Dr. Jane Goodall: Eating meat represents fear, pain, and death! So I chose to be a vegetarian!

Source: Suyigou GoVegan

A famous for long-term chimpanzee research

Jane. Dr. Goodall (DR. Jane Goodall)，

Beginning in the 1960s.

For research,

She lives with these animals in the forests of Africa,

She really developed love and appreciation for all animals.

In her title

《Why I Become a VegetarianThe article says

About 50 years ago,

When I looked at the pork chops on the plate,

I'll stopEat meatNow,

Thinking of thisRepresentsFear, pain, death。

Thinking of this,

I decided to be a vegetarian.

26Jane Goodall

In July 1960, alone from England

Go to Tanzania to study chimpanzees.

We knew nothing about the chimpanzee world at that time.

With a laptop and a telescope,

With his persistence and enthusiasm for wild animals, Jane Goodall

Facing a completely strange world alone.

Her research results,

Let us have a glimpse into the bottom line,

The world of chimpanzees that are close to humans.

For more than fifty years,

Research by Dr. Jane Goodall

It prompts us to face up to the current situation where chimpanzees are in urgent need of childcare.

She also reinterprets the definition of species conservation

While we are conserving our species,

The needs of the local community and environment also need to be considered.

Dr. Jane Goodall also wrote,

People are eating more and more meat today.

Carnivorous eating has caused more and more problems.

In countries where people enjoy more wealth,

Meat on the dining table can represent prosperity.

However, few people stop to consider

The harmful consequences of eating large amounts of meat.

years ago,

The great Hungarian philosopher Erwin Lasro once said

Eating meat in large quantities is a crime that endangers the future of mankind.

How visionary this sentence is!

Dr. Jane Goodall lists

Reduce or preferably do not eat meat

Three main reasons:

1.Get rid of factory farms that don't treat animals well；

2.Reduce environmental damage and climate change in the meat industry；

3.Improve human health.

Our modern meat production

The impact on the environment is indeed terrifying.

on the one hand,

Large areas of forest were cut down to grow grain

Come and feed billions of animals,

This releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere,

This is the main cause of greenhouse gases that cause climate change.

Drought caused by climate change

In sub-Saharan Africa,

Traditional grazing areas are being quickly brought into

Turns into a dusty desert.

Wasting a lot of water to bring plant protein

Convert to animal protein.

The surface water is shrinking.

The underground aquifer is also shrinking and contaminating.

It is usually due to runoff from agricultural chemicals

or animal feces produced by the animal itself caused by the lagoon.

We must consider

animal (Especially the dairy cows )Digestive system

The large amount of methane produced

（A comparison CO2 More effective greenhouse gases)

In addition, used to make the entire meat production industry

Large quantities of fossil fuels that keep running

This greatly increases greenhouse gas emissions.

For all these reasons,

Dr. Jane Goodall chose to be a vegetarian.

She asks people to be moral and practical

What does this choice mean for animals and the environment really considering.

This will change the choices in our personal lives.

In turn, it will also be for all human beings

and all other creatures that share their homes with us

Bring huge benefits.

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