Protecting animals and the environment through plant-based diet
Our planet has already been suffering through global warming and scientists have warned to experience severe consequences regarding animals and the environment if we fail to curb climate change.
Opting for plant-based food is of many ways we can protect our planet. Apart from other health benefits that plant based food offers, there are other reasons to opt for a plant based diet. Plant based diet adoption can not only lead to animals protection but to can also help in providing a healthy environment. Scientists have stated that if we cut down meat based diet, more people can be fed using less land.
Around one-third of the world’s land is used for grazing and growing feed for the animals. That results in cutting natural habitats of other animals. This, in turn, leads to the destruction of jungles and the extinction of various animal species.
The amount of manure that animals produce is much higher to be absorbed by land as fertilizer. The unabsorbed manure contains toxins that make their way to groundwater, rivers and oceans this causing death of marine life.
The amount of water consumed in growing animal agriculture is incredibly high. A hamburger alone requires 660 gallons of water to produce. Modern animal farming is based on feeding grain crops to animals. This grain could be a source of food for humans.
Thousands of wild animals are killed each year because they are considered a threat to livestock. This practice has caused the extinction of various foxes, bears and coyotes.
Emission of gases and the environment
Production of food for human production in the industries and animals causes the emission of greenhouse gases or GHGs. These gases are fueling global warming, rising temperature, causing air pollution, respiratory diseases.
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