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Silver Spring monkeys

Domitian, one of the Silver Spring

monkeys, in one of the images

distributed by PETA to newspapers

Were seventeen macaquemonkeys native to Thailand

Experiment conducted by

Edward Taub

Living conditions

The smell filth, faeces rust

their lives limited to metal

boxes just 17 inches wide
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Condition of the monkeys

Several had bitten off their own

fingers, 39 of their fingers

missing.

Lacerations or self-amputationinjuries were never cleaned.

Discoloured, exposed muscle

tissue on their arms.

Two monkeys had bones

protruding through their flesh.


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Wool, Fur, and Leather: Hazardous tothe Environment


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Fur

Processed in China, where environmental regulations are often

ignored.

According to Professor Cheng Fengxia of Shaanxi University of

Science and Technology, Pollution caused by inappropriateprocessing, especially colouring the fur, has become a headache

Each mink skinned by fur farmers produces about 44 pounds of

feces in his or her lifetime. That adds up to 1 million pounds of

feces produced annually by U.S. mink farms alone.


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Water Pollution

Waste from fur farms is poisoning our waterways.

One dangerous component of this waste is nearly 1,000 tons of

phosphorus

In December 1999, the Washington State Department of Ecology fined

one mink farmer $24,000 -the fecal coli form levels measured in the water

were as much as 5,000 times in excess of the legal limit.

Nitrates, phosphates and other substances running off with rainwater or

seeping into aquifers and polluting local water supplies are increasing

The EPA has also filed complaints against companies for illegally

generating and disposing of hazardous waste from the processing of pelts.


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Air Pollution In Denmark, where more than 2 million minks are killed for their

fur annually, more than 8,000 pounds of ammonia is released intothe atmosphere each year.

Furs loaded with chemicals to keep them from decomposing in the

buyer's closet.


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Energy

Producing a fur coat from ranch-raised animals takes more than 15

times as much energy as does producing a faux-fur coat.

Various saltsalong with ammonia, formaldehyde, hydrogen

peroxide, and other chromates and bleaching agentsare used to

preserve and dye fur.

Furriers claim that the carcasses from animals skinned for their pelts

are used for animal feed, but often they are simply dumped into

landfills.


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How Leather Production Harms theEnvironment

Now more dangerous substances,

including mineral salts, formaldehyde,

coal-tar derivatives, and various oils,

dyes, and finishessome of them

cyanide-based.

Most leather is chrome-tanned.


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The waste from tanneries of

pollutants, including protein, hair,

salt, lime sludge, sulfides, and

acids.

A chrome-tanning facility wastes

nearly 15,000 gallons of waterand produces up to 2,200 pounds

of solid waste for every ton of

hides that it processes.


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Leather tanning generates 800,000 tons of chrome shavings

annually.

Groundwater near tanneries with highly elevated levels of a

variety of toxic substances.

The Regis Tanning Co.,groundwater samples- arsenic, chromium,

lead, and zinc

More than 500 tanneries in three districts of India were chargedwith polluting some 16,000 hectares of agricultural land and

contributing to drought conditions.


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How Wool Production Harms theEnvironment

Land cleared led to increased soil salinity, erosion, and

decreased biodiversity.

Oxford researchers studying land degradation in Karoo, South

Africa, farmed animals, especially sheep, were responsible for anunfavorable change in vegetation and erosion that led to the

formation of badlands and gully systems.

Patagonia, Argentina- Soil deterioration in the region triggered

a desertification .

More than 50 million acres in one province alone has been

irrevocably damaged because of overstocking.


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Consume huge amounts of water, chemicals used for wool production can

pollute existing water supplies as well.

More than 14,000 pounds of insecticides were applied to sheep in the U.S. alone

in 2000.

Manure generated -contributed to the increase in atmospheric greenhouse

gasses over the last 250 years

The concentration of methane has shot up by more than 130 percent worldwide

In New Zealand, methane emissions coming from grazing animals such as sheep

constitute about half of the nations greenhouse-gas emissions.


