Vegetarians in conversion mode

With bird flu having such wide-ranging effects as altering airline meal options, Indian vegetarian activists are turning it up a notch:

“As promoters of vegetarianism, this is a crucial time for us. Many non-vegetarians have started eating greens because of the scare of the virus, and to keep them hooked we need to spread awareness about the rewards of being a vegetarian,” said Jasubhai Shah of the Vegetarian Society of Mumbai.

Anuradha Sawhney of PETA agreed. “We have always maintained that going vegetarian is the only way to save the world. Now that bird flu has hit us, we hope many others will understand this. It is the demand for non-vegetarian fare that has pushed poultry suppliers to resort to all types of mismanagement of livestock. It is their poor living conditions that causes the outbreak of such diseases.”

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