.php


2.  Healthy, Cruelty-Free Holiday Celebrations

Vegetarian Thanksgiving events and ideas for cruelty-free holiday celebrations available at http://gentlethanksgiving.org/

The Vegetarian Site was founded six years ago by David Sudarsky, who donates 10% of all sales to animal rights and veg organizations.  David holds a Ph.D. in astrophysics and is a fitness buff.  It's a good place to find cruelty-free products, including holiday gifts.  Also: vegetarian diet guidance for families with children.  Source: FARM News. http://www.thevegetariansite.com

FARM advocates humane treatment of farm animals. Resources, including how to help farmed animals and vegan meal planning at http://www.farmusa.org

3.  Fight Global Warming by Going Vegetarian

According to studies, noted in the article below, going vegetarian can do more to reduce global warming than switching to a hybrid car.

Article summary:  Human activities are causing large amounts of greenhouse gases - gases that prevent heat from escaping from the Earth's atmosphere. This heats the air around the Earth, which scientists say will lead to increased catastrophic natural disasters, such as more frequent and intense hurricanes, flooding, and drought. More and more people are helping reduce global warming by driving more fuel-efficient cars and using less electricity.  But experts have noted that you can make an even bigger difference to fight global
warming is to go vegetarian.

How does that work?  The billions of chickens, turkeys, pigs, and cows at factory farms produce enormous amounts of methane, from their digestive processes and from their feces.  Some research indicates that each molecule of methane is up to 20 times more capable of trapping heat in the atmosphere than is carbon dioxide.  Statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency show that animal agriculture is the single largest source of methane emissions in the U.S

A recent report by EarthSave International, based on the work of leading climate scientists, shows that adopting a vegetarian diet is far more effective at reducing global warming than is reducing emissions
from cars or power plants. This finding was confirmed by a groundbreaking study at the University of Chicago, which detailed the enormous environmental advantages, as well as the personal health benefits, of adopting a vegan diet.

Animal agriculture is a major source of carbon dioxide as well. A calorie of animal protein requires more than 10 times as much fossil fuel input - releasing more than 10 times as much carbon dioxide-
than does a calorie of plant protein.  Feeding massive amounts of grain and water to farmed animals and then killing them and processing, transporting, and storing their flesh is extremely energy-intensive.

In addition, carbon dioxide is released from animal manure. Driving a hybrid instead of a "regular" car saves the equivalent of approximately 1 ton of carbon dioxide a year.  Following a vegan diet generates at
least 1.5 fewer tons of carbon dioxide than does the average American diet.

Individuals can avert global warming by adopted a plant-based diet instead of eating meat, eggs, and dairy products.  It's not hard to go vegetarian.  And increasingly, even those who eat meat are making some meals vegetarian, and nearly all restaurants, banquet facilities and other food outlets offer vegetarian and vegan options.  You can order a free vegetarian starter kit from the website, which has the complete article summarized above.

http://goveg.com/environment-globalwarming.asp

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