www.ivu.org/wva WINNIPEG Vegetarian The Newsletter of the Winnipeg Vegetarian Association Issue 51 Fall 2005 What Would Jesus, Moses, Buddha and or Mohammed Eat? In a new pamphlet, the Society of Ethical and Religious Vegetarians surveys the veg'-friendliness of the world's major reli- ? gions. Here are some abridged high- lights. Read it all at serv-online.org. Which is Jainism is expected practice among Jains, who Worse? hold that it is wrong to kill or harm any living being. By Dave Steele Islam It seems obvious enough. If you’re concerned about cows, It appears impossible for a faithful Muslim to con- dairy’s the way to go. Nobody gets killed, right? The cows sume meat produced by the cruel methods of facto- spend pleasant lives grazing in the fields, coming in for milking every now and then. Right? Contrast that with the ry farming. The Quran states, “There is not an ani- horrors of the slaughterhouse. mal on earth, nor a flying creature flying on two Unfortunately, things aren’t so simple. The small family wings, but they are peoples like unto you.” farms on which dairy Mohammed taught, “A good deed done to a beast Most dairy cattle could roam between - is as good as doing good to a human being; while live out their lives ings are mostly gone now. an act of cruelty to a beast is as bad as an act of Instead, most dairy cattle cruelty to a human being.” Muslim theologian Al- in huge sheds live out their lives in huge Hafiz B. A. Masri, noting the cruelties of Western where they're sheds where they’re treated food production, has called the flesh “sacrilegious treated more like more like machines than ani- meat.” mals. Bred to produce unnat- The great Sufi M. R. Bawa Mahaiyaddeen machines than ural amounts of milk (annual appealed to Muslims to reflect on the meaning of animals. milk production per cow has slaughter. When describing Islamic slaughter more than doubled since the (qurban) in his Ninety Nine Beautiful Names of 1940s), dairy cows are plagued with calcium deficiencies Allah, he said that the knife-bearer should “… look and painful mastitis. Their natural lives would span some into the animal's eyes, he has to watch the tears of 25 years, but instead they are routinely sent to slaughter the animal, and he has to watch the animal's eyes before their fifth birthday, to become hamburger and until it dies − hopefully, his heart will change.” “processed” beef. Like humans, cows have to give birth in order to produce continued on page 5 milk. To keep production high, they are artificial- ly inseminated once a year. Nine months later, a is born. 24 to 48 hours after that, the calf is taken away. Milk production must be maxi- mized. If the calf is female, she usually gets to live and follows her mother’s path to the dairy. If the calf is unfortunate enough to be male, he is sent off to the farm instead. He might as well be sent to hell. While his mother languish- es, mourning the loss of her calf, he is chained by the neck inside a tiny crate, just two feet wide. He sees no daylight and eats no grass. Fed AND THE WIENER IS! an antibiotic-rich, iron-deficient gruel so that his meat will be pale, the young calf has no room to PETA announces Golden Bun Awards Read all the juicy details on page 4 See Dairy or Beef − page 6 2 Fall 2005 Winnipeg Vegetarian WWVVAA VVOOLLUUNNTTEEEERR TTEEAAMM Phone Line Monitors aabboouutt Board Kelly Groening Cecelia Potter Syd Baumel Phone Tree Coordinator Winnipeg Vegetarian is published by the Win- Dennis Bayomi (Past President) Cecelia Potter nipeg Vegetarian Association, a non-profit Twyla & Kelly Groening Phone Tree Callers group dedicated to fostering and encouraging Mimi & Alex Karp Sylvia Cowan Anne Gavin vegetarianism through social and educational Fiorina Pasquarelli Lesley Wise Karen Merkel-Kopp Judy Seipp activities. The Association was formed in 1993 Membership Coordinator Adeline Sokulski on World Vegetarian Day (October 1). 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FIT 2 PRINT WVA NEWS Outreach news from the veg front WVA had a busy outreach season this summer. The organizers of the 24th Annual Peace Walk decided to broaden Vegan diet burns more calories their focus this year. “Our theme this year, making peace on earth, is meant to encompass not just peace between nations and people, but A low-fat vegan diet causes significant peace with the earth and peace with our selves,” wrote Harold Kush- weight loss, even without exercise, calorie- ner in his invitation to WVA. “A big part of making peace with the counting, or portion limits, according to a earth is how we use the earth to grow the food we eat.” Our table at study conducted by researchers with the Memorial Park, manned by Syd Baumel and Kelly Groening, was well Physicians Committee stocked with veg' literature. Not surprisingly, considering the context, The vegan for Responsible