If you look at the statistics for the average annual
consumption of meat per person world wide,
then the numbers are rather grim.
On average a German will eat more than 1,000 animals in their lifetime.
That is some
4 cows,
4 calves,
4 sheep,
46 pigs,
37 ducks,
46 turkeys,
12 geese,
&
945 chickens.
So if I were a German then I would of saved over 500 craetures from
being slaughtered since I became Vegetarian in January 1970.
This says nothing about the number of fish which are killed
and eaten by an individual over a lifetime.
I mention these statistics not so much as a personal boast,
but as an example of what we can all do in order to make this a
much better world.
It also shows just how much we can all achieve by taking up a
vegetarian diet.