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THE WATER WE DRINK

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Millions of pounds of excrement and otherbodily waste produced by farmed animals.

-Lagoons often seep or spill into surrounding

waterways

-The EPA reports that chicken, hog, and

cattle excrement has polluted 35,000 miles

of rivers in 22 states and contaminated

groundwater in 17 states.

-In West Virginia and Maryland, scientists

have discovered that male fish are growing

ovaries


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THE AIR WE BREATHE

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A Consumers Union study in Texas found that animal feedlotsin the state produce more than 14 million pounds of

particulate dust every year

- People who live nearby are forced to inhale the toxins and

pathogens

- Global warming has been called humankind's "greatest

challenge"

- Carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide together cause

the vast majority of global warming.


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CARBON DIOXIDE

- Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, the primary gas

responsible for global warming.

- enormous amounts of carbon dioxide stored in trees are

released during the destruction of vast acres of forest

- a vegan is responsible for the release of approximately 1.5fewer tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year

than is a meat-eater.


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METHANE

The billions of chickens, turkeys,

pigs, and cows who are crammed into

factory farms each year in the U.S.

Scientists report that every pound

of methane is more than 20 times as

effective as carbon dioxide.

NITROUS OXIDE

Nitrous oxide is about 300 times more

potent as a global warming gas than

carbon dioxide.


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Eating less meat could cut climatecosts

Cutting back on beef burgers and bacon could wipe $20 trillion

off the cost of fighting climate change.

Reducing our intake of beef and pork would lead to the

creation of a huge new carbon sink, as vegetation would thrive

on unused farmland.

Millions of tonnes of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would

also be saved every year due to reduced emissions from farms


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Japanese researchers found thata kilogram of beef is responsible formore greenhouse gas emissions(GGE) and other pollution thandriving a car for three hours whileleaving all the lights on at home.

According to the New Scientist, akilogram of beef is thereforeresponsible for the equivalent of the

amount of carbon dioxide emitted bythe average European car every250km, and burns enough energy tolight a 100 watt light bulb for almost20 days.

The researchers from the NationalInstitute of Livestock and GrasslandScience in Tsukuba, Japan, foundthat most of the GGE were frommethane emitted by the cows, whiletheir waste primarily produced the

acid and fertilizing substances.


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According to a 2006 report by the United Nations Food and

Agriculture Organization (FAO), our diets and, specifically, the

meat in them cause more greenhouse gases carbon dioxide

(CO2), methane, nitrous oxide, and the like to spew into the

atmosphere than either transportation or industry.

The FAO report found that current production levels of meat

contribute between 14 and 22 percent of the 36 billion tons of

"CO2-equivalent" greenhouse gases the world produces every

year


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Beef production generates greenhouse gases that contribute more

than 13 times as much to global warming as do the gases emitted

from producing chicken.

Beef consumption is rising rapidly, both as population increases

and as people eat more meat.

Producing the annual beef diet of the average American emits as

much greenhouse gas as a car driven more than 1,800 miles.


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USING UPRESOURCES

According to the United Nations, raising animals for food

(including land used for grazing and land used to grow feed crops)

now uses a staggering 30 percent of the Earth's land mass.

It takes more than 11 times as much fossil fuel to make one

calorie from animal protein as it does to make one calorie from

plant protein. Raising animals for food gobbles up precious

energy.

Of all the agricultural land in the U.S., 80 percent is used to raise

animals for food and grow grain to feed them.


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In the finishing phase alone, in which pigs grow from 100 pounds to

240 pounds, each hog consumes more than 500 pounds of grain,

corn, and soybeans; this means that across the U.S., pigs eat tens of

millions of tons of feed every year.

Chickens, pigs, cattle, and other animals raised for food are the

primary consumers of water in the U.S.: a single pig consumes 21

gallons of drinking water per day, while a cow on a dairy farm drinks

as much as 50 gallons daily.

It takes more than 2,400 gallons of water to produce 1 pound of cow

flesh, whereas it takes about 180 gallons of water to make 1 pound of

whole wheat flour.


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