Medi- a lot of vegetarians and near vegetarians came by to talk, ask ques- group cine and published in tions and pick up practical information, such as Vegan Outreach's veg- the September 2005 an starter kit. showed a American Journal of 16% A couple weeks later, WVA was back again in full force at the Win- Medicine. Sixty-four over- nipeg Humane Society's annual Paws in Motion fundraiser. Aaron increase in weight women were ran- Fehr, Twyla Groening and Lesley Wise caught the tide of cat- and dog- its after- domly assigned to either walkers pouring past the pavil- meal calorie- a low-fat, vegan diet or a ion at Assiniboine Park. Twyla's more moderate low-fat homemade vegan dog biscuits burning (control) diet based on speed. were at least as appealing as U.S. National Choles- the veg' literature for many a terol Education Program four-legged passerby. WVA pro- guidelines. The vegan group lost an average duced a hard copy version of of 13 pounds in 14 weeks, compared with 8 our Vegetarian Guide to Win- pounds for the control group. The weight nipeg for the occasion, with a loss of the vegan group was partly coupon insert from local veg'- attributable to the low calorie content of oriented restaurants and food- plant-derived foods. In addition, the vegan stores. 1000 of the guides − group showed a 16% increase in its after- each with a dog biscuit artfully meal calorie-burning speed, referred to as attached went into the give- the thermic effect of food. This, in turn, − appears to be due to the fact that the vegan away bags for the first 1000 diet improved insulin sensitivity by 24%. walkers. Improved insulin sensitivity allows nutrients A month later, when vegan to more rapidly enter the cells of the body alternative rock band Good to be converted to heat, rather than to fat. Charlotte performed at the If the WVA banner won't draw them . MTS Centre, Aaron and Twyla were there handing out copies of Why From Breaking Medical News, an email service of the Vegan and Even if You Like Meat to the band's young fans after the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. To show. subscribe, visit In September, a slightly more mature crowd visited Riddell Hall to www.pcrm.org/newsletter/enewsletter.html. see legendary animal conservationist Captain Paul Watson. A line of tables featured everything from books and T-shirts from Watson's Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to the inevitable veg' literature provided by event organizers AnimalWatch Manito- ba and co-sponsors, WVA. Among the tablers were WVA members Aaron Fehr, Vicki and Nathan Wild, and Les- ley Wise.

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Buddhism continued from page one The Buddha explicitly taught vegetarianism as a Hindusim The Yajur Veda says, “You must not use your God- component of his general given body for killing God's creatures, whether they instruction to be mindful be human, animals, or whatever.” (12.32) Similarly, and compassionate. The Hindu law books base many directives on the princi- Surangama Sutra states, ple of the sacredness of all life. Manusmriti asserts, “…in seeking to escape “Having well considered the origin of flesh-foods, from suffering ourselves, and the cruelty of … slaying corporeal beings, let why should we inflict it man entirely abstain from eating flesh.” upon others? How can a bhikshu [monk] who hopes to become a deliverer of others, himself be living on The Baha'i Faith the flesh of other sentient Baha’u’llah encouraged compassion for animals, and beings?” he wrote, “Burden not an animal with more than it can bear.” Similarly, Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'u'llah's son, wrote, “it Judaism is not only their fellow human beings that the beloved of Judaism forbids tsa'ar ba'alei chayim, inflicting unnec- God must treat with mercy and compassion, rather must essary pain on animals. For example, Exodus 23:5 they show forth the utmost loving-kindness to every liv- requires that one relieve the burden of an overloaded ing creature. For in all the physical respects, and where animal, and the Fourth Commandment includes the the animal spirit is concerned, the selfsame feelings are instruction that Jews must allow livestock to rest on shared by animal and man.…Therefore one must be the Sabbath. Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland Rabbi very considerate towards animals and show greater kind- David Rosen has written, “The current treatment of ness to them than to man. Educate the children in their animals in the livestock trade defi- infancy in such a way that nitely renders the consumption of they may become exceeding- meat as halachically unaccept- ly kind and merciful to the able [not kosher].” What Would Jesus, animals.” Other Jewish values favour Moses, Buddha and vegetarianism. Judaism advo- cates treating the environment Mohammed Eat? Christianity respectfully, while animal agricul- It is hard to imagine Jesus ture squanders water, energy, looking upon contemporary land, and other resources. factory farms and slaughter- Judaism holds that human life is sacred, and we houses and then happily consuming flesh. should diligently care for our health. Since animal- Although the Bible does not describe Jesus addressin based foods can increase the risk of heart disease, the question of eating meat, many Christians throughout diabetes, and certain cancers, we should move history have believed that Christian love ultimately calls towards a plant-based diet. Judaism encourages us for a vegetarian diet. Examples include Jesus' first follow- to share our bread with hungry people. Yet, the ineffi- ers (the Jewish Christians), the Desert Fathers, Turtullian, ciencies of animal agriculture waste grains and lands Origen, St. Benedict, John Wesley, Albert Schweitzer, that could be used for staple crops, thereby depriving Leo Tolstoy, and many others. Leading evangelical hungry people of food. In summary, although author Tony Campo- Judaism does not mandate vegetarianism, many Jew- lo has noted, “Being ish teachings support the diet. a vegetarian does have benefits for a Taoism hurting planet with Taoists have always “taken the accomplishments of limited resources.” yin [the non-violent, non-aggressive approach] Ron Sider of Eastern and rescue of creatures as their priority.” (Journal Baptist Theological of the Academy of Religion, 54: no. 1, 1987) For Seminary has example, the famous Taoist Master Li Han-Kung observed, “It is explicitly prohibited “those who consume meat” because of the high from his holy mountain. level of meat con- Taoism is distinctive in stressing simplicity. sumption that the Taoist simplicity encourages eating vegetables, rich minority of the grains, and fruits instead of meat. According to world devours such the Tao, the process of meat production tends to an unfair share of be too yang − too aggressive; it involves extreme the world's available and unnecessary impact on the environment. food.” 6 Fall 2005 Winnipeg Vegetarian Dairy or Beef − continued from page 1 WWVVAA MMEEMMBBEERR DDIISSCCOOUUNNTTSS walk or turn. He can't even lie down comfortably. According to the Humane Society of the United States, this veal industry to which he will succumb MMMeMeeemmmmbbbbeeeerrrrsssshhhhiiiipppp HHHaHaaassss iiititttssss PPPrPrrriiiivvvviiiilllleeeeggggeeeessss is based entirely upon “surplus” dairy . Contrast his life to those of . At least many PPPLPLLLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE BBBEBEEE SSSUSUUURRRREEEE to present your membership card before buying or of them have access to range land for part of their lives − ordering. Businesses may disallow a discount if you don't (it's a cleri- until they're sent to fatten up at the feedlot. cal thing, they're not being petty!). 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If you've been won- dering if gentle Jane Goodall's compassion for apes extends to farm ani- mals, the answer is yes. Goodall, however, is one of the more circumspect celebrity vegetari- Jane Goodall's circle of compassion may be ans. “A vegetarian, she doesn't condemn meat eating – just inhumane extended wide, but if rock star activist factory farming,” writes Susan McCarthy at Salon.com. Bono was ever a vegetarian (as he some- When asked about her diet during a Q&A following her talk at the times is credited to be), these days his Centennial Concert Hall this June, the legendary primatologist seemed love for animals is at least partly gastro- to shy away from stumping for vegetarianism. Nevertheless, among nomic. the Jane Goodall Institute's top recommendations for “living greener” In a New York Times Magazine profile this is this: September, Bono's appetite for luxury is duly noted, including his taste in food. Cut down on your meat-eating (or better yet become a vegetari- One dinner finds him “carving up a large an). Even cutting out one meal of meat per week can have an steak.” Another finds him ordering “half a impact! dozen oysters, the filet mignon,” and eat- ing the French fries off the reporter's In her foreword to the Vegan Fusion Cookbook, Goodall extols “the plate, “Bill Clinton-style.” sense of well being, wholeness and lightness that results from a vege- Bono may be a sincere and tireless work- tarian diet.” And her praise of the anti-animal farming documentary er for the poor of Africa, but he seems to Peaceable Kingdom -- she called it “a masterpiece” -- has helped build an have a blind spot for how his food choices audience for the powerful film from Tribe of Heart (screened by WVA are helping to eat the staples off their in June of 2004 and by AnimalWatch Manitoba this October 2). plates.

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