The World Day for the Abolition of Meat recognized around the world.
On January 30, the second annual World Day for the Abolition of Meat was held in over 50 towns in nations across Europe, as well as South Africa, Bolivia, Brazil, USA and India. Let us join our correspondent at the Leicester Square in London, United Kingdom.

Supreme Master Television Correspondent, London, UK (F): World Day for the Abolition of Meat is a growing movement intended as a means of promoting the end of the slaughter of at least six million sentient beings globally every hour for the consumption of meat. And this figure does not include the fishing industry and other industries that produce animal products.

Older lady with glasses Participant, London, UK, Vegan (F): We’re trying to call for governments to instead be promoting vegan farming, not only not exploiting animals but also kinder to the land and environment and can feed more people on a smaller amount of land.

Handsome Man Participant, Vegan, London, UK (M): Cut back on meat that is consumed, not only for people’s health, but also for animals’ welfare.

VOICE: Our Association members also joined in this movement in Paris, France and Rome, Italy.

Supreme Master Television Correspondent, Rome, Italy (F): Viewers of Supreme Master Television, we’re here in Rome for the World Day for the Abolition of Meat.

Participant, Rome, Italy (F): Maybe governments are starting to be more sensitive and even the media has started talking about the problem of meat eating and its impact on the environment and on the planet.

Supreme Master Television Correspondent, Paris, France (M): I am standing here, in front of the Opéra De La Bastille in Paris. There are a lot of stalls and people who have come as well and vegan food being offered for tasting.

Student, but a bit gothic-looking Participant,  Opéra De La Bastille, Paris, France(f): People should realize that there is something on their plates, something that has feelings.

Participant,  Opéra De La Bastille, Paris, France(f): My message above all, is to stop subsidizing livestock; it is an economical waste. We all know that livestock is one of the main causes of pollution.
So we really have to stop eating meat.

VOICE: Hats off, global participants of the World Day for the Abolition of Meat, for your noble initiatives! May the world soon choose vegan to herald a Golden Era of harmony for all beings.

Supreme Master Ching Hai has long called on a global shift to the vegan diet for our planetary welfare, as during an interview published in the September 2009 edition of The House Magazine.

http://www.nomoremeat.org/

Reducing meat consumption better than changing livestock feed and practices.
In evaluating options such as emission abatement plans that would reduce livestock greenhouse gases by providing different food sources for the animals and using manure for fuel, scientists have found that these methods provide minimal benefit and in fact could create larger problems of both food quality and ethics.

Moreover, a decade-long study by New Zealand’s AgResearch concluded that such alternatives only reduce emissions by a few percent. Moreover, UK Food Ethics Council Executive Director Tom MacMillan has raised similar concerns, emphasizing the importance of reducing meat and dairy consumption to significantly minimize livestock emissions.

Mr. West, Mr. MacMillan, New Zealand AgResearch and UK Food Ethics Council, many thanks for your insightful findings. We look forward to people everywhere supporting the environment through the ultimately sustainable plant-based fare.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/bdde1dec-0a00-11df-8b23-00144feabdc0.html?nclick_check=1

Extra News
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society calls for the government to heed the advice of experts and halt oilsands exploration in order to protect the boreal forests and their endangered caribou.  
http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Oilsands+threaten+caribou+experts+warn/2511425/story.html

Scotland in the UK reports the coldest temperatures ever recorded in history during the months of December 2009 and January 2010.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8492333.stm

In the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA the ski industry and millions of acres of forests are being jeopardized by warming winters that bring rain instead of snow along with beetle infestations to the trees.  
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35219296/ns/us_news-environment/

Aulacese (Vietnamese) Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Hứa Đức Nhị announces increased funding to protect the nation’s forests.
http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Vietnam-focuses-on-forest-protection/20102/112366.vov