Society for the Advancement of Animal Wellbeing

The on-line 51% campaign launched by SAAW has been a huge success. Thousands of people have visited the site and sent letters to Copenhagen delegates, reminding them of the vegetarian solution to global warming.

In the international headlines this week following the comments of Lord Stern, Al Gore, Dr. Pachauri and Dr. James Hansen, environement ministers around the world have been calling for a reduction in meat consumption in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The UK's environment secretary Hilary Benn issued a report in which the collaborating scientists called for a 30 per cent reduction in the number of farm animals bred for meat to prevent rising temperatures and rising sea levels. To read the original article published in the Daily Mail newspaper, click on the following link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1230781/Decade-soaring-temperatures-ahead-Health-Secretary-warns-real-present-danger-posed-climate-change.html#ixzz0XtT8tUQ2

Earlier on this week the Indian environment minister Jairam Ramesh suggested that the world should adopt a vegetarian diet in order to tackle climate change. Nobel Laureat and head of the International Panel on Climate Change Dr. Pachauri said ''I'm happy that the minister is agreeing with me on this,'' Dr Pachauri said.

''If you look at the beef cycle today, you first clear forests, which increases emissions, then you feed cattle all kinds of food grain, which is energy intensive, and then you kill and refrigerate these animals, and then they are transported long distances. Then you buy it and refrigerate it. If you count all the emissions associated with this entire cycle, it is huge.''

You can read the full story here: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/climate-change/india-offers-nobeef-climate-solution-20091122-isrd.html

Remember to visit www.51percent.org and keep spreading the message!