2007-01-10 11:10:07 · 14 answers · asked by babbette_1991 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
1. becoming vegetarian saves the enviorment
2. becoming vegetarian saves 95 lives a year.
check out the source link for more reasons.
2007-01-10 12:31:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
My reason for becoming a vegetarian because I was finding it harder and harder to justify to myself why it was okay to eat a cow or a pig or a chicken, but not a horse or a dog or a parrot. Ya know? When you step back and really look at it with an open mind... there's a lot of things that really dont' make sense about our society. I got tired of mindlessly believing the "because it is" mentality. I'm an answer seeker. No matter what I do, I have to know WHY. I can't explain WHY it's okay to eat certain animals and not others... so I stopped eating all of them.
That's just my personal reason... I'm sure others have their own as well.
2007-01-11 12:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by kittikatti69 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Humans aren't true predators,
Meat is basically carrion mass-
produced through mechanization.
Eating eggs would place me on
the same level with a snake,
dingo or hyena.
No other animal in all of taxonomy
would think of taking milk from another
species to feed on. A house cat will
drink dairy but only because you place
it in front of it.
Unless a person runs it down and
kills it with bare hands it's basically
scavenging just like a buzzard or
vulture.
2007-01-11 19:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by Standing Stone 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well there are more than two....
but here goes...
1. Disagreeing with the way that animals are treated in the factory farms. See goveg.com for more info
2. Not liking the taste of flesh
3. Some people believe that humans are not biologically meant to eat flesh. Because we dont have pointy teeth, and our bowls are too long to properly digest meat.
I am sure that there are more....
but I cant remeber them all....
2007-01-10 21:24:09 · answer #4 · answered by Schandelle 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ending World Hunger!
It takes 22 pounds of grain to produce 1 pound of edible meat
Ending Global Thirst
It takes 5000 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of edible beef.
(much of this we're taking from India causing draughts)
Ending Global Destruction
The UN has stated the factory farm industry is responsible for Global Warming, mass polution of lakes and rivers, top soil erosion.
As everyone has stated - maltreatment of innocent creatures.
The list goes on and on.
2007-01-12 14:06:06 · answer #5 · answered by Max Marie, OFS 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Animal welfare, religious/philosophical reasons (such as buddhism for example), TASTE - I don't care what anyone says, eating slimy, half-cooked, nasty chicken does not taste good. It's nauseating. And all the gristly bits and fat that's in meat (yuck). And when you're eating chicken and those little grey stretchy things appear in the flesh. It's awful.
2007-01-10 20:16:08 · answer #6 · answered by Kble 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Disassociation with Animal Cruelty.
Thats all i need, no need for a second reason for me.
Although there are many other reasons that other people may consider... religion, environment ( animals take more ground than arables per meal ), cost.
2007-01-11 07:10:51 · answer #7 · answered by Michael H 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ethics & Economics. It costs less to feed a person without MEAT! ! ! The worldwide mistreatment of animals for food consumption is unethical in it's practices.
2007-01-10 20:26:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
1. religion
2. Ethical
2007-01-11 08:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
save the world's environment and the animals and the humans. gee, everybody wins!
2007-01-10 21:45:50 · answer #10 · answered by habs_freak 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