Meat-free day held to highlight rainforest destruction
A number of universities around the world have held a meat-free day to highlight the impact that the global meat industry is having on the precious eco systems of our planet.
This week, Tel Aviv University encouraged its students to avoid eating meat for the day, local news source Y Net News reported, with educational institutions including Harvard, Oxford, UCLA and Columbia also getting involved in the campaign.
Rock star Paul McCartney and daughter Stella, a world-renowned fashion designer, are backing the campaign. McCartney was previously married to Linda McCartney, who was well known for her animal rights campaigning before her death from cancer.
Huge areas of the Amazon rainforest are often cleared for use by food firms, who raise cattle on the land for use in the meat industry. Once an area has been used, the cattle ranchers take their animals and move on to better land, leaving a trail of deforestation in their wake.
Written by Helen Montag.
© Copyright
Bookmark this page:
