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Go Veg Walk
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As Gandhiji said, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be
judged by the ways its animals are treated". And India would not want to be
judged by the treatment of chickens and cows raised and killed for food. The animals
are confined in filthy sheds or Tabelas, and they are denied everything that's natural
and important to them. Their slaughter is crude, terrifying and often painful, and
they are sometimes dismembered while they are still conscious.
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Eating animals is also bad for our health and the environment. Consumption of meat
and other animal products has been conclusively linked to strokes, heart disease,
diabetes, obesity and some types of cancer. And a recent UN report concluded that
raising animals for food causes more of the greenhouse-gas emissions blamed for
global warming than all the cars, trucks, trains, ships, and planes in the world
combined.
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On 30th september 2008 in Pune, Maharashtra, the march started at about 1 pm and
carried it on for 45 min. Everyone wore animal masks, and many held placards with
really humourous yet hard hitting punchlines like,"Are you a living grave?"So
right from getting people into the GO VEG formation, to handing out t-shirts and
soya milk packs, the team did a splendid job, with a 1000 watt smile!
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All of this put together created a lot of curiosity for the onlookers (one volunteer
knocked on the window of a car on the signal and asked him, "Are you vegetarian?"
The guy said , "no!" So this guy screams to a group of volunteers, "idhar
ghuma". All of them turned their placards and he started reading them.
And in the end the volunteer said, "Get well soon!" smiled and walked
off. The man in the car was thoroughly confused but managed to squeeze in a grin.
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Around 400 people supported and walked in the GO VEG March. It was indeed a brilliant
sight. PETA, our alliance, was overwhelmed with the response.
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Click to view the YUVARATRI VIDEO
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